Remembering the Cajun Past by Marc David - 9781625349200

Remembering the Cajun PastMemory, Race, and the Politics of Public History in Louisiana\nAuthor(s): Marc David\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Massachusetts Press, United States\nImprint: University of Massachusetts Press\nISBN-13: 9781625349200, 978-1625349200\nSynopsis\nExploring how public history creates collective memory of this white ethnic group through memorials     \n     \n     Cajuns arrived in southern Louisiana in the 18th century after the British exiled them from eastern Canada. Also known as Acadians, they retain a unique dialect of French, and their distinctive music, food, and other cultural traits characterized them as an ethnic group. Until the 1960s, authorities viewed them as a serious problem, allegedly blocking the state's progress as they clung to their antiquated ways. Few Cajun residents in the region remembered the remote past of their ancestors, but by the 1970s, organizations ranging.