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Cajun music
Traditional music of the Cajuns and for music containing elements of, or inspired by, traditional music in the Cajun style.
Camp songs
Songs sung at youth camps or other youth organization activities or programs.
Campus fiction
Fiction that is set on and around a college or university campus and focuses on the lives and interactions of students, faculty, administrators, and staff.
Candlemas music
Music that is traditionally associated with Candlemas.
Canons (Music)
Musical works with a melody that is imitated at a particular interval of time, generally note-for-note. For works based on canonic imitation that generally begin with a subject that recurs frequently throughout see Fugues.
Canzonas (Instrumental music)
Instrumental music of the 16th to 17th centuries that was modeled on the style and structure of the chanson.
Caper films
Films that feature the execution of a particularly difficult undertaking, often questionable or illegal, the success of which depends on skill and careful planning.
Captivity narratives
First-person accounts of European settlers who were kidnapped by American Indians during the colonial period.
Card games
Games that are played exclusively or primarily with cards.
Caricatures
Images, especially portraits, that exaggerate certain features or characteristics to humorous or ludicrous effect.
Carnival music
Music composed for, or associated with, the pre-Lenten festivities known as Carnival.
Carols
For texts of carols that appear without a musical setting see Carol texts.
Cartographic materials for people with visual disabilities
Cartoons (Humor)
Pictures that use wit and/or satire to comment on events, social habits, politics, or other subjects. For narrative works that employ sequential art, and often prose, to tell a story, see Comics (Graphic works).
Cartoons (Working drawings)
Full-sized preparatory drawings created to transfer a design to the working surface of a painting, tapestry, or other large work.
Casebooks (Law)
Law school textbooks containing leading court decisions in a particular field, together with commentary and other material useful for classroom discussion.
Catalogues raisonnés
Comprehensive, annotated listings of an artist's works in one or more mediums, the works of a school of artists or art movement, or art works in a particular medium.
Catechisms
Works that provide comprehensive instruction on doctrines and are often structured in question-and-answer form.
Cell phone novels
Novels meant to be read via text message on mobile phones.
Celtic music
Traditional music of Celtic ethnic groups in general and musical compositions containing elements of, or inspired by, traditional music in the Celtic style.
Census data
Official counts of the population of a place or ethnic group that sometimes include data relating to economic and social conditions. For reports about the social, economic, health, or other characteristics of a population that are generally based on estimates calculated through sampling techniques see Demographic surveys. For official public records of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and other life events see Vital statistics.
Centos
Poems consisting of passages from poems by one or more other authors. For poems consisting of words or text taken from various sources and reframed as poetry see Found poetry.
Chants
Musical compositions that consist of the rhythmic speaking and/or singing of words or sounds.
Charters and articles of incorporation
Instruments that establish bodies politic or other organizations, or that grant rights, liberties, or powers to their citizens or members and for the governing documents that set forth the basic terms of a corporation's existence.
Chase films
Short films, primarily from the early period of cinema, in which an incident results in someone being chased, usually by a steadily-growing group of people.
Children's films
Films produced especially for children.
Children's television programs
Television programs produced especially for children.
Chinese operas
Chinese musical dramas, including Beijing operas and regional operas written and performed in the style of a particular locality.
Choose-your-own stories
Fiction in which the reader chooses from a number of possible options for developing the story.
Christian fiction
Fiction that promotes Christian teachings or exemplifies a Christian way of life.
Chronologies
Lists of events arranged by date or time. Discussion of events written in chronological order are under Annals and chronicles.
Citators
Compiled lists of cases, statutes, and other legal sources showing the subsequent history and current precedential value of those sources.
City symphonies (Motion pictures)
Films that use a montage of images of a city and city life to capture the essence of a particular city.
Claims
Texts asserting existing rights to payments or to equitable remedies.
Classical music radio programs
Codices (Law)
Ancient or historical codes, Roman and Roman/Germanic codices, and the Codex Iuris Canonici.
Collages
Works in two dimensions or low relief in which relatively flat materials, such as paper, cloth, or other materials are fixed to a support. For works that consist chiefly or wholly of photographic images that are arranged into a somewhat unified composition, see Photomontages.
Collection catalogs
Scholarly listings of collections of objects or materials, especially those contained in museums or archives.
