Author: Samuel G. ArmisteadPublisher: Linguatext, Limited - (Juan de La Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Spanish Tradition in Louisiana
Author: Samuel G. ArmisteadPublisher: Linguatext, Limited - (Juan de La Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Spanish Tradition in Louisiana
Author: Samuel G. ArmisteadPublisher: Linguatext, Limited - (Juan de La Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Language in Louisiana
Author: Nathalie DajkoPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496823885
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Contributions by Lisa Abney, Patricia Anderson, Albert Camp, Katie Carmichael, Christina Schoux Casey, Nathalie Dajko, Jeffery U. Darensbourg, Dorian Dorado, Connie Eble, Daniel W. Hieber, David Kaufman, Geoffrey Kimball, Thomas A. Klingler, Bertney Langley, Linda Langley, Shane Lief, Tamara Lindner, Judith M. Maxwell, Rafael Orozco, Allison Truitt, Shana Walton, and Robin White Louisiana is often presented as a bastion of French culture and language in an otherwise English environment. The continued presence of French in south Louisiana and the struggle against the language's demise have given the state an aura of exoticism and at the same time have strained serious focus on that language. Historically, however, the state has always boasted a multicultural, polyglot population. From the scores of indigenous languages used at the time of European contact to the importation of African and European languages during the colonial period to the modern invasion of English and the arrival of new immigrant populations, Louisiana has had and continues to enjoy a rich linguistic palate. Language in Louisiana: Community and Culture brings together for the first time work by scholars and community activists, all experts on the cutting edge of research. In sixteen chapters, the authors present the state of languages and of linguistic research on topics such as indigenous language documentation and revival; variation in, attitudes toward, and educational opportunities in Louisiana’s French varieties; current research on rural and urban dialects of English, both in south Louisiana and in the long-neglected northern parishes; and the struggles more recent immigrants face to use their heritage languages and deal with language-based regulations in public venues. This volume will be of value to both scholars and general readers interested in a comprehensive view of Louisiana’s linguistic landscape.
Spaniards, Planters, and Slaves
Author: Gilbert C. DinPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890969045
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Spaniards, Planters, and Slaves is a provocative look at the institution of slavery and how it functioned as a part of Louisiana's culture during the years of Spanish rule. Gilbert C. Din challenges the idea that conditions under the Spaniards differed little from the years of French rule and examines how local culture merged with colonial government and residual laws to create a slave system unlike any other in the Deep South. Din presents many aspects of the slavery issue, including a look at the French system, conflicts between planters who favored the established system and governors who promoted the less stringent Spanish laws, and the political favoritism that sought to benefit the wealthy New Orleans district. Din also discusses the role of the Catholic Church and debates the commonly held idea that the church's influence made Spanish slavery less brutal, asserting instead that its role in most areas was insignificant and largely observational. Using government documents from archives in Spain and Louisiana, Din paints a historically accurate portrait of a time when the blended culture of the eighteenth-century colony resulted in conflict and turmoil. Most important are the Papeles Procedentes de la Isla de Cuba, a collection of colonial documents that illustrate not only the actions but also the personalities of the governors and how they implemented changes and handled problems within the slave system. Spaniards, Planters, and Slaves is the first in its field to capture the years of Spanish rule as a specific and unique point in Louisiana's history of slavery. Din's research uncovers both the complexities of the slavery issue and the Spanish heritage that ultimatelyhelped to shape the slave system of the future state. It is an ideal study for anyone interested in the history of both colonial Louisiana and slavery itself.
The Dance Halls of Spanish Louisiana
Author: Sara HarrisPublisher: Pelican Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781455623334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Dancing and dance halls were integral to the Spanish-Louisiana cultural identity of the twentieth century. Employing historical documents and dozens of interviews, this book follows the phenomenon from 1778 to today.
The Spanish in New Orleans and Louisiana
Author: José Montero de Pedro (marqués de Casa Mena.)Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781565546851
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With this newly translated account, the all-too-recognized French influences of Creole and Cajun culture in Louisiana and New Orleans make way for an examination of the effects of the Spanish period, which lasted from 1763-1803. In the short span of only forty years, many illustrious Spaniards, including early governors Bernardo de Galvez (1777-1782) and Bar'n de Carondelet (1792-1797), left indelible impressions on the city that reach far beyond the streets that bear their names today. An entire chapter is devoted to the Spanish founding of modern-day parishes, cities, and towns, along with the Spanish contribution to Louisiana architecture, law, and art. The renewed traces of Spain in modern New Orleans, Baton Rouge, St. Bernard, and New Iberia are explored as well. Originally published in Spain in 1979, the author intended his book for the people of both Spain and the United States. For the citizens of New Orleans, de Pedro considered it time for the Spanish influence in and on New Orleans finally to be recognized, without delay or prejudice and for the sake of truth.
Swapping Stories
Author: Carl LindahlPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496800826
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Here are more than two hundred oral tales from some of Louisiana's finest storytellers. In this comprehensive volume of great range are transcriptions of narratives in many genres, from diverse voices, and from all regions of the state. Told in settings ranging from the front porch to the festival stage, these tales proclaim the great vitality and variety of Louisiana's oral narrative traditions. Given special focus are Harold Talbert, Lonnie Gray, Bel Abbey, Ben Guiné, and Enola Matthews—whose wealth of imagination, memory, and artistry demonstrates the depth as well as the breadth of the storyteller's craft. For tales told in Cajun and Creole French, Koasati, and Spanish, the editors have supplied both the original language and English translation. To the volume Maida Owens has contributed an overview of Louisiana's folk culture and a survey of folklife studies of various regions of the state. Car Lindahl's introduction and notes discuss the various genres and styles of storytelling common in Louisiana and link them with the worldwide are of the folktale.
