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   Cajun Country (Chap. 10 "Music and Musical Instruments") » Read Now

   by Barry Jean Ancelet, Jay D. Edwards, Glen Pitre. 256 pgs.

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   ...Ancelet, folklore; Dewey Balfa, Cajun music and programming; David Barry...1950s and 1960s. Traditional Cajun music made a comeback, and politicians...Jolie Blonde" sung in...
   
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   Acting in Concert: Music, Community, and Political Action (Chap. 5 "Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez: Cajun Music and Cultural Revival") » Read Now

   by Mark Mattern. 190 pgs.

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   ...5 Laissez les bon temps roulez: Cajun Music and Cultural Revival 79...empirical research on Chilean popular music, Cajun music, and American Indian powwow...and...
   
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   Let the Good Times Unroll: Music and Race Relations in Southwest Louisiana, in Black Music Research Journal » Read Now

   by Mark Mattern. 10 pgs.

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   ...Interaction Taken together, zydeco and Cajun music represent a social arena of communication...consumption, and use of zydeco and Cajun music. Within this arena, black...
   
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   Articulating the Global and the Local: Globalization and Cultural Studies (Chap. 5 "Of Hecceites and Ritournelles: Movement and Affect in the Cajun Dance Arena") » Read Now

   by Ann Cvetkovkh, Douglas Kellner. 250 pgs.

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   ...Stivale indicates how Cajun dance preserves traditional forms of music and dance in the...arena within which Cajun culture negotiates...the U.S. popular music industry. Mia...
   
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   World Music: The Basics ("Cajun-Zydeco" begins on p. 303) » Read Now

   by Richard Nidel. 404 pgs.

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   This title gives a brief introduction to popular musical styles found around the world. Organized by continent/region, and then A to Z by country, the book features both background information on the cultural and musical history of each area, along with succinct reviews of key recordings.
   
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   Zydeco Country, in American Visions » Read Now

   by Dari Giles. 3 pgs.

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   ...heard in the harmony of their music and in the accents of their...Louisiana because Im not a Cajun. Im an African-American Creole." The mesh of Cajun and Creole defines...
   
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   Squeezebox: The Legacy of the Afro-Mississippi Accordionists, in Black Music Research Journal » Read Now

   by Jared M. Snyder. 21 pgs.

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