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Recommended
Reading
What follows is a list of publications and
books on Louisiana folklife that are more readily available. For a more
thorough list, refer to the Louisiana Folklife
Bibliography.
- Ancelet, Barry Jean.
1994. Cajun and Creole Folktales: The French Oral
Tradition
- of South
Louisiana. New
York: Garland Publishing.
- Ancelet, Barry Jean.
1999. Cajun and Creole Music Makers: Musiciens cadiens et
- creoles. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
- Ancelet, Barry Jean.
1989. Cajun Music: Its Origins and Development. Lafayette:
- University of
Southwestern Louisiana, Center for Louisiana Studies.
- Ancelet, Barry Jean.
1989. "Capitaine Voyage Ton Flag": The Traditional Cajun
- Country Mardi Gras.
Louisiana Life
Series, No. 1. Lafayette, LA: The Center for Louisiana Studies. (P.O.
Box 40831, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
70504-0831).
- Ancelet, Barry Jean, Jay
Edwards, and Glen Pitre. 1991. Cajun Country. Jackson:
- University Press of
Mississippi.
- Armistead, Samuel G.
1992. The Spanish Tradition in Louisiana. Newark, DE:
- Juan de la Cuesta.
- Bernard, Shane. 1996.
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm & Blues.
- Jackson: University Press
of Mississippi.
- Bodin, Ron. 1990.
Voodoo, Past and Present. Louisiana Life Series, No. 5.
- Lafayette, Louisiana: The
Center for Louisiana Studies (P.O. Box 40831, University of Louisiana at
Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504-0831).
- Colvin, Thomas, A. 1978.
Cane and Palmetto Basketry of the Choctaws of St.
- Tammany Parish,
Lacombe, Louisiana. Mandeville, LA: Melba Colvin.
- Comeaux, Malcolm. 1972.
Atchafalaya Swamp Life Settlement and Folk
- Occupations. Geoscience and Man, Vol II. Baton Rouge: LSU School of
Geoscience.
- Cooke, John and Mackie
J-V Blanton. 1981. Perspectives on Ethnicity in New
- Orleans.
New Orleans, LA:
The Committee on Ethnicity in New Orleans. (Department of English,
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148).
- de Caro, F. A. 1990.
Folklife in Louisiana Photography: Images of Tradition.
Baton Rouge:
Louisiana State University Press.
- de Caro, F. A. and R. A.
Jordan. 1980. Louisiana Traditional Crafts. Baton Rouge,
- La.: LSU Union Gallery.
(out of print, available in Louisiana libraries).
- Dunbar, Sheri and Maida
Owens. 1993. Keeping It Alive: Cultural Conservation
- Through
Apprenticeship--A Review of the Louisiana Folklife Apprenticeship
Program. Baton
Rouge: Louisiana Folklife Program. Free.
- Fontenot, Wonda, ed.
1994. 1994 Malaki Festival: A Community Reunion to
- Celebrate Rural
African American Traditions. Opelousas, LA: Wannamuse Institute for Arts, Culture,
and Ethnic Studies.
- Fontenot, Wonda. 1994.
Secret Doctors: Ethnomedicine of African Americans.
- Westport, CT: Bergin and
Garvey, Greenwood Publishing Group. (Available from
Bergin-Garvey/Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West,
Westport, CT 06881.)
- Frantom, Marcy, ed. 1993.
Louisiana Folklife. Special Issue: African-American
- Folklife in Louisiana,
Volume XVII, 1993
Issue. Natchitoches, Louisiana: The Louisiana Folklife Center (Box 3663,
NSU, Natchitoches, LA 71497).
- Gardner, Joel, ed. 1983.
A Better Life: Italian-Americans in South Louisiana. New
- Orleans: American-Italian
Federation of the Southeast.
- Gardner, Joel, ed.] 1989.
Folklife in the Florida
Parishes.
Baton Rouge:
- Louisiana
Folklife
Program.
- Gaudet, Marcia. 1984.
Tales from the Levee. Lafayette: University of
- Louisiana at
Lafayette.
- Gregory, H. F. ed. 1981.
Doing It Right and Passing It On: North Louisiana Crafts.
