Thursday, May 9, 2013

"Cajuns of the Teche": Bad History, Wartime Propaganda, or Both?

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I first learned about the short film Cajuns of the Teche , directed by André de LaVarre and released in August 1942 by Columbia Pictures, w...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Now Available: My Children's History of the Cajuns in English and French Editions

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Now available online from Amazon.com (click here to purchase in  English  or  French )! Maintenant disponible en ligne à Amazon.com (c...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

A Meteor over Cajun Louisiana: Window on Atomic-Age Anxieties

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The recent explosion of a meteor (or " bolide ") near Chelyabinsk, Russia, reminded me of a similar incident that took place over...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

A Film Documents South Louisiana's Logging Industry, ca. 1925: Responsible Stewardship or Environmental Disaster?

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Earlier today I learned of a two-part, roughly thirty-minute black-and-white silent film from circa 1925 documenting the daily operations o...
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Monday, February 4, 2013

A Glimpse from 1968: Historic Films Looked at Cajuns and Creoles in Epic Year

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A couple months ago or so Cajun fiddler David Greely sent me a link to a 1968 film on YouTube. The film showed elderly Cajun couples dancin...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A Snake, a Worm, and a Dead End: In Search of the Meaning of "Teche"

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I recently read about astronomer Johannes Kepler, who spent years forging a theory about the operation of the Solar System — only to admit ...
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