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Vol. XX, 2010

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2010: Volume XX

de Caro, Frank. “Emerging New Orleans Mardi Gras Traditions: The St. Joan of Arc Parade and the Red Beans Krewe, 2010.” 1-29.

LeJeune, Keagan. “Knowing How to Bury Your Dead: The Significance of the Post-Burial Home Visit.” 30-50.

Manes, Clare. “In His Own Hand: The Correspondence of Edmond G. Landry from Carville, Louisiana.” 51-61.

Delahoussaye, Jim. “Bringing Food and Buying Fish: The Significance of the Fishboat to Isolated Communities in the Atchafalaya Basin.” 62-73.

Bordelon, Dominic. “The Difference between a House and a Home: Latino Experiences in Baton Rouge.” 74-97.

Louisiana Folklore Society 2010 Meeting Program” 98-99.

Louisiana Folklore Society Officers. 100.

Back Issues of LFM Available. 101.

Vol. XVIII, 2008

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2008: Volume XVII

Ware, Carolyn. “Folk Belief and Healing: Introductory Remarks on this Issue.” 1-3.

Otero, Solimar. “Santería Health Systems: Looking at “La Limpieza”: An Ethnographic Study of Yoruba-Cuban Folk Medicine.” 4-21.

Owens, Maida. “The Transformation and Healing Power of the Labyrinth: An Emerging Vernacular Belief Community.” 22-51.

Whelan-Stewart, Wendy. “The Pine Island Apparation: Cajun Values Revealed.” 52-73.

Swett, Julia. “French Louisiana Traiteurs.” 74-90.

Gaitely, Patricia. “Perceptions and Misconceptions in James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux Novels.” 91-108.

Louisiana Folklore Society Meeting Program and Officers. 109-111.I

 

Two LFS Members Among Filmmaker Awards Winners

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Louisiana Folklore Society members Conni Castille and John Sharp are among the 2012 Louisiana Filmmaker awards recipients as announced by Louisiana Entertainment.

Conni Castille applied her grant to complete T-Galop: A Louisiana Horse Story, a full-length documentary on Louisiana cowboy culture that bears witness to present-day horseback traditions started long, long ago. A Baton Rouge premiere is scheduled on September 6th, 2012 at the Manship Theater. For more information about the film, contact Connicastille@gmail.com.

John Sharp applied his grant to research and document the long-gone and current dancehalls that once dotted the landscape of Acadiana. His full length documentary film, Dancehalls of South Louisiana, is currently in production. To share a dancehall story or to for more information, contact Jtsharp2@gmail.com.

C. Ray Brassieur, Ph.D.

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C. Ray Brassieur, Ph.D.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology

Brassieur’s professional experiences in the study of culture began during the mid-1970s as a field archaeologist in southwest Louisiana.  By the late 1970s, his interests turned toward the study of ethnography and folklife. During the 1980s, Brassieur served as curator of the Acadian House Museum in St. Martinville (1981-1983); supervisor of the Folklife Pavilion at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition; coordinator of projects at NSU’s Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building (1985-86); and programmer of folk performances for the Jean Lafitte National Park (1986-88). In 1988, Brassieur moved to Columbia, Missouri to serve as program coordinator for the MU Cultural Heritage Center. In 1992, he served as field coordinator for the Maine Acadian Cultural Survey, sponsored by the National Park Service. In 1993, Brassieur was became the first director of the State Historical Society of Missouri Oral History Program. In 1996, he served as president of the Missouri Folklore Society. In the fall of 1999, Brassieur returned to Louisiana to serve as Louisiana Regional Folklorist for the New Orleans region. While there, Brassieur taught seminars on cultural heritage conservation at UNO. He served as president of the Louisiana Folklore Society in 2001-2002. In August of 2001 Brassieur accepted his current academic appointment at the University of Louisiana. In 2007, he co-authored a book with Greg Guirard entitled, Inherit the Atchafalaya.

Keagan LeJeune

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Keagan LeJeune, Ph.D.
McNeese State University, Associate Professor of English (2012-2013)

Keagan LeJeune is an Associate Professor of English at McNeese State University. His interests include outlaw legends and the folklore of Louisiana’s Neutral Strip. His book Always for the Underdog: Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War examines an outlaw legend’s role in encapsulating one sawmill town’s early history.

Acadiana: Louisiana’s Historic Cajun Country

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Acadiana: Louisiana’s Historic Cajun Country
From our Member Folklorist, Philip Gould

Acadiana: Louisiana’s Historic Cajun Country explores in word and text the history of this remarkable region in south Louisiana. Photographs by Philip give a timeless sense of place showcasing historic buildings, pristine landscapes, cemeteries and iconography. Text by Carl Brasseaux gives a vivid historical account of the 22 parish region. Two hundred pages, two hundred photographs. $45. For more information visit Philipgould.com.

Louisiana Faces: Images from a Renaissance

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Louisiana Faces: Images from a Renaissance
From our Member Folklorist, Philip Gould

Louisiana Faces: Images from a Renaissance is a portrayal, in photographs and text by Jason Berry, of the renaissance of artistic expression Louisiana has enjoyed over the last 25 years. The book features photographs of writers, artists, musicians, artisans all of whom are inspired by what makes the state distinctive. The book also features photographs of politicians and folks who live normal yet inspired Louisiana lives. $39.95. For more information visit Philipgould.com.

The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town

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The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town
From our Member Folklorist, Philip Gould

The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town honors the legacy of Louisiana’s premier residential architect in a 176 page volume of photographs by Philip Gould and text by Cyril Vetter. The book features various homes around the state, including Town’s own, that give life to his distinctive Louisiana style of architecture. It is a style that draws upon the architectural legacy of the antebellum era as well as the finest aspects of Spanish style. $45. For more information visit Philipgould.com.

Cajun Women and Mardi Gras

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Cajun Women and Mardi Gras
From our Member Folklorist, Carolyn E. Ware

Cajun Women and Mardi Gras is the first book to explore the importance of women’s contributions to the country Cajun Mardi Gras tradition, or Mardi Gras “run.” Most Mardi Gras runs–masked begging processions through the countryside, led by unmasked capitaines–have customarily excluded women. Male organizers explain that this rule protects not only the tradition’s integrity but also women themselves from the event’s rowdy, often drunken, play.

Throughout the last century, and especially in the last fifty years, women in some prairie communities have insisted on taking more active and public roles in the festivities. Carolyn E. Ware traces the history of women’s participation as it has expanded from supportive roles as cooks and costume makers to increasingly public performances as Mardi Gras clowns and (in at least one community) capitaines. Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork interviews and observation in Mardi Gras communities, Ware focuses on the festive actions in Tee Mamou and Basile to reveal how women are reshaping the celebration as creative artists and innovative performers.

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