Creole
Subtitle: the history and legacy of Louisiana's free people of color
By: edited by Sybil Kein.
Contributors: Kein, Sybil.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Creoles -- Louisiana -- History.; Creoles -- Louisiana -- Social conditions.; Free African Americans -- Louisiana -- History.; Free African Americans -- Louisiana -- Social conditions.; Creoles in literature.; Louisiana -- History.; Louisiana -- Race relations.; Louisiana -- In literature.
Description: "In her introduction, Sybil Kein immediately addresses perhaps the book's most important - and controversial - question: 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 Lousiana; and though their history dates from the late 1600s, they have been 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 marginalized culture of the Creole people across time - their language, literature, religion, art, food, music, folklore, professions, customs, and social barriers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.