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Creole : the history and legacy of Louisiana's free people of color /
"In her introduction, Sybil Kein immediately addresses perhaps the book's most important - and controversial - question: who are the Creoles? The answer is not clear-cut. Of European, African, or Caribbean mixed descent, they are a people of color and Francophone dialect native to south Lo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
©2000.
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"In her introduction, Sybil Kein immediately addresses perhaps the book's most important - and controversial - question: who are the Creoles? The answer is not clear-cut. Of European, African, or Caribbean mixed descent, they are a people of color and Francophone dialect native to south Louisiana; and though their history dates from the late 1600s, they have been neglected in the literature. Creole is a project that both defines and celebrates this ethnic identity. In fifteen essays, writers intimately involved with their subject explore the vibrant yet marginalized culture of the Creole people across time - their language, literature, religion, art, food, music, folklore, professions, customs, and social barriers."--Jacket. |
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xxiv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0807125326 9780807125328 0807126012 9780807126011 |