Book
Cajun foodways
University Press of Mississippi • Jackson, Miss. • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: Gutierrez, C. Paige.
Abstract
'Cajun Foodways' is about the relationship between Cajun food and ethnic identity. It describes and interprets the symbolic aspects of Cajun ethnic foodways, based on Gutierrez's field research in Louisiana, and written from the perspective of folklore studies and cultural anthropology (p. xi). The introductory portion of this work is an overview of Cajun history, followed by a discussion of Cajun ethnic identity ca. 1980. Chapters 1-3 present a general description of Cajun food and cooking, with a directed focus in chapters 4-6 on the crawfish, not only as a food, but also as a symbol. The final chapters of this book (chapters 7-8) apply the insights gathered through the analysis of the crawfish data to other Cajun foodways.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Folklorist
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle, 1993
- Field Date
- 1979-1983 (p.xii)
- Coverage Date
- variable
- Coverage Place
- Breaux Bridge (St. Martin Parish), Lafayette (Lafayette Parish), and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
- Notes
- C. Paige Gutierrez
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-145) and index
- LCCN
- 92009963
- LCSH
- Cajuns