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Queer(Y)Ing Quaintness: Destabilizing Atlantic Canadian Identity Through Its Theatre
QUEER(Y)ING QUAINTNESS: DESTABILIZING ATLANTIC CANADIAN IDENTITY THROUGH ITS THEATRE LUKE BROWN Thesis submitted to the University of Ottawa in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree in Theatre Theory & Dramaturgy Department of Theatre Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Ottawa © Luke Brown, Ottawa, Canada, 2019 Brown ii Abstract The Atlantic Canadian provinces (Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia) have long been associated with agricultural romanticism. Economically and culturally entrenched in a stereotype of quaintness (Anne of Green Gables is just one of many examples), the region continuously falls into a cycle of inferiority. In this thesis, I argue that queer theory can be infused into performance analysis to better situate local theatre practice as a site of mobilization. Using terms and concepts from queer geographers and other scholars, particularly those who address capitalism (Gibson-Graham, Massey), this research outlines a methodology of performance analysis that looks through a queer lens in order to destabilize normative assumptions about Atlantic Canada. Three contemporary performances are studied in detail: Christian Barry, Ben Caplan, and Hannah Moscovitch's Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, Ryan Griffith's The Boat, and Xavier Gould‘s digital personality ―Jass-Sainte Bourque‖. Combining Ric Knowles' "dramaturgy of the perverse" (The Theatre of Form 1999) with Sara Ahmed's "queer phenomenology" (Queer Phenomenology 2006) allows for a thorough queer analysis of these three performances. I argue that such an approach positions new Atlantic Canadian performances and dramaturgies as sites of aesthetic and semantic disorientation. Building on Jill Dolan's "utopian performatives" (Utopia in Performance 2005), wherein the audiences experience a collective "lifting above" of normative dramaturgical structures, my use of "queer phenomenology" fosters a plurality of unique perspectives. -
2019 Spring/Summer Communication
2019 Spring/ Summer edition A message from the Editor Bonjour chères lectrices et chers lecteurs, I am delighted to introduce our members to the new Board of Directors for 2019-2020. This group of diverse professionals volunteer their time during the day, at night and on weekends to keep this association vibrant, current and serving the needs of their members in regards to FSL and International Languages in Ontario. Our association is proud to have a wonderful team of directors with a variety of teaching experiences, language backgrounds, and great strengths and from all over our province working on our collective behalf. I encourage you, our readers, to enhance your network and broaden your knowledge by actively using your OMLTA membership. Your membership provides you with free access to resources, leadership opportunities and discounted events. We encourage members to support networking and collaboration by contributing their expertise to our Communication; consider submitting ideas, strategies, resources or articles that support the modern language classroom. Also, this year we will be introducing our activity of the month where we welcome members from across the province to submit classroom strategies and tools to be featured on our website. Other exciting initiatives are being planned, so be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to keep informed. Je suis tellement fière de faire partie d’une équipe si travaillante et positive. Entrez en contact avec vos directrices/directeurs, venez nous connaitre cette année et profitez de votre adhésion. Suivez-nous sur les médias sociaux. Inscrivez-vous à une de nos conférences ou à un de nos événements. -
Wavelength (June 1983)
University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO Wavelength Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies 6-1983 Wavelength (June 1983) Connie Atkinson University of New Orleans Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength Recommended Citation Wavelength (June 1983) 32 https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength/32 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at ScholarWorks@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wavelength by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DEVELOPING THE NEW LEADERSHIP IN NEW ORLEANS MUSIC A Symposium on New Orlea Music Business Sponsored by the University of New Orleans Music Department and the Division of Continuing Education and wavelength Magazine. Moderator John Berthelot, UNO Continuing Education Coordinator/Instructor in the non-credit music business program. PROGRAM SCHEDULE How To Get A Job In A New Orleans Music Club 2 p.m.-panel discussion on the New Orleans club scene. Panelists include: Sonny Schneidau, Talent Manager. Tipitina's, John Parsons, owner and booking manager, Maple Leaf Bar. personal manager of • James Booker. one of the prcx:lucers of the new recording by James Booker. Classified. Jason Patterson. music manager of the Snug Harbor. associate prcx:lucer/consultant for the Faubourg Jazz Club, prcx:lucer for the first public showing of One Mo· Time, active with ABBA. foundation and concerts in the Park. Toulouse Theatre and legal proceedings to allow street music in the French Quarter. Steve Monistere, independent booking and co-owner of First Take Studio. -
