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The detectable identity of southern Louisiana's one-of-a-kind culture has been expressed in numerous descriptive phrases--"south of the South," "the northern tip of the Caribbean," "this folklore land." A strange, piquant, and savory mixture, it also has been likened to one of the region's signature dishes, gumbo.
Capturing this elusive culture and its charm has challenged many authors, anthropologists, and anthologists. Coming perhaps closest of any book yet published, this new anthology of readings affords reflections on southern Louisiana's distinctive traditions, folklore, and folklife. Crystalizing its rich diversity and character, these sharply focused essays are a precise introduction to aspects that too often are diffused in sundry discussions of general Deep South culture. Here, each is seen distinctly, precisely, and uniquely.
Written by leading scholars, the thirteen essays focus on many subjects, including the celebration of Mardi Gras and of Christmas, Louisiana foodways, the delineation between Cajun and Creole, the African Americans and Native Americans of the region, Zydeco music, and Cajun humor.
The essays show great range and are reprinted from hard-to-find publications. They include a description of Cajun Country Mardi Gras on the prairies of southwestern Louisiana, an analysis of the social implications of the New Orleans Mardi Gras parades, a study of the Houma Indians of coastal Louisiana, and an analysis of the devotion given to a young Cajun girl whom many regard as a saint.
Collected here, the essays portray a land and a people that are unlike any other.
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Since its publication in 1932, Black Elk Speaks has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. John Neihardt’s popular narrative addressed the youth and early adulthood of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux religious elder. Michael F. Steltenkamp now provides the first full interpretive biography of Black Elk, distilling in one volume what is known of this American Indian wisdom keeper whose life has helped guide others. Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic shows that the holy-man was not the dispirited traditionalist commonly depicted in literature....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great overview of little known subject.
- De cosmitron en 09-06-18
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Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms
- Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
- De: Gerard Russell
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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In Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions where these mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives alongside the Mandaeans and Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran, the Copts of Egypt, and others. He learns their histories, participates in their rituals, and comes to understand the threats to their communities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Increase your understanding of the Middle East
- De Shaun en 03-17-15
De: Gerard Russell
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Dancing in the Streets
- A History of Collective Joy
- De: Barbara Ehrenreich
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 162
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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From best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich comes this fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture, showing that such mass festivities have been indigenous to the West since the ancient Greeks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Oddly leaves out the largest phenomenon of celebration in N. America
- De Emma Goldman en 04-20-19
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Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System
- De: Katrina Hazzard-Donald
- Narrado por: Sharell Palmer
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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In this book, Katrina Hazzard-Donald explores African Americans' experience and practice of the herbal, healing folk belief tradition known as Hoodoo. Working against conventional scholarship, Hazzard-Donald argues that Hoodoo emerged first in three distinct regions she calls "regional Hoodoo clusters" and that after the turn of the 19th century, Hoodoo took on a national rather than regional profile.
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5 out of 5 stars
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more books about hoodo and atr By black writers!!
- De Amazon Customer en 01-15-20
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One Nation, Under Gods
- A New American History
- De: Peter Manseau
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 17 h y 45 m
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At the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American history from a Christian vantage point, Peter Manseau proves that what really happened is worth a close, fresh look.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tapestry of different pieces makes for a whole
- De Gary en 03-23-15
De: Peter Manseau
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America's Prophet
- Moses and the American Story
- De: Bruce Feiler
- Narrado por: Bruce Feiler
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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The exodus story is America's story. Moses is our real founding father. In this groundbreaking book, New York Times best-selling author Bruce Feiler travels through touchstones in American history and traces the biblical prophet's influence from the Mayflower through today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great book
- De TR en 11-06-09
De: Bruce Feiler
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Jewish Comedy
- A Serious History
- De: Jeremy Dauber
- Narrado por: Jeremy Dauber
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 178
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In a major work of scholarship both erudite and very funny, Jeremy Dauber traces the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from Biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organizing his book thematically into what he calls the seven strands of Jewish comedy - including the satirical, the witty, and the vulgar - Dauber explores the ways Jewish comedy has dealt with persecution, assimilation, and diaspora through the ages. He explains the rise and fall of popular comic archetypes such as the Jewish mother, the JAP, and the schlemiel and schlimazel.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not funny
- De supermantwo en 08-31-20
De: Jeremy Dauber
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My Rebbe
- De: Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz
- Narrado por: Shlomo Zacks
- Duración: 7 h y 6 m
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Part biography, part memoir, part manual for great leadership, My Rebbe explores the evolution of Chabad's global success, its central beliefs and practices, the Rebbe's personal history, and his vision to inspire change. This moving narrative, written by one of today's most influential Jewish thinkers, will motivate listeners to contemplate their own mission in the world and aspire toward meaningful living.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceeds Expectations
- De csm en 07-04-15
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Drawing Down the Moon
- Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
- De: Margot Adler
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
- Duración: 20 h y 48 m
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Almost 40 years since its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood Neo-Pagan subculture. Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse, colorful gallery of people across the United States, people who find inspiration in ancient deities, nature, myth, even science fiction. In this revised edition, Adler takes a fascinating and honest look at the religious experiences, beliefs, and lifestyles of modern America's Pagan groups.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important history lesson but missing elements
- De Waterfall en 09-12-20
De: Margot Adler
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Natasha's Dance
- A Cultural History of Russia
- De: Orlando Figes
- Narrado por: Ric Jerrom
- Duración: 29 h y 23 m
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Beginning in the 18th century with the building of St. Petersburg - a 'window on the West' - and culminating with the challenges posed to Russian identity by the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists, and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself - its character, spiritual essence and destiny. He skillfully interweaves the great works - by Dostoevsky, Stravinsky, and Chagall - with folk embroidery, peasant songs, religious icons and all the customs of daily life, from food and drink to bathing habits to beliefs about the spirit world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Kaleidescopic panorama of an enigmatic culture.
