William Poulin-Deltour
Biographic Data
| ID | 766890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Poulin-Deltour |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Poulin-Deltour |
| SIGNATURE | POULIN-DELTOUR W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlebury College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond gay liberation: France’s other sexual minorities
Almost 25 years ago, the two of us began doctoral dissertation research in what was at the time a fledgling field: the social history and anthropology of homosexuality in contemporary France. The c
From the Pacs to Parité: Preserving Heterosexual Distinction in 1990s France
Research Article| June 01 2016 From the PACS to Parité: Preserving Heterosexual Distinction in 1990s France William Poulin-Deltour William Poulin-Deltour William Poulin-Deltour is associate professor in the French Department at Middlebury College in Vermont. He has carried out extensive ethnographic research on France’s LGBT movement and on French attempts to diversify institutions of higher education. He has published several articles on these s…
Going beyond cultural capital: Evaluating Children of Immigrants in a Prépa De Proximité
Children of working-class immigrants in France appear to be particularly poorly suited for study in the classes préparatoires. These are after all the schools where France prepares its future elites for the entrance examination to the grandes écoles. One’s cultural capital plays a central role in these establishments, where students are often evaluated on ways of thinking, speaking, and writing first inculcated by their families, and subsequently…
Putting the "Studies" in French Studies: Historians and social scientists in departments of French
The eight authors of this article, all historians or social scientists teaching in departments of French at American universities, assess the multidisciplinary field of “French Studies” today. The article elaborates on our experiences teaching and researching French and francophone history, society, politics, and culture. In particular, it addresses pedagogical challenges, study abroad, interdepartmental collaboration, institutional pressures, th…
Que reste-t-il de nos cours sur le genre: Témoignage d'un enseignant américain en French studies sur un campus américain
En réfléchissant sur ma pratique pédagogique d'enseignant de Gender Studies dans une petite université de Nouvelle-Angleterre, je reviens sur l'idée que les États-Unis seraient la Mecque mondiale des études sur le genre. Si ce champ d'études semble en effet prospérer ici, les apparences peuvent néanmoins être trompeuses. J'analyse les connaissances des étudiants américains sur le genre au début et à la fin de leurs cours de Gender Studies . Mon e…
The prépa de proximité: A French Attempt at Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Should Sam rap or play the violin? The ambiguities of preparing the underprivileged for Sciences Po in Paris
Sciences Po's Conventions d'éducation prioritaire (CEP) are one of France's only programs of discrimination positive in elite higher education. Through an ethnographic study of a workshop preparing applicants from a suburb just outside of Paris to participate in the program, I reveal a double bind shared by all participants - teachers and students alike. Should CEP candidates demonstrate that they have gone beyond the sociocultural limitations of…
France's Gais retraités: Questioning the ‘Image of the Closet’
This article examines how life stories from members of France's Gais retraités – an association of elderly French gay men – challenge the image of ‘the closet’, an image that became hegemonic in France during the 1990s. According to this image, life for gay men and lesbians prior to the modern gay movement of the 1970s and 1980s and its injunction to ‘come out of the closet’ was marked by internalized homophobia, with deceitful and furtive relati…
Beyond gay liberation: France’s other sexual minorities
Almost 25 years ago, the two of us began doctoral dissertation research in what was at the time a fledgling field: the social history and anthropology of homosexuality in contemporary France. The c
France's Gais retraités: Questioning the ‘Image of the Closet’
This article examines how life stories from members of France's Gais retraités – an association of elderly French gay men – challenge the image of ‘the closet’, an image that became hegemonic in France during the 1990s. According to this image, life for gay men and lesbians prior to the modern gay movement of the 1970s and 1980s and its injunction to ‘come out of the closet’ was marked by internalized homophobia, with deceitful and furtive relati…
The prépa de proximité: A French Attempt at Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Should Sam rap or play the violin? The ambiguities of preparing the underprivileged for Sciences Po in Paris
Sciences Po's Conventions d'éducation prioritaire (CEP) are one of France's only programs of discrimination positive in elite higher education. Through an ethnographic study of a workshop preparing applicants from a suburb just outside of Paris to participate in the program, I reveal a double bind shared by all participants - teachers and students alike. Should CEP candidates demonstrate that they have gone beyond the sociocultural limitations of…
Que reste-t-il de nos cours sur le genre: Témoignage d'un enseignant américain en French studies sur un campus américain
En réfléchissant sur ma pratique pédagogique d'enseignant de Gender Studies dans une petite université de Nouvelle-Angleterre, je reviens sur l'idée que les États-Unis seraient la Mecque mondiale des études sur le genre. Si ce champ d'études semble en effet prospérer ici, les apparences peuvent néanmoins être trompeuses. J'analyse les connaissances des étudiants américains sur le genre au début et à la fin de leurs cours de Gender Studies . Mon e…
Going beyond cultural capital: Evaluating Children of Immigrants in a Prépa De Proximité
Children of working-class immigrants in France appear to be particularly poorly suited for study in the classes préparatoires. These are after all the schools where France prepares its future elites for the entrance examination to the grandes écoles. One’s cultural capital plays a central role in these establishments, where students are often evaluated on ways of thinking, speaking, and writing first inculcated by their families, and subsequently…
Putting the "Studies" in French Studies: Historians and social scientists in departments of French
The eight authors of this article, all historians or social scientists teaching in departments of French at American universities, assess the multidisciplinary field of “French Studies” today. The article elaborates on our experiences teaching and researching French and francophone history, society, politics, and culture. In particular, it addresses pedagogical challenges, study abroad, interdepartmental collaboration, institutional pressures, th…
From the Pacs to Parité: Preserving Heterosexual Distinction in 1990s France
Research Article| June 01 2016 From the PACS to Parité: Preserving Heterosexual Distinction in 1990s France William Poulin-Deltour William Poulin-Deltour William Poulin-Deltour is associate professor in the French Department at Middlebury College in Vermont. He has carried out extensive ethnographic research on France’s LGBT movement and on French attempts to diversify institutions of higher education. He has published several articles on these s…
Beyond gay liberation: France’s other sexual minorities
Almost 25 years ago, the two of us began doctoral dissertation research in what was at the time a fledgling field: the social history and anthropology of homosexuality in contemporary France. The c
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Education, sociology, and vocational training (4 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Cultural Identity and Heritage (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works)