Conexiones
Author: Crossroads Symposium Project StaffPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781413466225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As stated in the Introduction: Conexiones, presenting some of the traces from Spain to the Crossroads of Louisiana and dedicated to El Corazón de España, introduces the general reader to the acculturation and interconnections between Spanish and American culture with Louisiana as a prism revealing the rich colors of Spain and its effects on America. It was inspired by the exhibit of Spanish art held at the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana during the fall of 2003 a unique exhibition of Spain's religious art, antiquities and icons. Conexiones carries a preface by Javier Rupérez, the Ambassador of Spain to the United States. We wondered if we couldn't provide a book which would give the reader a taste of the variety of ways in which Spain, Spanish culture, and Hispanic culture are intertwined in the history, people and imagination of Louisiana. Thus the Crossroads Symposium Project was created, with the assistance of the Downtown Press, an entity devoted to furthering civic and cultural activities both serious and entertaining. We were even bolder in thinking that purely local' authors might know enough to provide the reader with a rewarding look at things Spanish. That book you now have before you, and you will be judge of whether this miscellany achieves some success. But before sketching the contents inside the covers, we would like to direct you to the equally bold colors on the outside of our book, featuring the work of the noted Barcelona artist, Jose Maria Garcia-Llort. Señor Garcia-Llort and his wife Martha Crockett lived in Central Louisiana in the 1950s. Within the book you will find Ms. Crockett's engaging story of those years. Barcelona art historian Àlex Mitrani provides a discussion of Señor Garcia-Llort's art and gives an overview of modern Spanish art as well. The contributors to Conexiones include specialists in fields ranging from history to art, from literature to the guitar. Your guided tour starts appropriately enough with Louisiana and Spain. Here you will find an account by Jerry Sanson of the history of Spanish Colonial Louisiana. Bernard Gallagher discusses the reaction to Hispanic culture in the writing of Arna Bontemps and his close friend from the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes. Arna Bontemps was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and his birth home now houses an important institution, the Arna Bontemps African American Museum. Richard Gwartney reflects on Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, and on the perils and adventures in recreating the play. Philip Tapley tells us about Louisiana's heroic St. Denis, who founded the city of Natchitoches in l7l4. And David Ker Texada gives an account of his Central Louisiana family which traces its history directly back to the Spanish colonial period. Conexiones next turn to two exceptional Stories. The first is the memoir by Martha Crockett de Garcia-Llort, a vibrant account of living with her husband as artists and as residents of Central Louisiana. The rich gumbo of multiple cultures, Spanish and Louisiana style, is stirred and enjoyed. The cover of Conexiones displays the work of Garcia-Llort, whose vivid colors depict both Spain and Louisiana. Jock Scott then tells the astonishing and heroic story of his aunt, Natalie Vivian Scott, a participant in both the First and the Second World Wars, a prime mover in the French Quarter literary renaissance of the 1920s, and a member of the Mexican-American colony of creative friends in Taxco, Mexico, where she made her "permanent home within a vastly different culture." At the heart of Conexiones we find personal stories. Crossroads begins as Dessie Williams tells the story of her uncle who returned from Spain to a still segregated Louisiana, a fascinating account which concludes with her interview with Mayo Brew. Elizabeth Levy recalls living between the ages of two and five in Spain Spanish w
Africans In Colonial Louisiana
Author: Gwendolyn Midlo HallPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807119997
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Although a number of important studies of American slavery have explored the formation of slave cultures in the English colonies, no book until now has undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the development of the distinctive Afro-Creole culture of colonial Louisiana. This culture, based upon a separate language community with its own folkloric, musical, religious, and historical traditions, was created by slaves brought directly from Africa to Louisiana before 1731. It still survives as the acknowledged cultural heritage of tens of thousands of people of all races in the southern part of the state. In this pathbreaking work, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall studies Louisiana's creole slave community during the eighteenth century, focusing on the slaves' African origins, the evolution of their own language and culture, and the role they played in the formation of the broader society, economy, and culture of the region. Hall bases her study on research in a wide range of archival sources in Louisiana, France, and Spain and employs several disciplines--history, anthropology, linguistics, and folklore--in her analysis. Among the topics she considers are the French slave trade from Africa to Louisiana, the ethnic origins of the slaves, and relations between African slaves and native Indians. She gives special consideration to race mixture between Africans, Indians, and whites; to the role of slaves in the Natchez Uprising of 1729; to slave unrest and conspiracies, including the Pointe Coupee conspiracies of 1791 and 1795; and to the development of communities of runaway slaves in the cypress swamps around New Orleans.
The Isleños of Louisiana: On the Water's Edge
Author: Samantha PerezPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614236496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Louisiana is perhaps best known for its distinctive French heritage, a legacy visible in the street names and architecture around the state. The truth is, Louisiana has one of the most culturally diverse populations in the nation, with not only French and Anglo-American settlers, but the Native Americans who lived there already, and the enslaved Africans the new colonists brought with them into Louisiana Territory. A chapter of Louisiana history that tends to be forgotten however, is when the area fell to Spanish control in the late 1700s. Coaxed by promises of new opportunity, thousands of Canary Islanders of Spanish descent relocated to Louisiana, where they established four settlements. Generations of Isleños, that is the ethnic group of descendants from the Canary Islands who have intermarried with other communities, have overcome the challenges of an evolving American society, as well as the devastation of storms that have ripped through their land. Through it all, the Isleños have preserved their unique heritage, traditions and culture for more than two centuries.