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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Constructing the criollo archive Constructing the criollo archive Antony Higgins xvii, 283 p. ; 24 cm OL12006924W
Ray and the best family reunion ever Ray and the best family reunion ever Mildred Pitts Walter When his family attends a reunion in Louisiana, eleven-year-old Ray learns about his Creole roots and about the circumstances that have kept him from ever meeting his father's father. OL15867232W
Settler and creole reenactment Settler and creole reenactment Vanessa Agnew,Jonathan Lamb,Daniel Spoth "Explores the uncalculated and incalculable elements in historical re-enactment--unexpected emotions, unplanned developments--and locates them in countries where settlers were trying to establish nat… OL15907495W
Kate Chopin Kate Chopin Kate Chopin A precursor of the twentieth century's feminist authors, Kate Chopin (1850–1904) wrote short stories and novels for children and adults. The St. Louis native lived in New Orleans for a dozen years an… OL17882776W
The libertine colony The libertine colony Doris Garraway Summary:Doris Garraway explores the founding discourses of race, hybridity, savagery, and degeneracy in the 17th and 18th century French Caribbean, in particular the way many of these discourses were… OL18725431W
Crawfish dreams Crawfish dreams Nancy Rawles "The uplifting story of a woman who cooks up a plan to bring her family back together and discovers that love, sharing, and a dash of daring are the secret ingredients that can turn dreams into reali… OL2705042W
Beautiful Belize, Interesting Words and Sayings Beautiful Belize, Interesting Words and Sayings Frank Palacio xxii, 68 pages ; 23 cm OL29022830W
Jass Jass David Fulmer 297 pages : 23 cm OL5711152W
Lost river Lost river David Fulmer Autumn 1913. New Orleans detective Valentin St. Cyr has been absent from his Storyville stomping grounds for some months, trying to make it in the straight detective world and make a go of it with hi… OL5711153W
The politics of passion The politics of passion Gloria Wekker Gloria Wekker analyzes the phenomenon of mati work, an old practice among Afro-Surinamese working-class women in which marriage is rejected in favor of male and female sexual partners. Wekker vividly… OL5851349W
The Complete Works of Kate Chopin The Complete Works of Kate Chopin Kate Chopin,Edmund Wilson,Per Seyersted Contains: Wiser than a god -- A point at issue! -- Miss Witherwell's mistake -- With the violin -- Mrs. Mobry's reason -- A no-account Creole -- For Marse Chouchoute -- The going away of Li… OL65439W
Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the making of the Anglo-Dutch Americas, 1585-1660 Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the making of the Anglo-Dutch Americas, 1585-1660 Linda Marinda Heywood,John K. Thornton 331 readable pages of well organized, very well researched African History describing the complicated relationships amongst Angolan Kings, Queens and Lords; Congolese Christian Kings; Catholic Jesuit… OL7796311W