DeWitt, Mark F.,

Cajun and zydeco dance music in Northern California : modern pleasures in a postmodern world / Modern pleasures in a postmodern world Mark F. DeWitt. - viii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - American made music series . - American made music series. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index. Includes discography.

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.

1604730900 9781604730906

2008010801


Cajun music--History and criticism--California, Northern
Zydeco music--History and criticism--California, Northern
Folk dance music--History and criticism--California, Northern

ML3560.C25 / D48 2008

781.62410763