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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Cajun"”.
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Linguistic Variations Between Cajun French, Pedagogical French, And Mississippi Gulf Coast French
… Pedagogical French, an international language, Cajun French, an obsolescing language, and Mississippi Gulf Coast French, an extinct language. In order to determine the degree of variation, thirty-two lexical items or phrases that display variance with Pedagogical French are selected from …
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Local norms and innovations within the system of locative prepositions in Cajun French
<p>Cajun French presents variable use of linguistic features, as any other variety of French does. Many Cajun French features are considered as deviant from the French norm or triggered by attrition although fluent speakers of Cajun French have always used them. In this sociolinguistic study, we …
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Putting Cajuns on the Map: Music's Role in Popularizing Louisiana's Bayou Culture
<p>Southern Louisiana witnessed a grassroots Cajun cultural revival whose most active years stretched across three decades in the latter half of the twentieth century. While important local and world events created conditions favorable to its development, actors and events within the Cajun musical …
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Just Throw it in the Pot! The Cultural Geography of Hidden Landscapes and Masked Performances in South Louisiana Gumbo Cooking
… word itself evokes images of Louisiana's swampy Cajun landscapes. Yet gumbo is not indigenous to Louisiana nor is it a strictly Cajun dish. This dissertation is about the cultural and historical geography of gumbo. This study delves into the background, evolution, and how gumbo became a symbol …
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Africans in Louisiana: An Afrocentric Analysis of Southwest Louisiana’s Culture through the Lens of Spirituality
… that is often defined as “Creole” and sometimes “Cajun.” It will interrogate the idea of “Creole” (creolite/creoleness, creolization), which is often defined as a mixture of various cultures/races and as a culture indigenous to a new land, through the theory of Afrocentricity. Ultimately this …
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Thirty Years of Change: How Subdivisions on Stilts have Altered A Southeast Louisiana Parish's Coast, Landscape and People
… mean for the indigenous American Indian and Cajun people who live along the coast? The author argues the proliferation of recreation fishing camps has had a serious dislocating effect on coastal Terrebonne's population, and the ongoing development of the tourism industry will devastate …
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Light In Rivers
… -- Washington Park in June -- The way to die in Cajun John's.
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Barely Hidden Magic: Acadiana Stories
… Acadiana, which is the regional name of the 22 Cajun and Creole parishes of Southern Louisiana. Acadiana stretches from the Texas border to New Orleans, and it is a sister culture to the Crescent City rather than an extension of it. Most of the stories occur in or around New Iberia, along the …
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In The Middle
A woman just getting settled in New Orleans with her fiancé is uprooted by Hurricane Katrina. She spends the two months after the hurricane in various parts of Louisiana trying to pick up the pieces of her uprooted reality. Along the way, she encounters ordinary people who act as inspirations and …