LEADER 03068nam 2200505 a 450 001 9910813219003321 005 20230207214220.0 010 $a1-283-19337-X 010 $a9786613193377 010 $a1-60473-642-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000108177 035 $a(EBL)746920 035 $a(OCoLC)746747203 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC746920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL746920 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10490858 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL319337 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000108177 100 $a20020627d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 00$aMardi Gras, gumbo, and zydeco$b[electronic resource] $ereadings in Louisiana culture /$fedited by Marcia Gaudet, James C. McDonald 210 $aJackson, Miss. $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57806-530-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMardi Gras and the media : who's fooling whom? / Barry Jean Ancelet -- Buffalo Bill and the Mardi Gras Indians / Michael P. Smith -- Every man a king : world view, social tension, and carnival in New Orleans / Frank De Caro and Tom Ireland -- Mardi Gras chase / Glen Pitre -- The New Orleans king cake in southwest Louisiana / Marcia Gaudet -- Christmas bonfires in south Louisiana : tradition and innovation / Marcia Gaudet -- The Creole tradition / Michael Tisserand -- Hidden nation : the Houmas speak / Barbara Sillery -- Some accounts of witch riding / Patricia K. Rickels -- Charlene Richard : folk veneration among the Cajuns / Marcia Gaudet -- O?te voir ta sacre? soutane : anti-clerical humor in French Louisiana / Barry Jean Ancelet -- The social and symbolic uses of ethnic/regional foodways : Cajuns and crawfish in south Louisiana / C. Paige Gutierrez -- Is it Cajun, or is it Creole? / Marcia Gaudet. 330 $aEthnic Studies -- Southern Studies-->. The detectable identity of southern Louisiana's one-of-a-kind culture has been expressed in numerous descriptive phrases--""south of the South,"" ""the northern tip of the Caribbean,"" ""this folklore land."" A strange, piquant, and savory mixture, it also has been likened to one of the region's signature dishes, gumbo. Capturing this elusive culture and its charm has challenged many authors, anthropologists, and anthologists. Coming perhaps closest of any book yet published, this new anthology of readings affords reflections on southern Louisiana's disti 606 $aPopular culture$zLouisiana 606 $aFolklore$zLouisiana 607 $aLouisiana$xCivilization 607 $aLouisiana$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aPopular culture 615 0$aFolklore 676 $a306/.09763 701 $aGaudet$b Marcia G$0836769 701 $aMcDonald$b James C$01645922 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813219003321 996 $aMardi Gras, gumbo, and zydeco$93992697 997 $aUNINA