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The Cajun culture of southwestern Louisiana: a study of cultural isolation and role adaptation as factors in the fusion of black African and French Acadian culture traits

University Microfilms InternationalAnn Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1972 • Pages:

By: Hodges, David Julian.

Abstract
In this dissertation Julian Hodges attempts to determine the relationship between cultural isolation and role adaptation in a society produced by the fusion of two cultures, French Acadian and African, and to investigate the reciprocal interchange of culture traits between the two groups. Using participant observation in conjunction with interviews and records, Hodges studied four parishes in southwestern Louisiana where the concentration of Cajuns was the greatest. Using the data he collected, Hodges establishes a significant and systematic relationship between the two variables of positive role adaptation and cultural isolation. Hodges attributes much of the complex pattern of the Cajun cultural fabric to African influence especially in music, religion, etc. (Introductory, p.xi).
Subjects
Social personality
External migration
History and culture change
Total culture
Ethnic stratification
Visiting and hospitality
Districts
External relations
culture
Cajuns
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
North America
Sub Region
Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle, 1993
Field Date
no date ['…a period of three months…' p. 2]
Coverage Date
variable
Coverage Place
St. Martin, Iberia, Evangeline, and Acadia parishes in Louisiana, United States (p. 29-31)
Notes
David Julian Hodges
Abstracted in: Dissertation abstracts international -- 33/05, p. 1901, Nov. 1972.
UM-AAC 7226598
Includes bibliographical references
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- New York University, 1972
LCSH
Cajuns