Louisiana Culture from the Colonial Era to Katrina

Informationen zum Autor John Lowe , professor of English at Louisiana State University, is the author of Jump at the Sun: Zora Neale Hurston's Cosmic Comedy, and the editor of Bridging Southern Cultures , Conversations with Ernest Gaines, and The Future of Southern Letters . Klappentext This new scholarly collection provides an interdisciplinary, multicultural approach to Louisiana's rich and exceptional history. It expertly traces the unique influence of the state on national and international issues and events. Essays on French explorers, Native Americans, slavery, creoles and creolization, immigrant and travel writing, fiction, poetry, folklore, politics, music, funerary traditions, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are all included. Zusammenfassung Captures all of the flavour and richness of Louisiana's heritage, illuminating how the state, despite its differences from the rest of the United States, is a microcosm of key national concerns, including regionalism, race, politics, immigration, global connections, folklore, musical traditions, ethnicity, and hybridity.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John (EDT) Lowe
• Con la collaborazione di: John Lowe (Editore), John Wharton Lowe (Editore)
• Editore: Louisiana state univ pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.12.2008
• EAN: 9780807133378
• ISBN: 978-0-8071-3337-8
• Pagine: 327
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: Southern Literary Studies (Har; Southern Literary Studies; Southern Literary Studies (Har
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Afrika, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / African, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General