Blue Collar Bayou: Louisiana Cajuns in the New Economy of Ethnicity

by Jacques M. Henry and Carl L. Bankston III

Although the French language and the traditional rural way of life are disappearing among Louisiana Cajuns, identification with Cajun ethnicity is flourishing. Henry and Bankston draw on historical documents, ethnographic observations and interviews, and statistical sources to investigate and explain this phenomenon. They argue that while Cajun ethnicity developed from and consisted of the French-speaking, rural poor of the region, it has been...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275978176
• ISBN13: 9780275978174
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.2"