- De Tarquin en 02-13-19
De: Orlando Figes
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The Santa Muerte
- The Origins, History, and Secrets of the Mexican Folk Saint
- De: Gustavo Vazquez-Lozano, Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Colin Fluxman
- Duración: 1 h y 8 m
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This is the story of Santa Muerte, the so-called cult of crisis, a red-hot combo of a kermesse (Mexican carnival), Catholicism and New Age; a hedonist practice but involving bodily sacrifice too. It is an expression of economic, psychological and social forces, bigger than perhaps any of her acolytes suspect. This book looks at the folk saint and the manner in which her cult grew. You will learn about Santa Muerte like never before.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The dude doesn't do his research
- De Trent Kulik en 06-03-24
De: Gustavo Vazquez-Lozano, y otros
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The Souls of China
- The Return of Religion After Mao
- De: Ian Johnson
- Narrado por: Ian Johnson
- Duración: 17 h y 6 m
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The Souls of China tells the story of one of the world's great spiritual revivals. Following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is now filled with new temples, churches, and mosques - as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion for their own ends. Driving this explosion of faith is uncertainty - over what it means to be Chinese and how to live an ethical life in a country that discarded traditional morality a century ago and is searching for new guideposts.
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2 out of 5 stars
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expository but boring
- De Laurent V. en 05-07-18
De: Ian Johnson
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If the Oceans Were Ink
- An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
- De: Carla Power
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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If the Oceans Were Ink is Carla Power's eye-opening story of how she and her longtime friend, Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi, found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities. Their friendship - between a secular American and a madrasa-trained sheikh - had always seemed unlikely, but now they were frustrated and bewildered by the battles being fought in their names.
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2 out of 5 stars
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WAY TOO LONG-but good material
- De teri_novabern en 07-30-16
De: Carla Power
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Looking for Lorraine
- The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
- De: Imani Perry
- Narrado por: LisaGay Hamilton
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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Lorraine Hansberry, who died at thirty-four, was by all accounts a force of nature. Although best-known for her work A Raisin in the Sun, her short life was full of extraordinary experiences and achievements, and she had an unflinching commitment to social justice, which brought her under FBI surveillance when she was barely in her twenties. While her close friends and contemporaries, like James Baldwin and Nina Simone, have been rightly celebrated, her story has been diminished and relegated to one work—until now.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Radiant
- De Rose Brookins en 03-20-19
De: Imani Perry
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Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation
- De: Paul Kriwaczek
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
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Tracing Yiddish civilization from its roots in the Diaspora to the present, Paul Kriwaczek combines intimate family anecdote, travelogue, historical research, and interviews with scholars to give us a rich portrait of a nearly extinguished culture as it survived across the centuries. He begins his chronicle in Jerusalem, with the destruction of the Jewish temple at the hands of the Romans in the year 70. We see the burgeoning exile population disperse, moving outward and northward throughout the following centuries, making their mark in more far flung cities under Roman rule.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disorganized, inconclusive and disappointing
- De Alex en 12-15-20
De: Paul Kriwaczek
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Acts of Faith
- The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
- De: Eboo Patel
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
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Acts of Faith is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism, from one of the most prominent faith leaders in the United States. Eboo Patel's story is a hopeful and moving testament to the power and passion of young people - and of the world-changing potential of an interfaith youth movement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Waited three years for this audiobook
- De Eva en 08-29-13
De: Eboo Patel
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The Lies That Bind
- Rethinking Identity
- De: Kwame Anthony Appiah
- Narrado por: Kwame Anthony Appiah
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
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We all know how identities - notably, those of nationality, class, culture, race, and religion - are at the root of global conflict, but the more elusive truth is that these identities are created by conflict in the first place. In provocative, entertaining chapters, Kwame Anthony Appiah interweaves keen-edged argument with engrossing historical tales and reveals the tangled contradictions within the stories that define us.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not full of SJW nonsense
- De Frank en 10-22-18
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Gumption
- Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
- De: Nick Offerman
- Narrado por: Nick Offerman
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the New York Times best seller Paddle Your Own Canoe returns with a second book that humorously highlights 21 figures from our nation’s history, from her inception to present day - Nick’s personal pantheon of “great Americans". After the great success of his autobiography, Paddle Your Own Canoe, Offerman now focuses on the lives of those who inspired him. From George Washington to Willie Nelson, he describes 21 heroic figures and why they inspire in him such great meaning.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Swagger and mirth
- De Tamara Shope en 09-14-15
De: Nick Offerman
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco
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- Shavoz
- 02-01-18
A boon to my collection
Get this book and add it to your NOLA library. Great reference book for when I’m writing songs, films or teaching my culture to people
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- Vladimir
- 12-21-23
Very interesting!
Informative and entertaining for those who’s interested in Louisiana culture and history. A lot about various aspects of life in different regions. Highly recommended!
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- Claudine
- 03-19-14
expected better-
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
this was like College essays- I wanted it to be entertaining and enticing.
Would you be willing to try another book from Marcia Gaudet and James C. McDonald ? Why or why not?
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You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Yes - some new info.. but could have been so much better!!
Any additional comments?
I was disappointed-
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