Speaking French in Louisiana, 1720-1955 : Linguistic Practices of the Catholic Church /

"Over 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. Speaking French...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dubois, Sylvie, 1963- (Autor), Richardson, Malcolm, 1947- (Autor), Leumas, Emilie Gagnet, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Catholic Church.
Catholic Church > Louisiana > History.
Language question in the church.
Communication > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
English language > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History.
Communication > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History.
Language question in the church > Louisiana > History.
French language > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History.
French language > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
English language > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Louisiana.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Church, Language, and Politics in Colonial Louisiana, 1718-1803
  • Tending to Multiethnic Catholic Flocks in a Protestant Nation, 1812-1861
  • The Registers Speak: The Rise and Fall of Louisiana Bilingualism and the Luck of the Irish
  • Language Practices of the Archdiocesan Administration, 1861-1917
  • Parish Priests as Agents of Linguistic Change: Analyzing the Data
  • Language Practices of Priests and Parishioners: Case Studies, 1885-1954
  • Major Findings and Contextualization.

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