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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 International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Hodges, David Julian.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social personality
- External migration
- History and culture change
- Total culture
- Ethnic stratification
- Visiting and hospitality
- Districts
- External relations
- 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
- no date ['…a period of three months…' 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)
- St. Martin, Iberia, Evangeline, and Acadia parishes in Louisiana, United States (p. 29-31)
- NotesAdditional notes
- David Julian Hodges
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- New York University, 1972
- Abstracted in: Dissertation abstracts international -- 33/05, p. 1901, Nov. 1972.
- UM-AAC 7226598
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cajuns