Folklife in Louisiana Photography: Images of Tradition

by Frank de Caro

Folklore Folklore/ Louisiana/ Pictorial works/ Exhibitions Louisiana Photography / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions Photography / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General Photography / Criticism Photography / Subjects & Themes / General Social Science / Customs & Traditions Social Science / Folklore & Mythology Social Science / General

213 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

Frank de Caro is a folklorist and professor emeritus of English at Louisiana State University. He is particularly interested in folklore as providing important roots for American culture and in how stories, especially orally told ones, satisfy our human need for expression.

Originally from New York City, he received his PhD in folklore from Indiana University, and between 1970 and 2001 he taught in both the English and Anthropology Departments at LSU. He was long active in the Louisiana Folklore Society, serving as its president and editing its "Louisiana Folklore Miscellany." He is the author of numerous books, most recently "Stories of Our Lives: Memory, History, Narrative," which is part memoir and part exploration of why everyone's stories matter.

Frank lives in the historic Garden District in New Orleans with his wife and frequent collaborator Rosan Jordan.

Reviews

[PaHoDe]

more a History of folk photography/photographers of Louisiana than a straight book of folk photographs. nevertheless some great photos of new orleans and rural louisiana