Mardi Gras, gumbo, and zydeco [[electronic resource] ] : readings in Louisiana culture / / edited by Marcia Gaudet, James C. McDonald

• Pubblicazione: Jackson, Miss., : University Press of Mississippi, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.09763
• Soggetto topico: Popular culture - Louisiana; Folklore - Louisiana
• Soggetto geografico: Louisiana Civilization; Louisiana Social life and customs
• Altri autori: GaudetMarcia G McDonaldJames C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Mardi 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 -- Ôte voir ta sacré 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Ethnic 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Mardi Gras, gumbo, and zydeco
• ISBN: 1-283-19337-X; 9786613193377; 1-60473-642-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813219003321
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