essay
Cajun French and French creole: their speakers and the questions of identities
Culture of Acadiana : tradition and change in south Louisiana • Lafayette, La. • Published In 1975 • Pages: 87-109
By: Tentchoff, Dorice.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The concept of Cajun identity is a major topic of concern in this essay. Tentchoff explores the various ramifications of the problem, attempting to answer in the process such questions as 'who is a Cajun?', and 'what does it mean to be a Cajun?' One general meaning of the word 'Cajun' is a native who is a French speaker, but this is also true of the Creole and Louisiana French populations as well. In an attempt at clarification Tentchoff proceeds to a detailed analysis of Cajun French and French Creole as they are used by native speakers, illustrating their similarities and differences as defining variables in ethnic identification.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Language
- Conversation
- Ethnic stratification
- 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 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
- 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
- Dorice Tentchoff
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-109)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75017023
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cajuns