- Alexandria, La.:
Alexandria Museum. (PO Box 1028, Alexandria, LA 71309-1028. $2.00 + [.16
tax Louisiana residents only] + .52 postage and handling).
- Gregory, H. F. and Don
Hatley, eds. 1992. Splittin' On The Grain:
Folk Art in
Clifton,
Louisiana.
Natchitoches, LA: Louisiana Folklife Center.
- Gutierrez, C. Page. 1992.
Cajun Foodways. Jackson, MS: University Press of
- Mississippi.
- Kniffen, Fred B., H. F.
Gregory, and G. A. Stokes. 1987. Historic Indian Tribes
- of Louisiana.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana
- Langley, Linda, Susan
Lejeune, and Claude Oubre, eds. 1995. Les Raconteurs:
- Treasure Lore and
More. Eunice, LA:
Louisiana State University - Eunice. Folklife Series, Volume 1.
- Langley, Linda, Susan
Lejeune, and Claude Oubre, eds. 1996. Les Artistes:
- Crafters Tell Their
Tales. Eunice, LA:
Louisiana State University at Eunice. Folklife Series, Volume 2.
- Langley, Linda, Susan
Lejeune, and Claude Oubre, eds. 1997. Les Reviel des
- Fetes: Revitalized
Celebrations and Performance Traditions. Eunice, LA: Louisiana State University at
Eunice. Folklife Series, Volume 3.
- Langley, Linda, Susan
Lejeune, and Claude Oubre, eds. 1998. Les Vieus Temps:
- Recreation and Family
Traditions in Southwest Louisiana. Eunice, LA: Louisiana State University at Eunice.
Folklife Series, Volume 4.
- Latimer, Beverly D. and
Phoebe D. Vermillion. 1988. Crafts Talk: Visits with Five
- Traditional Louisiana
Craftspeople.
Lafayette, LA: Lafayette Natural History Museum.
- Lee, Dayna Bowker, ed.
1992. Le Garde-Manger: Preserving Our Treasured
- Memories. Baton Rouge, LA: Mother Daybreak Press (263 Third
Street, Suite 101, Baton Rouge, LA 70802). Interviews with Preston
Cailleteau, F. O. "Potch" Didier, and Della and Edwin Normand of
Avoyelles Parish, LA. Interviews, photography, and design by D.L.
Bennett.
- Lindahl, Carl, and
Carolyn Ware. 1997. Cajun Mardi Gras Masks. Jackson:
- University Press of
Mississippi.
- Lindahl, Carl, Maida
Owens, and Renée Harvison, eds. 1997. Swapping Stories:
- Folktales from
Louisiana. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
- Louisiana Cultural Vistas. Quarterly magazine published by
the Louisiana
- Endowment for
the
Humanities, 225 Baronne St, Suite 1414, New Orleans, LA 70112,
504/523-4352. Subscription.
- Louisiana
Folklife.
Periodical published by the Louisiana Folklife Society, Box
- 3663, NSU, Natchitoches,
LA 71457. Back issues of the magazine are available, including special
issues on folk cures, Houma Indian folklore, and African Americans. An
index is online.
- Louisiana Folklore Miscellany. Periodical published by the
Louisiana Folklore
- Society.
- Mocsary, Victoria Ann.
1990. Arpadhon: The Largest Rural Hungarian Settlement
- in the United States.
Hammond, LA:
Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Southeastern Louisiana
University. Folklife in the Florida Parishes, Volume 6.
- Olivier, Rick and Ben
Sandmel. 1999. ZYDECO!. Jackson: University Press of
- Mississippi.
- Orso, Ethelyn. 1990.
The St. Joseph Altar Traditions of South Louisiana.
- Louisiana Life Series,
No. 4. Lafayette, Louisiana: The Center for Louisiana Studies (P.O. Box
40831, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
70504-0831).
- Poesch, Jesse and Barbara
SoRelle Bacot. 1997. Louisiana Buildings 1720 -
- 1940. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
University Press.
- Red Shoes' People: A
History of the Sovereign Nation of the Coushatta Tribe of
- Louisiana.
1992. Elton, LA:
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. (P.O. Box 818, Elton, LA, 70532).
- Riquelmy, Christina, ed.
