https://www.nsula.edu/documentprovider/docs/684/4-Confluence-And-DivergenceCarolyn-Breedlove.pdf (Presented as a paper at the Louisiana Studies Conference, Northwestern State University; a slightly longer version also appeared in Louisiana Folklife Journal)

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