Mardi Gras, gumbo, and zydeco readings in Louisiana culture / edited by Marcia Gaudet, James C. McDonald.

Other author Gaudet, Marcia G.
Other author McDonald, James C.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoJackson : University Press of Mississippi,
Descriptionxv, 179 p. ; 21 cm.
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Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [154]-155) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002009708
ISBN1578065291 (alk. paper)
ISBN1578065305 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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