1994. Documenting Selected Louisiana Ethnic Groups: A
- Theme Issue of LLA
Bulletin. Vol 57,
No. 1. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Library Association (P.O. Box 3058,
Baton Rouge, LA 70801). Italians, Lebanese, Vietnamese, and Louisiana
Indians: Chitimacha, Coushatta, Tunica-Biloxi, Caddo, Choctaw Apache,
Clifton Choctaw, Jena Band of Choctaw, and the United Houma
Nation.
- Roach, Susan, ed. 1998.
On My Way: The Arts of Sarah Albritton. Ruston:
- Louisiana Tech
University. Distributed by University Press of
Mississippi.
800-737-7788, $15.00.
- Roach-Lankford, Susan,
ed. 1984.Gifts
from the Hills: North Central Louisiana
- Folk Traditions.
Ruston, LA: Louisiana Tech Art Gallery.
- Romero, Ginger. 1987.
Hungarian Folklife: "The Sweet Taste of Yesterday" in the
- Florida Parishes of
Southeast Louisiana. Folklife in the Florida Parishes Series, Vol. III.
Hammond, LA: Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Southeastern LA
Univ (Box 370, University Station, Hammond, LA 70402).
- Salaam, Kalamu ya.
1997.
"He's the Prettiest": A Tribute to Big Chief Allison
- "Tootie"Montana's 50 Years of Mardi Gras Indian
Suiting
.
New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art. Catalog for exhibit,
July12-August 31, 1997. $8.95 plus $2.50 S&H, PO Box 19123, New
Orleans, LA 70179.
- Savoy, Ann. 1984.
Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People. Eunice, LA: Bluebird
- Press.
- Smith, Michael. 1984.
Spirit World: Pattern in the Expressive Folk Culture of
Afro-
- American New Orleans.
New Orleans:
Pelican Press.
- Smith, Michael. 1990.
Make a Joyful Noise: A Celebration of New Orleans Music.
- Dallas, TX: Taylor
Publishing Co.
- Sonnier, Jr., Austin.
1990. Second Linin': Jazzmen of Southwest Louisiana, 1900-
- 1950. Louisiana Life Series, No. 3.
Lafayette, LA: The Center for Louisiana Studies. (P.O. Box 40831,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504-0831).
- Southern
Folklore.
Lexington: University of Kentucky. This journal was formerly
- published three
times a year and is available in many university
libraries. It is an excellent source for articles about Louisiana as
well as the greater South.
- Spitzer, Nicholas. 1985.
Louisiana Folklife: A Guide to the State. Baton Rouge:
- Louisiana Folklife
Program. (out of print, available in Louisiana libraries)
- United Houma Nation.
[n.d.] The Houma People of Louisiana: A Story of Indian
- Survival. Golden Meadow, LA: United Houma Nation. Available from
the United Houma Nation, Rt. 1, Box 95A, Golden Meadow, LA 70357,
504/475-6640.
- Warren, Karen. 1982.
Feast of St. Joseph: Labor of Love by the Faithful.
Folklife
- in the Florida Parishes
Series, Vol. I. Hammond, LA: Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies,
Southeastern Louisiana University (Box 730, University Station, Hammond,
LA 70402).
- Wilson, Charles Reagan
and William Ferris, eds. 1989. Encyclopedia of Southern
- Culture. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Includes concise essays on all aspects of the south including
hard-to-find subjects such as Air-conditioning, Catfish, Collard Greens,
Smokehouse, Greeks, Cultural Landscape, Cemeteries, Funerals, Grave
Markers, Ethnic Geography, Gardens and Gardening, Debutantes, Music
Industry, African Influences, English Language, New Orleans English,
Drawl, Southern Film, rock & roll, Spirituals, Mythic South, Celtic
South, Good Ole Boys and Girls, "Mammy", Rednecks, Sambo, Cheerleading
and Twirling, Pentecostalism, African Methodist Episcopal Churches, Dirt
Eating (Geophagy), Tenant Farmers, Attitudes Towards Crime, Race Riots,
Nightriders, Belles and Ladies, Child-raising Customs, Women Healers,
Marriage and Courtship, Afro-American Quilting, and Anglo-American
Quilting, 1656 pages, $69.95.
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