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Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco: Readings in Louisiana Culture » (New Edition)

Authors: Marcia Gaudet (Editor), James C. McDonald
ISBN-13: 9781578065301, ISBN-10: 1578065305
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Date Published: April 2003
Edition: New Edition

An anthology of essays that afford an understanding of southern Louisiana's diverse culture

	Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco: An Introduction to Louisiana Culture
Ch. 1	Mardi Gras and the Media: Who's Fooling Whom?	3
Ch. 2	Buffalo Bill and the Mardi Gras Indians	16
Ch. 3	Every Man a King: Worldview, Social Tension, and Carnival in New Orleans	26
Ch. 4	Mardi Gras Chase	42
Ch. 5	The New Orleans King Cake in Southwest Louisiana	48
Ch. 6	Christmas Bonfires in South Louisiana: Tradition and Innovation	59
Ch. 7	The Creole Tradition	71
Ch. 8	Hidden Nation: The Houmas Speak	80
Ch. 9	Some Accounts of Witch Riding	89
Ch. 10	Charlene Richard: Folk Veneration among the Cajuns	103
Ch. 11	Ote Voir Ta Sacree Soutane: Anti-Clerical Humor in French Louisiana	123
Ch. 12	The Social and Symbolic Uses of Ethnic/Regional Foodways: Cajuns and Crawfish in South Louisiana	134
Ch. 13	Is It Cajun, or Is It Creole?	150
	Suggestions for Further Reading on Louisiana Culture	154
	Notes on Contributors	156
	Questions and Topics for Classroom Discussion and Writing Assignments	158
	Index	171