Disenchanting Les Bons Temps - Identity and Authenticity in Cajun Music and Dance

"Charles J. Stivale has a unique ability to bring together his deep and fluent understanding of Deleuzean theory with his passion and enthusiasm for Cajun music. It's not an obvious combination of elements, but Stivale pulls it off with grace and skill. I attribute that to the clear way that his love for the diverse ingredients of this scholarly gumbo shines through his prose."--Gilbert B. Rodman, author of "Elvis after Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend"

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: “The Good Times Are Killing Me” 1

1. Becoming-Cajun 9

2. (Geo)graphies of (Dé)paysement: Dislocation and Unsettling in the Cajun Music Repertoire 40

3. “J’ai Été au Bal”: Cajun Sights and Sounds 73

4. Feeling the Event: Spaces of Affects and the Cajun Dance Arena 110

5. Disenchanting Les Bons Temps
132

6. Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler, or, Death and Life in the Cajun Dance Arena 158

Notes 169

Works Cited 193

Index 211

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Charles J. Stivale is Professor of French at Wayne State University. He is the author of several books including The Two-Fold Thought of Deleuze and Guattari: Intersections and Animations.

Zusammenfassung

Presents various views of Cajun (descendants of French settlers exiled from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the mid-eighteenth century) cultural heritage, identities, and their manifestation in musical and dance expression. This book illuminates the complexities of Cajun culture. It is suitable for those interested in Cajun culture.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stivale, Charles J Stivale, Charles J. Stivale
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.11.2002
• EAN: 9780822330332
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3033-2
• Seiten: 232
• Abmessung: 162 mm x 243 mm x 23 mm
• Gewicht: 517 g
• Serien: Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention; Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; Louisiana