Cajun Culture

The following sources are recommended by a professor whose research specialty is the Cajun culture.

Six Superlative Sources

· Ancelet, Barry Jean. Cajun and Creole Folktales: The French Oral Tradition of South Louisiana. Garland Publishing, 1994.

· Brasseaux, Carl. The Founding of New Acadia: The Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana, 1765-1803. Louisiana State University Press, 1987.

· Brasseaux, Carl. Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877. University Press of Mississippi, 1992.

· Edwards, Jay, and Glen Pitre. Cajun Country. Folklife in the South series. University Press of Mississippi, 1991.

· Présence Francophone 43 (1993).

· Strachwitz, Chris, Les Blank and Maureen Gosling. J'ai été au bal: The Cajun and Zydeco Music of Louisiana. A documentary film. Brazos Films, 1989.

Other Excellent Sources

· Aginsky, Yasha. Les Blues de Balfa. A documentary film. Flower Films, 1983.

· Aginsky, Yasha. Cajun Visits. A documentary film. Flower Films, 1983.

· Allain, Mathé. "Ecrasez l'infâme: L'école en question chez les jeunes activistes cadiens," Études de linguistique appliquée, 70 (1988), 7-12.

· Allain, Mathé. "L'image de l'Acadien dans le roman louisianais: G. W. Cable et Mme de la Houssaye,"Revue de l'Université de Moncton, 2 (1978), 9-16.

· Allain, Mathé. "L'invention de la Louisiane: Historique littéraire," Les Autres Littératures d'expression française en Amérique du nord, Cahiers du CRCCF, no. 24 (Éditions de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1987), 105-111.

· Allain, Mathé. and Carl Brasseaux, eds. A Franco-American Overview, vols. 5-8. National Bilingual Materials Development Center, 1981-88.

· Ancelet, Barry Jean. Cajun Music: Origins and Development. USL Center for Louisiana Studies, 1989.

· Ancelet, Barry Jean, and Elemore Morgan, Jr. The Makers of Cajun Music. University of Texas Press, 1984.

· Ancelet, Barry Jean. "A Perspective on Teaching the Problem Language in Louisiana," The French Review, 61:3 (1988).

· Blank, Les. Spend It All. A documentary film. Flower Films, 1971.

· Brasseaux, Carl. In Search of Evangeline: Birth and Evolution of the Evangeline Myth. Blue Heron Press, 1988.

· Breton, Roland J.-L. Géographie du français et de la francité en Louisiane. Centre International de Recherche sur le Bilinguisme, 1979.

· Broven, John. South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous. Pelican Press, 1983.

· Cajun and Creole Music, 1934-1937: The Classic Louisiana Recordings of Alan and John A. Lomax, vols. 1 and 2 (Rounder 11661-1842-2 and 11661-1843-2).

· Cajun French Music from the Southwest Prairies, vols. 1 and 2 (Rounder 6001 and 6002).

· Cajun Music and Zydeco (Rounder 11572); and More Cajun Music and Zydeco (Rounder 11573).

· Conrad, Glenn, ed. The Cajuns: Essays on their History and Culture. USL History Series, No. 11. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Center for Louisiana Studies, 1978.

· Conwell, Marilyn J. and Alphonse Juilland. Louisiana French Grammar. Mouton, 1963.

· Dormon, James H. The People Called Cajuns: An Introduction to an Ethnohistory. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Center for Louisiana Studies, 1983.

· Flaherty, Robert. Louisiana Story. A docu-drama film. Standard Oil, 1948.

· Gladu, André, and Michel Brault. Le son des Cajuns. A four-part documentary film series. Office National du Film (Québec), SRC and Nanouk Films, 1974.

· Grassin, Maguy Lavaud. "Le lexique du parler cajun en Louisiane," diss., Université de Paris III, 1978.

· Guidry, Richard. Lexique cadien-français. Louisiana State Department of Education, 1981.

· Gutierrez, C. Paige. Cajun Foodways. University Press of Mississippi, 1992.

· J'étais au bal: Music from French Louisiana (Swallow 6020).

· Journal of Popular Culture 23 (1), 1989.

· Louisiana Cajun Music: vols. 1-5 (Arhoolie/Old Timey 108-111, 114).

· Mire, Patrick, and Charles Bush. Anything I Catch: The Handfishing Story. A documentary film. Attakapas Films, 1990.

· Post, Lauren. Cajun Sketches from the Prairies of Southwest Louisiana. Louisiana State University Press, 1962.

· Rushton, William Faulkner. The Cajuns: From Acadia to Louisiana. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.

· Saucier, Corinne. Folk Tales from French Louisiana. Claitor's Publishing, 1972.

· Savoy, Ann Allen. Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People. Bluebird Press, 1985.

· Whitfield, Irene Thérèse. Louisiana French Folk Songs. Louisiana State University Press, 1939; rpt. Dover Publications, 1969.

· Winzerling, Oscar W. Acadian Odyssey. Louisiana State University Press, 1955.

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