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1 French Creole Culture by Liz Olds

2 VS Creole Cajun

3 History French claim to North America 1754 Spanish claims 1762 The Louisiana Purchase 1803

4 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

5 Caste System White Creole Creoles Chacas Chacalatas Cachumas Black Creole Quadroon Mulatto Griffe Full-blooded

6 White Creole Home and Family Masculine Traditional High Power Distance

7 Les Gens de Colour Black Creole Women Tignon Quadroon Balls Nurses, midwives, street vendors Black Creole Men Skilled Artisans Educated business owners Inheritance

8 Religion Primarily Catholic Voodoo Santo Domingo Matriarchal Men held minor roles

9 Creole Food French Roots Multi-ethnic influences Multicultural influences

10 References Abrahams, R. D. 1983. The Man-of-Words in the 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: Peter Land GmbH. 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. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/Curriculum/units/1992/2/92.02.02.html http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/creoleculture.html http://www.state.la.us/about_history.html http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/20vieux/20setting.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec05/culture_9-14.html

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