Spectacles of ethnicity: Festivals and the commodification of ethnic culture among louisiana cajuns

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 377-407

  Bankston, Carl L ^a   Henry, Jacques ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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EID: 0034358581     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170050122611     Document Type: Article

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