- Gebundene Ausgabe: 48 Seiten
- Verlag: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) (März 1998)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0395860954
- ISBN-13: 978-0395860953
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 26,2 x 21,1 x 1,2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.312.349 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Gr. 4^-7. The title and photo of a wooden house on the jacket notwithstanding, this book is about more than just houses. It is a history of the Cajun people and their long struggle to find a home, in the larger sense of the word. Bial begins on the northern coast of France, where the small farmers and artisans who lived there found Parisian authority restrictive. In 1623, a group decided to seek freedom in the New World, eventually settling in Canada. Wars between France and Britain eventually forced them to Louisiana, and later more persecution pushed them into the backwoods of the Louisiana swamps. Once the Cajun people found a place for their community, however, they maintained a distinctive culture whose influence reaches far beyond its region. As he has done in previous photo-essays, Bial combines an interesting, well-written text with simple yet compelling color photographs that give insight into a community about which only its more flamboyant elements (such as its music and cooking) are known. Bial incorporates many Cajun words (with pronunciations) within the body of the text. This may slow readers down a little, but it adds to the book's Cajun flavor. Bibliography appended. Ilene Cooper
From Kirkus Reviews
Bial's exquisite photography glorifies Cajun life, past and present, in a format similar to his other books, including Shaker Home (1994). After a note on dialectBial includes many French phrases, with meanings and pronunciations, within the texthe launches into the origins of Cajun people, sketching in a historical framework and telling how their lot as refugees inspired Longfellow's ``Evangeline.'' Customs, homes and land, household objects, cooking, music, tangled blood lines, and rich language are all clearly described, appearing with striking photographs of quilts, wooden shoes, textiles, furniture, and shops. The book is accessible and inviting, but few readers will know how to discriminate between Bial's introduction to the Cajuns``Deep in the woods and swamps of Louisiana live the Cajuns'' and ``the Cajuns were driven deep into the Atchafalaya Swamp, [which] teems with fish, alligators, crawfish, and other wildlife. It is the heart of Cajun country''and his later blasting of a stereotype of the Cajuns as ``coarse people who lived in the woods and swamps thick with alligators and snakes.'' He then provides another kind of oversimplification by uniformly praising Cajuns as ``delightful people known for their hard work and generosity.'' Readers who can get past these minor points of confusion will close the book with a sense that they, too, have traveled to Cajun country. (further reading) (Nonfiction. 8-12) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Excellent overview of the culture
18. Mai 2004
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I thought this book would be about the houses in Cajun Country. I was wrong. This book was about being a cajun. It explained many of the 'cajun words' mean (Boucherri for example) and with pictures and easy to read text gives a very good overview of the culture. The pictures are pretty and compliment the text well.
This is a bit simple for adults familiar with the cajun culture. However, it is a great book for children and a lovely book for a 'coffee table' book.
This is a bit simple for adults familiar with the cajun culture. However, it is a great book for children and a lovely book for a 'coffee table' book.
Enjoy.
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