Cajun and zydeco dance music in Northern California : modern pleasures in a postmodern world / Mark F. DeWitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeWitt, Mark F.

Series:

American made music series.

American made music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cajun music--California, Northern--History and criticism.

Cajun music.

Zydeco music--California, Northern--History and criticism.

Zydeco music.

Folk dance music--California, Northern--History and criticism.

Folk dance music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Queen Ida. Danny Poullard. Documentary filmmaker Les Blank. Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records. These are names that are familiar to many fans of Cajun music and zydeco, and they have one other thing in common--longtime residence in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are all part of a vibrant scene of dancing and live Louisiana-French music that has evolved over several decades. Cajun and Zydeco Dance Music in Northern California traces how this region of California has been able to develop and sustain dances several times a week with more than a dozen bands. Description of this active region

Contents:

Prelude: Down at the twist and shout

Identity issues, research methods, and ethnography

Music, dance, and social capital

Wartime and postwar Creole migration to California

Further Creole migration and bridging to other social networks

Folk revival connection: The musicians

Folk revival connection: The dancers

Later Gulf Coast arrivals.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-266), discography (p. 267-269), filmography (p. 271) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48515-6

9786612485152

1-60473-337-3

OCLC:

317403779