La Francophonie en Amérique du Nord : relations et représentations / Francophonie in North America: Relationships and Representations

La Francophonie en Amérique du Nord : relations et représentations

Francophonie in North America: Relationships and Representations

L’objet de ce panel est d’effectuer un tour d’horizon des représentations identitaires et des relations entre les quatre communautés historiquement francophones en Amérique du Nord aujourd’hui: les Acadiens, les Cadiens de Louisiane, les Québécois et les Franco-Américains en Nouvelle-Angleterre. Qui sont-ils ? Quelle est la vitalité linguistique et/ou culturelle de leur communauté ? Comment sont-ils représentés à travers divers média tels que le cinéma, la musique, la peinture ou la littérature ? Comment les Francophones sont-ils perçus et représentés par les non-Francophones ? Comment s’auto-représentent-ils dans leurs propres productions artistiques, cinématographiques ou littéraires ? Et qu’en est-il des groupes francophones plus récents tels que les Haïtiens ? Beaucoup de films et de livres sortis récemment offrent des portraits et des représentations riches et variés de la Francophonie contemporaine, preuve que la présence francophone, linguistique ou cultuelle est encore bien vivante sur le nouveau continent. Présentations en français ou en anglais.

The goal of this session is to explore representations of identity and relationships between the four historically Francophone communities in North America today: the Acadians, the Cajuns in Louisiana, the Quebecois and the Franco-Americans in New England. Who are they? How alive and dynamic are their cultural and/or linguistic community? How are they represented through various media such as cinema, music, painting or literature? How does the non-Francophone population perceive and represent them? And how do they self-represent their own identity in their artistic, filmic or literary productions? What about the more recent Francophone groups such as the Haitian community? Many films and books that recently came out in the United States and in Canada offer a rich and varied array of portrayals of nowadays Francophonie, thus showing that this concept is still a vibrant and dynamic cultural and linguistic reality on the new continent.

Papers can be in English or French. Send 300 word abstracts to Carole Salmon, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Carole_Salmon@uml.edu

Deadline: September 30, 2013
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This panel examines the representation(s) of identity and relationships between the four historically Francophone communities in North America today: the Acadians, the Cajuns in Louisiana, the Quebecois and the Franco-Americans in New England. Who are they? How alive and dynamic are their cultural and/or linguistic communities? What about the more recent Francophone groups such as the Haitian community? Presentations can be in English or French. Send 300-word abstracts to Carole Salmon, University of Massachusetts Lowell: Carole_Salmon@uml.edu