"Capitaine, Voyage Ton Flag"

Author: Barry Jean Ancelet

Publisher: University of Louisiana

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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Correlates rituals from ancient and medieval Europe to modern day Mardi Gras in Mamou.


Buying the Wind

Buying the Wind

Author: Richard M. Dorson

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 0226158624

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Selection of tales, songs, riddles, proverbs and other items of folklore from seven regional cultures of the U.S.A.


The Callahan Brothers Trilogy

The Callahan Brothers Trilogy

Author: JoAnn Ross

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-05-29

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 1439139091

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Set in steamy Blue Bayou, Louisiana, The Callahan Brothers features three sexy siblings and the fascinating women who fall in love with them. ?? Blue Bayou: Danielle Dupree and Jack Callahan both grew up in Blue Bayou, Louisiana; Danielle was the closest thing the community ever had to a princess, and Jack was the sexy bad-boy son of her wealthy father's housekeeper. Dani and Jack had a steamy love affair as teenagers, until Dani’s father, Judge Dupree, sends Jack away. Thirteen years later Dani returns to Blue Bayou as a widow with a young son. Jack too, has returned, having purchased the former Dupree home, the grand and stately Beau Soleil with hopes of restoring it to its former glory. A former DEA agent, Jack is now a bestselling writer. But even as their passion reignites, Dani and Jack know that secrets hang in the air…and that the past may ruin their second chance at a once-in-a-lifetime love. River Road: Free-spirited actress Julia Summers has wanted to be a Bond Girl all her life, so landing the role of Carma Sutra in the newest James Bond movie is a dream come true. But before she can head off to Katmandu to start her new role, she has to wrap up the season of the nighttime soap opera on which she plays a vixen. The cast is on location in Blue Bayou, LA when Julia begins to receive potentially threatening fan letters. Not wanting to put his star (and the show) at risk, the director hires no-nonsense FBI Agent Finn Callahan to act as a bodyguard. Julia and Finn soon discover that despite their differences, there's an undeniable attraction between them. Magnolia Moon: Detective Regan Hart’s life turns upside down when her dying mother confesses that Regan was adopted. Determined to learn the truth about her past, she travels to Blue Bayou to piece together her birth mother’s mysterious death and figure out the identity of her real father. The mayor of Blue Bayou, Nate Callahan, has always loved Southern belles. And they’ve always loved him right back. But when Regan comes to town, he finds himself drawn to the no-nonsense cop. And although she initially dismisses him as a rogue, Regan can’t help noticing a deeper side to Nate. With Nate’s help, Regan delves deep into her mysterious past—and ends up learning more about her family, her heart, and herself than she had ever expected.


Disenchanting Les Bons Temps

Disenchanting Les Bons Temps

Author: Charles J. Stivale

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780822330202

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DIVPresents the complex and conflicting views of Cajun cultural heritage, identities, and their manifestation in musical and dance expression./div


Louisiana Sojourns

Louisiana Sojourns

Author: Frank de Caro

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2005-05-01

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9780807122402

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A sweeping collection of observations and episodes penned by visitors to Louisiana from the sixteenth century to the 1990s, Louisiana Sojourns is—much like the state itself—a wonder to behold in its sum, and in its particulars, full of surprise and delight. The seventy-six pieces that Frank A. de Caro has selected give readers a vivid sense of how Louisiana's unique blend of Old World, South, the exotic, and quintessential America has exerted a pull and hold on travelers. Included are writings by well-known figures such as Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, Kate Chopin, John Steinbeck, Frederick Law Olmsted, Walker Percy, William Faulkner, Simone de Beauvoir, Henry Miller, John James Audubon, Calvin Trillin, Zora Neale Hurston, A. J. Liebling, William Least Heat Moon, and Frederick Turner. Dozens of other wayfarers are represented as well.


Cajun Women and Mardi Gras

Cajun Women and Mardi Gras

Author: Carolyn E. Ware

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2024-03-18

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0252056450

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Cajun Women and Mardi Gras is the first book to explore the importance of women’s contributions to the country Cajun Mardi Gras tradition, or Mardi Gras “run.” Most Mardi Gras runs--masked begging processions through the countryside, led by unmasked capitaines--have customarily excluded women. Male organizers explain that this rule protects not only the tradition’s integrity but also women themselves from the event’s rowdy, often drunken, play. Throughout the past twentieth century, and especially in the past fifty years, women in some prairie communities have insisted on taking more active and public roles in the festivities. Carolyn E. Ware traces the history of women’s participation as it has expanded from supportive roles as cooks and costume makers to increasingly public performances as Mardi Gras clowns and (in at least one community) capitaines. Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork interviews and observation in Mardi Gras communities, Ware focuses on the festive actions in Tee Mamou and Basile to reveal how women are reshaping the celebration as creative artists and innovative performers.


Cajun Mardi Gras Masks

Cajun Mardi Gras Masks

Author: Carl Lindahl

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780878059683

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A study of Cajun Mardi Gras and its traditional mask making