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Cajun and zydeco dance music in Northern California modern pleasures in a postmodern world

Title
Cajun and zydeco dance music in Northern California [electronic resource] : modern pleasures in a postmodern world / Mark F. DeWitt.
Author
DeWitt, Mark F.
Publication
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008.

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Description
1 online resource (viii, 282 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
American made music series
Uniform Title
Cajun and zydeco dance music in Northern California (Online)
Alternative Title
Cajun and zydeco dance music in Northern California (Online)
Subject
  • Cajun music > California, Northern > History and criticism
  • Zydeco music > California, Northern > History and criticism
  • Folk dance music > California, Northern > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-266), discography (p. 267-269), filmography (p. 271) and index.
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Contents
Prelude: Down at the twist and shout -- Identity issues, research methods, and ethnography -- Music, dance, and social capital -- Wartime and postwar Creole migration to California -- Further Creole migration and bridging to other social networks -- Folk revival connection: The musicians -- Folk revival connection: The dancers -- Later Gulf Coast arrivals.
LCCN
2008010801
OCLC
ssj0000116745
Author
DeWitt, Mark F.
Title
Cajun and zydeco dance music in Northern California [electronic resource] : modern pleasures in a postmodern world / Mark F. DeWitt.
Imprint
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008.
Series
American made music series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-266), discography (p. 267-269), filmography (p. 271) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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