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Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
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Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color Paperback - 2000

by Sybil Kein (Editor)


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Who are the Creoles? The answer is not clear-cut. Of European, African, or Caribbean mixed descent, they are a people of color and Francophone dialect native to south Louisiana; and though their history dates from the late 1600s, they have been sorely neglected in the literature. Creole is a project that both defines and celebrates this ethnic identity. In fifteen essays, writers intimately involved with their subject explore the vibrant yet understudied culture of the Creole people across time--their language, literature, religion, art, food, music, folklore, professions, customs, and social barriers.

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Who are the Creoles? The answer is not clear-cut. Of European, African, or Caribbean mixed descent, they are a people of color and Francophone dialect native to south Louisiana; and though their history dates from the late 1600s, they have been sorely neglected in the literature. Creole is a project that both defines and celebrates this ethnic identity. In fifteen essays, writers intimately involved with their subject explore the vibrant yet understudied culture of the Creole people across time -- their language, literature, religion, art, food, music, folklore, professions, customs, and social barriers.

"Multicultural before there was a name, racially constructed before there was a theory, international before there was a discourse, Louisiana's Creoles have much to teach us about the specific history and production of a remarkable people as well as about the larger, overarching, fluid, and complicated issues of culture, nation, and race. This extraordinary interdisciplinary collection, wide-ranging yet judiciously focused, is a powerful and necessary addition to the twenty-first century studies of race and culture." -- Thadious M. Davis, author of Southscapes: Geographies of Race, Region, and Literature

"Conservative or liberal, black, white, or griffe, all Louisianians should find this book a fascinating read -- an insight into the complicated political and social battles that shaped our state's history and still affect our society today." -- New Orleans Magazine

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  • Title Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
  • Author Sybil Kein (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher LSU Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000-08-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780807126011 / 0807126012
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6.06 x 1.08 in (22.91 x 15.39 x 2.74 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Deep South
    • Cultural Region: Mid-South
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
  • Library of Congress subjects Louisiana - Race relations, Louisiana - In literature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00008449
  • Dewey Decimal Code 976.3

About the author

Sybil Kein is a Creole scholar, writer, and singer. She has published five poetry collections and several albums of Creole music, and her recorded poetry is housed in the National Archives. She is a distinguished professor of English emerita of the University of Michigan.
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