French Creole Culture

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French Creole Culture

• by Liz Olds

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VS

• Cajun

• Creole

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History
Spanish claims 1762

• French claim to North America 1754

The Louisiana Purchase1803
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Social Structure

• Hierarchy?
• Whites
• Creoles, Americans, inhabitants of European
  origin
• Free Blacks
• Les Gens de Colour- emancipated slaves and
  their descendents
• Slaves
• No civil rights

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Caste System

• White Creole
• Creoles
• Chacas
• Chacalatas
• Cachumas

• Black Creole
• Quadroon
• Mulatto
• Griffe
• Full-blooded

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White CreoleHome and Family

• Masculine
• Traditional
• High Power Distance

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Les Gens de Colour

• Black Creole Men
• Skilled Artisans
• Educated business owners
• Inheritance

• Black Creole Women
• Tignon
• Quadroon Balls
• Nurses, midwives, street vendors

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Religion

• Primarily Catholic
• Voodoo
• Santo Domingo
• Matriarchal
• Men held minor roles

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Creole Food

• French Roots
• Multi-ethnic influences
• Multicultural influences

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References

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  West Indies Performance and the Emergence of
  Creole Culture. Baltimore and London The Johns
  Hopkins University
• Press
• Binder, W. (ed.). 1998. Creoles and Cajuns
  French Louisiana. Frankfurt am Main
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• Crete, L. (translated by Patrick Gregory) 1978
  (translation 1981). Daily Life in Louisiana
  1815-1830. Baton Rouge and London Louisiana
  State University Press.
• Johnson, P. 2000. World Food New Orleans
  Creole, Cajun, and Soul. Victoria,
• Australia Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd.
• Rushton, W. F. 1979. The Cajuns from Acadia to
  Louisiana. Canada Harper Collins
• Canada Ltd.
• Thompson, T. 1986. Cajun-Creole Cooking.
  Tucson, Arizona HP Books.
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