| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Brasseaux, Ryan Andre
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| Author's Email Address |
rbrass1@lsu.edu, hregis1@lsu.edu, gaedwa@lsu.edu, cware1@lsu.edu |
| URN |
etd-11102004-152234 |
| Title |
Bayou Boogie: The Americanization of Cajun Music, 1928-1950 |
| Degree |
Master of Arts (M.A.) |
| Department |
Geography & Anthropology |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Jay Edwards |
Committee Chair |
| Carolyn Ware |
Committee Member |
| Helen Regis |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- cajun music
- alan lomax
- cajuns
- louisiana history
- accordion
- fiddle
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| Date of Defense |
2004-11-03 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
Bayou Boogie by Ryan A. Brasseaux outlines the evolution of Cajun music from 1928 to 1950. This thesis highlights obscure recordings by lesser-known Cajun artists to demonstrate how the Cajun-American discourse took place across Fredrik Barth's ethnic boundaries model. This study acknowledges the complexities of the Cajun experience by examining the regional and national socio-cultural contexts in which commercial Cajun recordings flourished. The birth of commercial Cajun music, John and Alan Lomax's 1934 Louisiana field recordings, and Cajun swing (Cajun inflected-western swing) are all discussed in detail to paint a picture of the complexities that shaped south Louisiana's fertile musical landscape between 1928 and 1950. Brasseaux uses music to illustrate the historical roots of the present-day Cajun-American discourse, ultimately concluding that Cajuns negotiated their ethnic and American identities without compromising their ethnicity to protect their cultural resources.
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