Book
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 International • Ann 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).
- 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