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The culture of Acadiana: an anthropological perspective
Culture of Acadiana : tradition and change in south Louisiana • Lafayette, La. • Published In 1975 • Pages: 1-14
By: Gibson, Jon L., Del Sesto, Steven L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief essay outlines some basic concepts involved in the recognition of Cajun cultural identity and self image. Gibson and Del Sesto examine these concepts from an anthropological-sociological point of view. In addition, using Robert Redfield's definition of '…a folk culture as a small, isolated, nonliterate, homogeneous society with a strong sense of group solidarity' (p. 4)…as a basis for organization, Gibson and Del Sesto examine many of the characteristics of Cajun culture to see how well they conform to this folk culture ideal. Their conclusion is that Redfield's model of folk culture seems to accommodate Cajun culture quite well (p. 9).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Cultural identity and pride
- Settlement patterns
- Urban and rural life
- Extended families
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Louisiana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jon L. Gibson and Steven Del Sesto
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-14)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75017023
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cajuns