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Paperback Disenchanting Les Bons Temps: Identity and Authenticity in Cajun Music and Dance Book

ISBN: 0822330202

ISBN13: 9780822330202

Disenchanting Les Bons Temps: Identity and Authenticity in Cajun Music and Dance

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The expression laissez les bons temps rouler-"let the good times roll"-conveys the sense of exuberance and good times associated with southern Louisiana's vibrant cultural milieu. Yet, for Cajuns, descendants of French settlers exiled from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the mid-eighteenth century, this sense of celebration has always been mixed with sorrow. By focusing on Cajun music and dance and the ways they convey the dual experiences...

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