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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.
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Ancelet, Barry Jean.; Edwards, Jay Dearborn.; Pitre, Glen
publisher
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University Press of Mississippi
isbn10 | asin
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0878054677
print isbn13
:
9780878054671
ebook isbn13
:
9780585340357
language
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English
subject
Cajuns--Louisiana--Folklore, Cajuns--Louisiana--Social life and customs, Folklore--Louisiana, Material culture--Louisiana, Louisiana--Social life and customs.
publication date
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1991
lcc
:
GR111.F73A54 1991eb
ddc
:
976.3/00410763
subject
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Cajuns--Louisiana--Folklore, Cajuns--Louisiana--Social life and customs, Folklore--Louisiana, Material culture--Louisiana, Louisiana--Social life and customs.
Page iii
Cajun Country
Lynwood Montell, General Editor FOLKLIFE IN THE SOUTH SERIES
Barry Jean Ancelet, Jay D. Edwards, and Glen Pitre
With Additional Material By Carl Brasseaux, Fred B. Kniffen, Maida Bergeron, Janet Shoemaker, Mathe Allain
Page iv
Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.
Copyright 1991 by University Press of Mississippi
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Third Printing 1998
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ancelet, Barry Jean. Cajun country / Barry Jean Ancelet, Jay D. Edwards, and Glen Pitre; with additional material by Carl Brasseaux... [et al.]. p. cm. (Folklife in the South series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87805-466-9 (cloth). ISBN 0-87805-467-7 (paper) 1. CajunsSocial life and customs. 2. Louisiana Social life and customs. I. Edwards, Jay Dearborn. II. Pitre, Glen, 1955- . III. Title. IV. Series. F380.A2A53 1991 976.3'00410763dc20 90-28931 CIP
British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data available
Page v
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
vii
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xiii
Part One History
1. Origins
3
2. Settlement and Society
19
3. Acadian Folklife
33
Part Two Social Institutions
4. Family Organization
69
5. Religious Rituals and Festivals
77
6. Folk Medicine
95
7. Folk Law and Justice
101
Part Three Material Culture
8. Folk Architecture
115
9. Foodways
137
Part Four Performance
10. Music and Musical Instruments
149
11. Games and Gaming
171
12. Oral Traditions
183
Conclusion
225
Bibliographical Essay
231
Bibliography
241
Index
251
Page vii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Map 1. France: Zone of Acadian Origins
4
Map 2. Acadie: Original Acadian Settlement Areas
7
Map 3. Parishes of Louisiana by name
13
Map 4. Acadian settlement areas ca. 1790
13
Map 5. Natural regions of French Louisiana
15
Map 6. French land divisions at Napoleonville, on Bayou Lafourche
20
Map 7. The prairie area of southwestern Louisiana
23
Map 8. The great southwestern prairies
23
Map 9. The prairie road pattern in 1884
26
Map 10. The Acadian population in 1981
27
Map 11. The distribution of eastern and western Acadian housetypes
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