Book
Henderson, Louisiana: cultural adaptation in a Cajun community
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1985 • Pages: [xix], 137
By: Esman, Marjorie R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Esman considers the Cajuns of Henderson, Louisiana to be one of the most distinctive and oldest North American ethnic minorities. Now mixed withother immigrant groups, the Cajuns have attempted to maintain their cultural identity in a number of ways, both in the public domain, such as the biennial Crawfish Festival, and in private, in speech, mannerisms, philosopy of life, and attitudes toward each other and to outsiders (p.vii). This book explores these avenues of ethnic identity, presenting information on cultural history, the crawfish industry, restaurants, family life, sex roles, social life, religion, relations with other ethnic minorities, politics, work, play and leisure activities, and relations with neighboring communities and tourists.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History and culture change
- Cultural identity and pride
- Food quest
- Food service industries
- Labor
- Individual enterprise
- Leisure time activities
- Hobbies
- Social stratification
- Social relationships and groups
- Kin relationships
- Political behavior
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cajuns
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle, 1993
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1984 (p. 2)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- variable
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Henderson, La., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marjorie Esman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85055510
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cajuns