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Cajun Country

4.3/5 ( ratings)

A sensitive, comprehensive study providing the broadest look at traditional Cajun culture ever assembled

This insightful book is by far the broadest examination of traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It goes beyond the stereotypes and surface treatment given to Cajuns by the popular media and examines the great variety of cultural elements alive in Cajun culture today—cooking, music, storytelling, architecture, arts and crafts, and festivals, as well as traditional occupations such as fishing, hunting, and trapping. It not only gives fascinating descriptions of elements in Cajun life that have been woven into the fabric of American history and folklore; it also explains how they came to be. Cajun Country reveals the historical background of the Cajun people, who migrated to Louisiana as exiles from their Canadian homeland, and it shows their folklife as a living and ongoing legacy that enriches America.

Language: English

Pages: 280

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

Release: June 01, 1991

ISBN: 0878054677

ISBN 13: 9780878054671

Cajun Country

4.3/5 ( ratings)

A sensitive, comprehensive study providing the broadest look at traditional Cajun culture ever assembled

This insightful book is by far the broadest examination of traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It goes beyond the stereotypes and surface treatment given to Cajuns by the popular media and examines the great variety of cultural elements alive in Cajun culture today—cooking, music, storytelling, architecture, arts and crafts, and festivals, as well as traditional occupations such as fishing, hunting, and trapping. It not only gives fascinating descriptions of elements in Cajun life that have been woven into the fabric of American history and folklore; it also explains how they came to be. Cajun Country reveals the historical background of the Cajun people, who migrated to Louisiana as exiles from their Canadian homeland, and it shows their folklife as a living and ongoing legacy that enriches America.

Language: English

Pages: 280

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

Release: June 01, 1991

ISBN: 0878054677

ISBN 13: 9780878054671

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