Marcia Gaudet
Biographic Data
| ID | 703878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcia Gaudet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcia |
| FAMILY NAME | Gaudet |
| SIGNATURE | GAUDET M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisiana at Lafayette Emerita |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Frank de Caro (1943-2020)
Ribbon Pulls in Wedding Cakes
The ritual of cutting the wedding cake at weddings in the New Orleans area is preceded by another ritual tradition: unmarried female friends of the bride each “pull a ribbon,” to which a silver charm or “favour” is attached, from the cake. Charms can include a ring, a heart, a thimble, a button, a horseshoe, and a clover, each with a traditional meaning. An exploration of the possible derivations and routes of diffusion of this custom reveal that…
Mardi Gras, Chic-a-la-Pie
Mardi Gras, in the predominantly Creole and African American 12th Street area of Lafayette, Louisiana, reflects both the cultural diversity of Creoles of color and the dynamics of asserting Creole identity in a region more widely known as Cajun Country. The festive play of this Mardi Gras incorporates Afro-Caribbean performance styles as well as French Louisiana Mardi Gras chants and rituals. Creole identity is reflected, challenged, and celebrat…
The World Downside Up
To act carnivalesque is to be allowed to be abnormal for a while. Paradoxically, to celebrate Mardi Gras, like other masquerade holidays, is normative - it is not only allowable but even expected that one will participate in the seasonal customs. Thus, for people who are already stigmatized as abnormal in society, the masks and the occasion allow an opportunity to engage in normative behavior, to act normal. In this article, I focus upon the Mard…
Porch Talk with Ernest Gaines
Mary Ellen Doyle, SCN; Porch Talk with Ernest Gaines: Conversations on the Writer’s Craft. Eds. Marcia Gaudet and Carl Wooton. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
Miss Jane and Personal Experience Narrative
Bouki, the Hyena, in Louisiana and African Tales
Bouki and Lapin tales, the Louisiana equivalent of the Br'er Rabbit stories, are among the most widely collected folktales in French Louisiana. Alcee Fortier, a folklorist and linguist, heard such narratives as a child and later collected and published them. Because of his training as a linguist, he paid particular attention to the linguistic elements in the tales. The first scholarly collector of these tales in Louisiana, Fortier identified the …
Telling It Slant
For most people, the truth's superb surprise of having someone say to them I have is more reality than they can accept or fathom. Many people are not aware that Hansen's disease, the preferred name for still exists in the United States or that there is even a possibility that former leprosy patients might be sitting next to them. In fact, it is so unreal to most people, that references to leprosy are almost always regarded as a joke. The possibil…
The Image of the Cajun in Literature
Talking With Ernest J. Gaines
years old. Of course, I had not read any books here in Louisiana. If there were books there in the libraries, I would not have been allowed to go there, but I doubt that there were books by blacks at that time in the libraries around New Roads. When I went to California, I went to a small town. I went to Vallejo instead of San Francisco, but even there there were not too many books by black writers. All of my reading-even if I wanted to read abou…
Mardi Gras, Chic-a-la-Pie
Mardi Gras, in the predominantly Creole and African American 12th Street area of Lafayette, Louisiana, reflects both the cultural diversity of Creoles of color and the dynamics of asserting Creole identity in a region more widely known as Cajun Country. The festive play of this Mardi Gras incorporates Afro-Caribbean performance styles as well as French Louisiana Mardi Gras chants and rituals. Creole identity is reflected, challenged, and celebrat…
The World Downside Up
To act carnivalesque is to be allowed to be abnormal for a while. Paradoxically, to celebrate Mardi Gras, like other masquerade holidays, is normative - it is not only allowable but even expected that one will participate in the seasonal customs. Thus, for people who are already stigmatized as abnormal in society, the masks and the occasion allow an opportunity to engage in normative behavior, to act normal. In this article, I focus upon the Mard…
Bouki, the Hyena, in Louisiana and African Tales
Bouki and Lapin tales, the Louisiana equivalent of the Br'er Rabbit stories, are among the most widely collected folktales in French Louisiana. Alcee Fortier, a folklorist and linguist, heard such narratives as a child and later collected and published them. Because of his training as a linguist, he paid particular attention to the linguistic elements in the tales. The first scholarly collector of these tales in Louisiana, Fortier identified the …
Telling It Slant
For most people, the truth's superb surprise of having someone say to them I have is more reality than they can accept or fathom. Many people are not aware that Hansen's disease, the preferred name for still exists in the United States or that there is even a possibility that former leprosy patients might be sitting next to them. In fact, it is so unreal to most people, that references to leprosy are almost always regarded as a joke. The possibil…
Talking With Ernest J. Gaines
years old. Of course, I had not read any books here in Louisiana. If there were books there in the libraries, I would not have been allowed to go there, but I doubt that there were books by blacks at that time in the libraries around New Roads. When I went to California, I went to a small town. I went to Vallejo instead of San Francisco, but even there there were not too many books by black writers. All of my reading-even if I wanted to read abou…
The Image of the Cajun in Literature
Telling It Slant
For most people, the truth's superb surprise of having someone say to them I have is more reality than they can accept or fathom. Many people are not aware that Hansen's disease, the preferred name for still exists in the United States or that there is even a possibility that former leprosy patients might be sitting next to them. In fact, it is so unreal to most people, that references to leprosy are almost always regarded as a joke. The possibil…
Miss Jane and Personal Experience Narrative
Bouki, the Hyena, in Louisiana and African Tales
Bouki and Lapin tales, the Louisiana equivalent of the Br'er Rabbit stories, are among the most widely collected folktales in French Louisiana. Alcee Fortier, a folklorist and linguist, heard such narratives as a child and later collected and published them. Because of his training as a linguist, he paid particular attention to the linguistic elements in the tales. The first scholarly collector of these tales in Louisiana, Fortier identified the …
Porch Talk with Ernest Gaines
Mary Ellen Doyle, SCN; Porch Talk with Ernest Gaines: Conversations on the Writer’s Craft. Eds. Marcia Gaudet and Carl Wooton. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
The World Downside Up
To act carnivalesque is to be allowed to be abnormal for a while. Paradoxically, to celebrate Mardi Gras, like other masquerade holidays, is normative - it is not only allowable but even expected that one will participate in the seasonal customs. Thus, for people who are already stigmatized as abnormal in society, the masks and the occasion allow an opportunity to engage in normative behavior, to act normal. In this article, I focus upon the Mard…
Mardi Gras, Chic-a-la-Pie
Mardi Gras, in the predominantly Creole and African American 12th Street area of Lafayette, Louisiana, reflects both the cultural diversity of Creoles of color and the dynamics of asserting Creole identity in a region more widely known as Cajun Country. The festive play of this Mardi Gras incorporates Afro-Caribbean performance styles as well as French Louisiana Mardi Gras chants and rituals. Creole identity is reflected, challenged, and celebrat…
Ribbon Pulls in Wedding Cakes
The ritual of cutting the wedding cake at weddings in the New Orleans area is preceded by another ritual tradition: unmarried female friends of the bride each “pull a ribbon,” to which a silver charm or “favour” is attached, from the cake. Charms can include a ring, a heart, a thimble, a button, a horseshoe, and a clover, each with a traditional meaning. An exploration of the possible derivations and routes of diffusion of this custom reveal that…
Frank de Caro (1943-2020)
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