Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana

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· Univ. Press of Mississippi
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Transcribed oral tales that display the lively art of storytelling in the Bayou State
Transcribed oral tales that display the lively art of storytelling in the Bayou State

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Carl Lindahl is Martha Gano Houstoun Research Professor of English and folklore at the University of Houston. He has authored or edited seventeen books, including Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana, Cajun Mardi Gras Masks, Perspectives on the Jack Tales and Other North American Märchen, American Folktales: From the Collections of the Library of Congress, Second Line Rescue: Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita, and We Are All Survivors: Verbal, Ritual, and Material Ways of Narrating Disaster and Recovery. Maida Owens is director of the Louisiana Folklife Program. C. Renée Harvison, a market research analyst, has worked as a field researcher for the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.
Carl Lindahl is Martha Gano Houstoun Research Professor of English and folklore at the University of Houston. He has authored or edited seventeen books, including Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana, Cajun Mardi Gras Masks, Perspectives on the Jack Tales and Other North American Märchen, A...

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