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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.

Also see the publications list on the Louisiana Folklore Society website.

 

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).
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.
de Caro, F. A. 1990. Folklife in Louisiana Photography: Images of Tradition.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
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. 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.
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 Endowment for the Humanities. KnowLa: Encyclopedia of Louisiana.
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.
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). DT>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, general editor.The New Encyclopedia of Southern
Culture. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. First published in 1989, the new encyclopedia is thoroughly revised and updated in 24 volumes. 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.

 

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