Louisiana Creoles

Cultural Recovery and Mixed-Race Native American Identity

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

AvAndrew J. Jolivétte,Paula Gunn Allen

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Louisiana Creoles examines the recent efforts of the Louisiana Creole Heritage Center to document and preserve the distinct ethnic heritage of this unique American population. Dr. Andrew Jolivétte uses sociological inquiry to analyze the factors that influence ethnic and racial identity formation and community construction among Creoles of Color living in and out of the state of Louisiana. By including the voices of contemporary Creole organizations, preservationists, and grassroots organizers, Jolivétte offers a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the ways in which history has impacted the ability of Creoles to self-define their own community in political, social, and legal contexts. This book raises important questions concerning the process of cultural formation and the politics of ethnic categories for multiracial communities in the United States. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina the themes found throughout Louisiana Creoles are especially relevant for students of sociology and those interested in identity issues.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-10-03
Mått153 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt222 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor144
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739118979

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Part 1 ForewordChapter 2 Introduction: Who Is White?Chapter 3 The Reconfiguring of Creole-Indian Identity in Louisiana: Situating the Other in Social DiscourseChapter 4 Including Native Identity in the Creole of Color Movement: Ethnic Renewal and Cultural Revival within a Black-Indian PopulationChapter 5 Migratory Movement: The Politics of Ethnic Community (Re)Construction Among Creoles of Color, 1920-1940Chapter 6 Examining the Regional and Multi-Generational Context of Creole and American Indian IdentityChapter 7 Conclusion: (Re)Imagining and (Re)Writing Racial Categories

Louisiana Creoles is an insightful exploration of the complex experience of one of the longest-standing 'multiracial' communities in the United States as well as of contemporary individual and organizational efforts to document and preserve that experience. A major contribution to not only the growing body of literature on multiraciality, but also the larger body of research on questions of racial, gender, class, and cultural formations and the construction of identity.