Monde Creole: The cultural world of French Louisiana Creoles and the creolization of world cultures

From: Journal of American Folklore | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The analogy of linguistic creolization to cultural creolization is examined with reference to the evolution, form, style, and performance of zydeco music and related community aesthetic expressions among rural African-French Louisiana Creoles. The expressive culture demonstrates African, European, and Native sources both conserved and transformed in this New World setting where Creole is a local group identity. The processes observed in this particular creole culture are extended and applied to other aspects of folk and vernacular culture in America and worldwide-with the implication that ...

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