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Louisiana Folklife: A Guide to the State

Nicholas R. Spitzer, editor

Louisiana Folklife: A Guide to the State, Nicholas R. Spitzer, editor

 

Table of Contents

Louisiana Folklife: An Introduction, Nicholas R. Spitzer

I. Folklife Research in Louisiana

A History of Folklife Research in Louisiana, F. A. de Caro

Languages and Linguistic Research in Louisiana, J. L. Dillard

II. Ethnicity, Region, Occupation and Family: The Social Contexts for Louisiana Folklife

Folklore and Ethnicity: Some Theoretical Considerations, Rosan A. Jordan

The National and Cultural Groups of New Orleans, George F. Reinecke

Creolization and Ethnicity, Joseph V. Guillotte, III

South Louisiana: Unity and Diversity in a Folk Region, Nicholas R. Spitzer

The Regional Folklife of North Louisiana, Susan Roach-Lankford

"A Promise from the Sun": The Folklife Traditions of Louisiana Indians, H.F. Gregory

Occupational Folklife in Louisiana, George A. Stokes

Louisiana Children's Folklore, Jeanne Soileau

III. Living On and Off the Land in Louisiana: Crafts, Foodways, Boats and Houses

Louisiana Folk Crafts: An Overview, Rosan A. Jordan, F. A. de Caro, Susan Roach-Lankford, and Nicholas R. Spitzer

Louisiana Traditional Foodways, C. Paige Gutierrez

Folk Boats of Louisiana, Malcolm Comeaux

Louisiana Folk Houses, Milton B. Newton

Saving Your Own House: Folk Culture and Mitigation, H. F. Gregory

IV. Documenting Tradition: Louisiana Folklife and Media An Introduction to Media Documentation of Louisiana Folklife, Nicholas R. Spitzer

The Vietnamese Documentary Project, Mark Sindler

Louisiana Folk and Regional Popular Music Traditions on Records and the Radio, Stephen R. Tucker

Recording Louisiana Folk Music for Arhoolie Records, Chris Strachwitz

V. Folklife and Public Policy

Public Sector Attention to Folklife in the United States, Archie Green

Folklife and Public Policy In Louisiana

A Folklife Plan for the State of Louisiana, F. A. de Caro

Folklife and Education, C. Paige Gutierrez

Folklife and the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism

Office of Cultural Development: Division of the Arts, Louisiana Folklife Program, Division of Historic Preservation, Division of Archeology

Office of State Museum

Office of Tourism

Office of State Parks

Office of the State Library

Appendices

1. Resources in Research, Preservation, and Presentation of Louisiana Folklife

2. Doctoral Dissertations/Masters Theses Relevant to Louisiana Folklife

3. Film and Video on Louisiana Folklife

4. Louisiana Folk Music on Sound Recordings

5. Louisiana Festivals -- Traditional and Otherwise

6. Louisiana State Documents Relevant to Folklife

7. Oral History and Folklife

8. Louisiana Folklife Legislation/Louisiana Folklife Commission

9. Louisiana Folklife Survey

 

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