UPDATED & REVISED 5 EDITION* Cover Design by Bob Mcgrath
UPDATED & REVISED 5th EDITION* Cover design by Bob McGrath CAJUN RECORDS 1946-1989 – A DISCOGRAPHY © Nick Leigh 2019 INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED EDITIONS I began collecting blues records in 1959 but it was another 7 years before I heard Cleveland Crochet & the Sugar Bees on the Storyville anthology “Louisiana Blues”. My appetite whetted, I wanted more. Buying the Iry Le Jeune LPs on Goldband a few months later (not one but two volumes – and purchased as imports on a student’s allowance!) fuelled an appreciation of Cajun music that has remained undiminished. In the mid 1960s, however, there was little information available about the great music I was listening to, other than the catalogues I obtained from Goldband and Swallow, and the early articles by Mike Leadbitter and John Broven in “Blues Unlimited” and “Jazz Journal”. Thanks to people like Mike, John, Neil Slaven, Rob Ford and Les Fancourt there is now a lot of information available to provide the background to blues and rhythm & blues recordings. However much of the information about the post World War 2 music of South Louisiana in general and the French (Cajun) recordings in particular, remains elusive. So far as I know no single ‘discography’ of post-war Cajun record releases has been published and I thought I would try to correct this oversight. This is notwithstanding the increasing amount of well researched material about the music in general and individual artists. Therefore I take only limited credit for the information included herein about the recordings. My aim has been to bring that material together in a single document. -
Island-Wide Celebrations for National Acadian Day 2016 to Take Place August 12Th-15Th Weekend; Souris to Host
Press Release For Immediate Publication Island-wide Celebrations for National Acadian Day 2016 to take Place August 12th-15th Weekend; Souris to Host SUMMERSIDE (P.E.I.) – Friday, August 8th, 2016 – The president of la Société Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin (SSTA), Guy Labonté, invites one and all to join the Acadian and francophone community of P.E.I. in celebrating National Acadian Day activities which will take place all across the Island on the weekend of August 12th-15th. The SSTA wishes a wonderful National Acadian Day to all! In 1881, at the first Convention of the Acadians, it was decided that August 15th would thereafter be observed as National Acadian Day. This day was chosen for many reasons, namely because as a distinct people, Acadians deserve to have a day of recognition; the later summer date does not conflict with seed-sowing commitments; and it coincides with the Assumption of Mary, patron saint of Acadians. Souris, this year’s host Region – provincial celebrations – Saturday, August 13th to Sunday, August 14th : La Société Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin, in collaboration with le Comité Acadien et Francophone de l'Est, invites the public to a number of free activities in the name of National Acadian Day and le Festival Acadien from August 13th to 14th. Saturday, August 13th, there will be a traditional Kitchen Party from 6 to 9 p.m. Cover is $5 per person and includes access to concerts featuring Island musicians Anastasia DesRoches, Mylène Ouellette, JJ Chaisson & Les étoiles de l'Est. There will also be traditional Acadian dishes such as fricot (Acadian chicken soup) and an Acadian roll. -
Le Forum, Vol. 42 No. 3
The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Le FORUM Journal Franco-American Centre Franco-Américain Fall 2020 Le Forum, Vol. 42 No. 3 Lisa Desjardins Michaud, Rédactrice Robert B. Perreault Gérard Coulombe Timothy St. Pierre Lise Pelletier See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum This Book is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Le FORUM Journal by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Lisa Desjardins Michaud, Rédactrice; Robert B. Perreault; Gérard Coulombe; Timothy St. Pierre; Lise Pelletier; James Myall; Julianna L'Heureux; Linda Gerard DerSimonian; Marie-Anne Gauvin; Wilfred H. Bergeron; Patrick Lacroix; Suzanne Beebe; Steven Riel; Michael Guignard; Clément Thierry; and Virginie L. Sand Le FORUM “AFIN D’ÊTRE EN PLEINE POSSESSION DE SES MOYENS” VOLUME 42, #3 FALL/AUTOMNE 2020 Paul Cyr Photography: https://paulcyr.zenfolio.com Websites: Le Forum: http://umaine.edu/francoamerican/le-forum/ https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum/ Oral History: https://video.maine.edu/channel/Oral+Histories/101838251 Library: francolib.francoamerican.org Occasional Papers: http://umaine.edu/francoamerican/occasional-papers/ Résonance, Franco-American Literary Journal: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/resonance/vol1/iss1/ other pertinent websites to check out - Les Français d’Amérique / French In America Calendar Photos and Texts from 1985 to 2002 http://www.johnfishersr.net/french_in_america_calendar.html Franco-American Women’s Institute: http://www.fawi.net $6.00 Le Forum Sommaire/Contents L’État du ME.....................................4-20 L’État du NH..................................21-33 The Novitiate in Winthrop, Maine.........4-7 Portrait Claire Quintal se raconte ............. -
