Becoming Cajun, Becoming American : The Acadian in American Literature from Longfellow to James Lee Burke

Becoming Cajun, Becoming American : The Acadian in American Literature from Longfellow to James Lee Burke

From LSU Press: "From antebellum times, Louisiana’s unique multipartite society included a legal and social space for intermediary racial groups such as Acadians, Creoles, and Creoles of Color. In 'Becoming Cajun, Becoming American,' Maria Hebert-Leiter explores how American writers have portrayed Acadian culture over the past 150 years. Combining a study of Acadian literary history with an examination of Acadian ethnic history in light of recent social theories, she offers insight into the Americanization process experienced by Acadians—who over time came to be known as Cajuns—during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."

Hebert-Leiter, Maria

Louisiana State University Press

2009

English

Book

No

9780807136133

200

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/bookPages/9780807134351.html

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