The Cajuns : Americanization of a people / Shane K. Bernard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernard, Shane K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cajuns--History.

Cajuns.

Cajuns--Cultural assimilation.

Cajuns--Ethnic identity.

Americanization.

Ethnic relations.

Assimilation (Sociology).

History.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Louisiana--Ethnic relations.

Louisiana.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 196 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2003]

Summary:

The past sixty years have shaped and reshaped that group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained strikingly distinct. The Cajuns: Americanization of a People explores six decades of Cajun history and analyzes the forces that impacted on Louisiana's Acadiana. During these years of Americanization the Cajuns were swept into the strong currents of mass culture. All these forces have pushed and pulled at the fabric of Cajun life but did not destroy it. This fascinating book reveals why.

Contents:

Cajuns during wartime

Atomic-age Cajuns

Cajuns and the 1960s

From coonass to Cajun power

Exploitation and revitalization.

Notes:

Enlargement of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-182) and index.

ISBN:

1578065224

1578065232

OCLC:

49618900