Curriculum Guide. Grade 8. Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Bato
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 296 931 SO 019 166 TITLE Acadians of Louisiana: Curriculum Guide. Grade 8. Bulletin 1780. INSTITUTION Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Academic Programs. PUB DATE [873 NOTE 237p.; Acadian Odyssey Bicentennial Commission and the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana co-sponsored the development of this publication. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Course Content; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Background; *Cultural Education; Cultural Influences; Curriculum Development; Folk Culture; *Grade 8; History; History Instruction; Information Sources; Instructional Materials; Junior High Schools; Learning Activities; Program Content; Resource Units; *Social Studies; State Curriculum Guides; *State History; State Programs; Units of Study IDENTIFIERS *Acadians; Cajuns; *Louisiana ABSTRACT This document, a supplement to the "Louisiana Studies Curriculum Guide," was designed to enhance junior high school students' appreciation for the Acadian settlers impact on Louisiana history and culture. A course outline presents four units of study that include: (1) early history; (2) life in Louisiana; (3) social and cultural life; and (4) the evolving and modern Cajuns. Each unit is divided into specific sections that contain: (1) generalization, concept, and learner outcome statements; (2) a content outline; and (3) suggested activities. A 50-item bibliography and glossary of terms are provided. Appendices include: (1) a suggested teaching timetable; (2) a teacher's reference entitled, "Louisiana French Heritage"; (3) student handouts; (4) maps; (5) Acadian music and dances; (6) suggested French language learning objectives and activities; (7) an overview of Louisiana French oral literature; (8) an exploration of the role and history of Cajun music in Louisiana French society; and (9) a selected collection of Acadian recipes. -
Dewey Balfa Dewey Was Born in 1927 to a Large Musical Family From
Dewey Balfa Dewey was born in 1927 to a large musical family from Bayou Grand Louis near Mamou, Louisiana. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all fiddlers, as was his older brother , Will. Dewey began playing fiddle as a child, and as a young man started a band with his brothers: Will on fiddle and Harry, and later Rodney, on Guitar. Far material they drew on a large treasury of songs learned from their father and also composed songs of their own. Many of their songs, such as “Pointe aux Pains,” “Tit Galop pour Mamou” and “Parlez nous á Boire,” have become standards in the Cajun repertoire. The Balfa Brothers became known for their compelling twin fiddle sound and soulful vocals. They supplemented their sound with accordion, playing with such greats as Nathan Abshire, Hadley Fontenot, Nonc Allie Young and Marc Savoy. Like most Cajun musicians, the Balfas depended on music to supplement their incomes and support their families. Dewey Balfa worked at various times as a farmer, insurance salesman, school bus driver, disc jockey and furniture storeowner. In 1964 Dewey performed with Gladius Thibodeaux and Louis “Vinesse” LeJeune at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. They received a standing ovation from an audience of 17,000 people, most of whom had never heard Cajun music before. Dewey returned to Louisiana convinced of the value of his culture and its music. For the rest of his life he worked tirelessly to bring that conviction to his own people and Cajun music to audiences throughout North America, Europe and Japan. -
Wavelength Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies
University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO Wavelength Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies 1-1981 Wavelength (January 1981) Connie Atkinson University of New Orleans Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength Recommended Citation Wavelength (January 1981) 3 https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at ScholarWorks@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wavelength by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. fl\ 1 1.) -z/1 I What Makes THE COLD So Hot? JANUARY 1981 VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 by The Editors of .Rolling Stone Magazine From The Wall Street Journal of Rock comes THE ROLLING STONE MAG- AZINE ROCK REVUE .. the idea behind the most exciti ng concepr in rock radio si nce the album-cut format. THE ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE ROCK REVUE is rock ·n roll news at its best-as onlv the bible of the Rock Music industry could bring to your listeners. Featuring behind-the-scene stories of concert tours. recording sessions. rock ·n roll parties. movies. benefits. record reviews. interviews. the latest album music ... everything happening in Rock today. and tomorrow. Listen for it Weeknights fm at 9:50p.m . B? 10:50p .m . Requests: 260-1100 100 Concert Info:260- WRNO JANUARY 1981 VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 Features What Makes The Cold So Hot?______ ___,._ 6 Patrice Fisher _ 10 Cajun Bandstands 12 Salt Creek Band 14 Departments January_ 4 Jazz ____________________________19 Rare Records _20 Pop ___21 ~~ n Rock _ 3 Reviews _.25 Open 2 p.m. -