Comedies of humours
English comedies of the 16th and 17th century featuring characters whose conduct is controlled by one overriding trait.
Comedy sketches
Short comedic scences or vignettes.
Comics (Graphic works)
Narrative works that employ sequential art, and often prose, to tell a story. For humorous images that use wit and satire to comment on contemporary events, social habits, politics, or other subjects, see Cartoons (Humor).
Coming-of-age television programs
Commemorative works
Works produced as a memorial or in honor of a person, place, or event.
Commercial arbitration agreements
Contracts between two or more parties to refer commercial disputes to arbitration.
Communion service music
Music composed for the Anglican or Episcopalian communion service.
Community newspapers
Newspapers that cover the issues that affect a cohesive geographic, ethnic, cultural, educational, etc., community.
Compilation films
Films that are composed of pre-existing published or unpublished films, or portions thereof. For featurelength films made up of different episodes or stories which are usually connected by a theme, event, location or original author, often having a wraparound tale, see Anthology films.
Concert etudes
Instrumental pieces designed for performance in order to exploit a facet of performing technique. For musical works and exercises designed for practice with the aim of perfecting a facet of performing technique see Studies (Music).
Concert films
Films of musical concert performances recorded in front of a live audience.
Concert television programs
Television programs of musical concert performances recorded in front of a live audience.
Concordances
Alphabetical indexes of the words in a work or selection of works, showing the words' locations and providing context.
Concrete poetry
Poems in which graphic effects created by typography replace the use of conventional verse forms, so that the typographical arrangement of text is integral to the experience and meaning of the work. For poems that are arranged to form a recognizable shape that generally illustrates the poem's theme see Pattern poetry.
Conference materials
Ephemeral materials such as flyers, program books, daily newsletters, or newspapers that are distributed at conferences. For published records of conferences, including abstracts, reports, and the papers presented, see Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings
Published records of conferences, including abstracts, reports, and the papers presented. For ephemeral materials such as flyers, program books, daily newsletters, or newspapers that are distributed at conferences see Conference materials.
Confessional fiction
Fiction in which the main character makes a firstperson confession to crimes, transgressions, or sins.
Confessional poetry
Poems that frankly reveal private and intimate aspects of the poet's life.
Constitutional convention materials
Continuing education materials
Contrafacta
Vocal works in which a new text has been substituted for the original without a significant change to the music. For compositions that distort or exaggerate features of another composition or a composer's works in general for humorous or satirical ends see Musical parodies.
Conversion tables
Tables of equivalent values for units of measure or weight in different systems.
Cookbooks
Collections of recipes in book form. For instructions listing ingredients and procedures to prepare something, especially food, see Recipes.
Coronation music
Music written to celebrate the coronation of a monarch.
Corpus Christi Festival music
Music that is traditionally associated with the Corpus Christi Festival.
Counterfactual histories
Nonfiction that presents alternative outcomes of historical events and subsequent changes in history. For works in which the plot or setting assumes an alternative outcome of an historical event see terms for Alternative histories qualified by form, e.g., Alternative histories (Fiction).
Country music
Country music of the 1940s and later periods. For country music of the 1930s and earlier periods played and sung in the old-time styles, as well as music of later periods played in those styles, see Old-time music.
Court decisions and opinions
Reported and unreported court decisions, opinions, judgments, etc. For decisions of administrative courts see Administrative decisions.
Cover versions
Cover versions that are explicitly identified as such.
Cowboy songs
Music that describes cowboys and the cowboy life.
Cozy mysteries
Mystery fiction that features amateur sleuths, socially intimate settings, and a light-hearted tone.
Creative nonfiction
Prose works that use literary styles and techniques to present factually accurate narratives in a compelling manner.
Creeds
Concise authorized statements of religious doctrine within religions or denominations. For written statements that describe the goals, opinions, and policies of a person or group see Manifestos.
Crime films
Fictional films that feature the commission and investigation of crimes.
Cumulative rhymes
Nursery rhymes in which phrases are repeated and built up as the verse progresses.
Cyberpunk fiction
Cyberpunk fiction Science fiction that depicts the relationship between human beings and the rapid advancement and omnipresence of technology, which leads to a radical change in the social order.
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