Disenchanting les bons temps : identity and authenticity in Cajun music and dance / Charles J. Stivale.

Author/creator Stivale, Charles J.
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2003.
Descriptionxii, 217 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Cajun music--Louisiana. --History and criticism.
Folk dancing, Cajun--Louisiana.
Cajuns--Louisiana. --Social life and customs.

SeriesPost-contemporary interventions
Post-contemporary interventions. ^A242178
Contents Becoming-Cajun -- (Geo)graphies of (dé)paysement : dislocation and unsettling in the Cajun music repertoire -- "J'ai été au bal" : Cajun sights and sounds -- Feeling the event : spaces of affects and the Cajun dance arena -- Disenchanting Les bons temps -- Laissez les bon temps rouler, or, Death and life in the Cajun dance arena.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-209) and index.
LCCN 2002006463
ISBN0822330334 (alk. paper)
ISBN0822330202 (pbk. : alk. paper)