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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the French and Francophone Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Harris, Christine Koch, "Liminality in gender, race, and nation in Les Quarteronnes de la Nouvelle-Orléans by Sidonie de la Houssaye" (2006). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 2875. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2875 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. LIMINALITY IN GENDER, RACE, AND NATION IN LES QUARTERONNES DE LA NOUVELLE-ORLÉANS BY SIDONIE DE LA HOUSSAYE A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of French Studies By Christine Elizabeth Koch Harris B.A., Mercer University, 1997 M.A., Louisiana State University, 2003 May 2006 Copyright 2006 Christine Elizabeth Koch Harris All rights reserved ii Dedication To the memory of my father, Jack Koch, who would have gotten a kick out of calling me “Doctor.” To the memory of my grandmothers, Caroline Kirkland Conklin and Phyllis Van Houten Koch who bequeathed their love affairs with reading to me, and to my mother, Elizabeth Conklin Koch who continued that tradition.