Cajun CountryUniv. Press of Mississippi, 1991 - 256 pages The first book in the Folklife in the South series and by far the broadest look at traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It not only describes the traditions as they are but also explains how they came to be. |
Contents
I | xiii |
II | 1 |
IV | 3 |
V | 19 |
VI | 33 |
VII | 67 |
IX | 69 |
X | 77 |
XIII | 113 |
XV | 115 |
XVI | 137 |
XVII | 147 |
XIX | 149 |
XX | 171 |
XXI | 183 |
XXII | 225 |
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Acadian family Acadian house accordion adapted animal architecture arrived avait Barry Ancelet Barry Jean Ancelet Bayou Lafourche began black Creole boats boucheries Bouki Bouleur bousillage c'est c'était Cajun and Creole Cajun culture Cajun families Cajun French Cajun music called church cochons colony connais cooking corn cotton crawfish Creole house cuisine dance hall developed Dewey Balfa early été fait farm festivals fishing Floyd Sonnier folklife France French Creole French Louisiana galleries guitar gumbo horse hunting instruments j'ai Jean l'Ours jokes là-bas Lafayette land LANDRY Louisiana French Mamou Mardi Gras meat Mississippi musicians Native American nineteenth century oral tradition Orleans Parish pattern petit Philip Gould player popular poteaux prairies qu'il recorded repertoire riders River rural says settlement settlers social songs south Louisiana Spanish stories style swamps temps terre tout traiteurs usually wedding young
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