Le Forum, Vol. 40 No. 3 Lisa Desjardins Michaud
The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Le FORUM Journal Franco-American Centre Franco-Américain Fall 2018 Le Forum, Vol. 40 No. 3 Lisa Desjardins Michaud Gérard Coulombe Denise Larson Amanda Chassé Grégoire Chabot See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ francoamericain_forum Recommended Citation Desjardins Michaud, Lisa; Coulombe, Gérard; Larson, Denise; Chassé, Amanda; Chabot, Grégoire; Beaulieu, Timothy; Marceau, Albert; Myall, James; Beebe, Suzanne; L'Heureux, Juliana; Emond, Charles John; Paradis, Roger; LeGallant, David; Sand-Roi, Virginie; Roberge, Debbie; Lapierre, Daniel; and Chenard, Robert, "Le Forum, Vol. 40 No. 3" (2018). Le FORUM Journal. 89. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum/89 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Le FORUM Journal by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Lisa Desjardins Michaud, Gérard Coulombe, Denise Larson, Amanda Chassé, Grégoire Chabot, Timothy Beaulieu, Albert Marceau, James Myall, Suzanne Beebe, Juliana L'Heureux, Charles John Emond, Roger Paradis, David LeGallant, Virginie Sand-Roi, Debbie Roberge, Daniel Lapierre, and Robert Chenard This book is available at DigitalCommons@UMaine: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/francoamericain_forum/89 Le FORUM “AFIN D’ÊTRE EN PLEINE POSSESSION DE SES MOYENS” VOLUME -
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Raising the Bar: The Reciprocal Roles and Deviant Distinctions of Music and Alcohol in Acadiana by © Marion MacLeod A dissertation submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Ethnomusicology Memorial University of Newfoundland June, 2013 St. John 's, Newfoundland ABSTRACT The role of alcohol in musical settings is regularly relegated to that of incidental by stander, but its pervasive presence as object, symbol or subject matter in Acadian and Cajun performance contexts highlights its constructive capacity in the formation of Acadian and Cajun musical worlds. Individual and collective attitudes towards alcohol consumption implicate a wide number of cultural domains which, in this work, include religious display, linguistic development, respect for social conventions, and the historically-situated construction of identities. This research uses alcohol as an interpretive lens for ethnomusicological understanding and, in so doing, questions the binaries of marginal and mainstream, normal and deviant, sacred and profane, traditional and contemporary, sober and inebriated. Attitudes towards alcohol are informed by, and reflected in, all ofthese cultural conflicts, highlighting how agitated such categorizations can be in lived culture. Throughout the dissertation, I combine the historical examples of HatTy Choates and Cy aMateur with ethnographic examinations of culturally-distinct perfonnative habits, attitudes toward Catholicism, and compositional qualities. Compiling often incongruous combinations of discursive descriptions and enacted displays, my research suggests that opposition actually confirms interdependence. Central to this study is an assertion that levels of cultural competence in Cajun Louisiana and Acadian Nova Scotia are uneven and that the repercussions of this unevenness are musically and behaviourally demonstrated. -
Debates of the Senate
DEBATES OF THE SENATE 1st SESSION • 42nd PARLIAMENT • VOLUME 150 • NUMBER 301 OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Wednesday, June 12, 2019 The Honourable GEORGE J. FUREY, Speaker CONTENTS (Daily index of proceedings appears at back of this issue). Debates Services: D’Arcy McPherson, National Press Building, Room 906, Tel. 613-995-5756 Publications Centre: Kim Laughren, National Press Building, Room 926, Tel. 343-550-5002 Published by the Senate Available on the Internet: http://www.parl.gc.ca 8526 THE SENATE Wednesday, June 12, 2019 The Senate met at 2 p.m., the Speaker in the chair. FINLAND Prayers. HIS EXCELLENCY VESA ILMARI LEHTONEN— DR. PIRJETTA MANNINEN TRIBUTES TO DEPARTING PAGES Hon. Marilou McPhedran: Honourable senators, I rise today The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, as I informed to recognize and to thank the Finnish ambassador to Canada, His you yesterday, this week we will be paying tribute to the Senate Excellency Ambassador Vesa Ilmari Lehtonen, and his spouse, pages who will be leaving us this summer. Dr. Pirjetta Manninen, for her distinguished career in geriatric medicine and for his many contributions to diplomacy here in our [Translation] capital and many other parts of Canada. Sarah Boukhouali is a proud Franco-Columbian from Victoria As they near the end of their time in Canada, they will be who’s beginning her third year at the University of Ottawa in welcoming their successor to Ottawa next week. As conflict studies and human rights. She hopes to continue on that representatives of Finland, I would like to recognize their work path and eventually get a master’s degree in international and share some key highlights that, for me, tell us more about relations.