Cajun History, Life & Values
Basics
On the Web: Articles
Acadian to Cajun: History of a Society Built on the Extended Family. Carl A. Brasseaux (8/99).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Ancelet, Barry Jean. Cajun Music: Its Origins & Development (Lafayette: U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1989).
__________. Cajun Country (Jackson: U. Mississippi, 1991).
__________. Cajun & Creole Folk Tales (NY: Garland, 1994).
___________. Cajun & Creole Music Makers (Jackson: U. Mississippi, 1999).
Brasseaux, Carl. The Founding of New Acadia: the Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana, 1765-1803 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U., 1987).
__________. Scattered to the Wind: Dispersal & Wanderings of the Acadians, 1755-1809 (Lafayette LA: Center for Louisiana Studies, 1991).
__________. Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877 (Jackson MS: U. Missippi, 1992).
__________; Keith P. Fontenot & Claude F. Oubre. (?:?, 1996).
Broven, John. South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous (Gretna LA: Pelican, 1983).
Gould, Philip. Cajun Music & Zydeco (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U, 1992.
Griffiths, Nancy. The Acadians: Creation of a People (Toronto: McGraw Hill/Ryerson, 1973).
Gutierrez, C. Paige. Cajun Foodways (Jackson: U. Mississippi, 1992).
Post, Lauren C. Cajun Sketches from the Praries of Southwest Louisiana (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U, 1962).
Reneaux, J.J. Cajun Folktales (Little Rock: August House, 1992).
Rushton, William Faulkner. The Cajuns (NY, 1994).
Savoy, Ann Allen (ed.) Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People (Eunice LA: Bluebird, 1984).
Stivale, Charles J. Disenchanting Les Bons Temps: Identity & Authenticity in Cajun Music & Dance (Durham NC: Duke, 2003).
Tidwell, Mike. Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life & Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast (NY: Panthron, 2003).
In the Library: Fiction
Burke, James Lee. Sunset Limited (NY: Bantam, 2003)