{"product_id":"speaking-french-in-louisiana-1720-1955-linguistic-practices-of-the-catholic-church-9780807168448","title":"Speaking French in Louisiana, 1720-1955: Linguistic Practices of the Catholic Church","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the course of its three-hundred-year history, the Catholic Church in Louisiana witnessed a prolonged shift from French to English, with some south Louisiana churches continuing to prepare marriage, baptism, and burial records in French as late as the mid-twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eSpeaking French in Louisiana, 1720-1955\u003c\/i\u003e navigates a complex and lengthy process, presenting a nuanced picture of language change within the Church and situating its practices within the state's sociolinguistic evolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMining three centuries of evidence from the Archdiocese of New Orleans archives, the authors discover proof of an extraordinary one-hundred-year rise and fall of bilingualism in Louisiana. The multiethnic laity, clergy, and religious in the nineteenth century necessitated the use of multiple languages in church functions, and bilingualism remained an ordinary aspect of church life through the antebellum period. After the Civil War, however, the authors show a steady crossover from French to English in the Church, influenced in large part by an active Irish population. It wasn't until decades later, around 1910, that the Church began to embrace English monolingualism and French faded from use. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors' extensive research and analysis draws on quantitative and qualitative data, geographical models, methods of ethnography, and cultural studies. They evaluated 4,000 letters, written mostly in French, from 1720 to 1859; sacramental registers from more than 250 churches; parish reports; diocesan council minutes; and unpublished material from French archives. Their findings illuminate how the Church's hierarchical structure of authority, its social constraints, and the attitudes of its local priests and laity affected language maintenance and change, particularly during the major political and social developments of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeaking French in Louisiana, 1720-1955\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond the \"triumph of English\" or \"tragedy of Cajun French\" stereotypes to show how south Louisiana negotiated language use and how Christianization was a powerful linguistic and cultural assimilator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvie DuBois, Emilie Gagnet Leumas, Malcolm Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807168448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvie Dubois, Gabrielle Muir Professor of French Studies at Louisiana State University and director of the LSU Center for French and Francophone Studies, is the author of three books and editor of \u003ci\u003eUne histoire épistolaire de la Louisiane\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmilie Gagnet Leumas, Director of Archives and Records for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is the author of \u003ci\u003eManaging Diocesan Archives and Records: A Guide for Bishops, Chancellors and Archivists and Roots of Faith: History of the Diocese of Baton Rouge\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMalcolm Richardson, Dr. J. F. Taylor Professor of English at LSU, is the author of \u003ci\u003eMiddle Class Writing in Late Medieval London, \u003c\/i\u003e among other works.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40161608106099,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_91d7b1f7-4c19-4f4e-9937-235004eb13b3.jpg?v=1654955190","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/speaking-french-in-louisiana-1720-1955-linguistic-practices-of-the-catholic-church-9780807168448","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}