South to Louisiana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook South to Louisiana write by John Broven. This book was released on 1987-01-01. South to Louisiana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Describes the history of the music of southern Louisiana and examines the influence of Cajun songs on American popular music
Portraits of South Louisiana
Portraits of South Louisiana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Portraits of South Louisiana write by . This book was released on 2017. Portraits of South Louisiana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the "Introduction": I first stood on Louisiana soil in Lafayette during May of 1982. There, I found myself standing at the crossroads of another culture. Shortly after, I heard about a Clifton Chenier gig scheduled for the next day at the Grant Street Dancehall. Clifton was very ill and could not perform that night, so Rockin' Dopsie filled in. That evening someone gave me Ambrose Thibodeaux's name and address written on a paper napkin. This is how it went every trip I took"€"acquiring names of musicians scribbled on little pieces of paper or cardboard beer coasters. . . . . This is my story"€"how I discovered Cajun music and its musicians. Several times I went back; time and again I was surprised by the cultural endurance of this relatively small group of people. Both old and young keep their history alive through a simple bond"€"the culture, the language, and the songs of their ancestors. . . . This is not a historical document about these people and their music, and it is far from complete when it comes to even musicians. These images instead record my journey into a culture that continually captivates me.
Cajun and Creole Folktales
Cajun and Creole Folktales - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cajun and Creole Folktales write by Barry Jean Ancelet. This book was released on 2015-06-19. Cajun and Creole Folktales available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This teeming compendium of tales assembles and classifies the abundant lore and storytelling prevalent in the French culture of southern Louisiana. This is the largest, most diverse, and best annotated collection of French-language tales ever published in the United States. Side by side are dual-language retellings—the Cajun French and its English translation—along with insightful commentaries. This volume reveals the long and lively heritage of the Louisiana folktale among French Creoles and Cajuns and shows how tale-telling in Louisiana through the years has remained vigorous and constantly changing. Some of the best storytellers of the present day are highlighted in biographical sketches and are identified by some of their best tales. Their repertory includes animal stories, magic stories, jokes, tall tales, Pascal (improvised) stories, and legendary tales—all of them colorful examples of Louisiana narrative at its best. Though greatly transformed since the French arrived on southern soil, the French oral tradition is alive and flourishing today. It is even more complex and varied than has been shown in previous studies, for revealed here are African influences as well as others that have been filtered from America's multicultural mainstream.
French on Shifting Ground
French on Shifting Ground - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook French on Shifting Ground write by Nathalie Dajko. This book was released on 2020-11-24. French on Shifting Ground available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In French on Shifting Ground: Cultural and Coastal Erosion in South Louisiana, Nathalie Dajko introduces readers to the lower Lafourche Basin, Louisiana, where the land, a language, and a way of life are at risk due to climate change, environmental disaster, and coastal erosion. Louisiana French is endangered all around the state, but in the lower Lafourche Basin the shift to English is accompanied by the equally rapid disappearance of the land on which its speakers live. French on Shifting Ground allows both scholars and the general public to get an overview of how rich and diverse the French language in Louisiana is, and serves as a key reminder that Louisiana serves as a prime repository for Native and heritage languages, ranking among the strongest preservation regions in the southern and eastern US. Nathalie Dajko outlines the development of French in the region, highlighting the features that make it unique in the world and including the first published comparison of the way it is spoken by the local American Indian and Cajun populations. She then weaves together evidence from multiple lines of linguistic research, years of extensive participant observation, and personal narratives from the residents themselves to illustrate the ways in which language—in this case French—is as fundamental to the creation of place as is the physical landscape. It is a story at once scholarly and personal: the loss of the land and the concomitant loss of the language have implications for the academic community as well as for the people whose cultures—and identities—are literally at stake.
Way Down in Louisiana
Way Down in Louisiana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Way Down in Louisiana write by Todd Mouton. This book was released on 2015-09. Way Down in Louisiana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With Clifton Chenier's amazing life and career as the centerpiece, this collection of profiles gathered across two decades unites some of the world's most innovative creative forces.
