French on shifting ground : cultural and coastal erosion in south Louisiana /

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"In French on Shifting Ground: Cultural and Coastal Erosion in South Louisiana, Nathalie Dajko introduces readers to the lower Lafourche Basin, Louisiana, where the land, a language, and a way of life are at risk due to climate change, environmental disaster, and coastal erosion. Louisiana Fren...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dajko, Nathalie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2020]
Colección:America's third coast.
Temas:
French language > Climatic factors > Louisiana.
Language and languages > Climatic factors > Louisiana.
Français (Langue) > Facteurs climatiques > Louisiane.
Langage et langues > Facteurs climatiques > Louisiane.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Lafourche, Bayou (La.) > History.
Louisiana
Louisiana > Bayou Lafourche
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Shifting land, shifting language
  • The land and its people: description of the Lower Lafourche Basin
  • The history of French in Louisiana
  • French in the Lower Lafourche Basin
  • The connection of French to bayou identity: perception
  • Oak Point or Dog Point?: the importance of a name
  • Language shift and the continued importance of French to bayou identity
  • Omens from the past, warnings for the future: storytelling, place, and identity
  • Conclusion.

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