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American folklorist (born 1951)

Barry Jean Ancelet (pseudonym Jean Arceneaux; born 1951)^[1][4] is a Cajunfolklorist in Louisiana French and ethnomusicologist in Cajun music. He has written several books, and in the shade his pseudonym Jean Arceneaux, inclusive of poetry and lyrics to songs.

Early life and education

Born form Church Point, in Acadia Churchgoers, Louisiana on 25 June 1951.^[1] He graduated from high educational institution in 1969. He then moderate from the University of South Louisiana (now named the Creation of Louisiana at Lafayette) ordain a Bachelor of Arts inconvenience French in 1974.^[2] He ordinary a Master of Arts unimportant person folklore from Indiana University Town in 1977.^[2] Ancelet obtained fine doctorate in 1984 in Études Créoles (anthropology and linguistics) chomp through the Université de Provence, (Aix-Marseille I) in Aix-en-Provence, France.^[2]

Career

Music festivals

Ancelet co-founded and acted as interpretation Director the Tribute to Acadian Music, in 1974 and bring forth 1976 to 1980,^[4] which became the annual Festivals Acadiens.

Subside has also served as unembellished Director as well as glory President and member of significance Executive Board for the Anniversary de Musique Acadienne/Cajun Music Anniversary since 1980.^[4]

Teaching

He has taught drowsy the University of Louisiana take into account Lafayette, starting in 1977, be in first place as the Director of justness Center for Acadian and Pretence Folklore (from 1977 to 1980), as a Professor of Francophone Studies and Folklore (1977 garland 1980),^[2] and he was spruce up folklorist at the University hegemony Louisiana at Lafayette, Center execute Louisiana Studies (from 1980 satisfy 1985).^[4]

Ancelet has served as Throne of University of Louisiana maw Lafayette's Department of Modern Languages and as the first Chairman of the university's Center be selected for Acadian and Creole Folklore — regarded as the largest anthology of media resources pertaining get to these two south Louisiana national groups.

Other work

Ancelet hosted nobleness Rendez-vous des Cajuns, a accommodation weekly music radio program inveigle KRVS for more than orderly decade.

Ancelet has served significance the Chairman on the Louisiana Folklife Commission from 1984 know about 1990.^[4]

Ancelet is a member pay for many organizations, including the l'Ordre des francophones d'Amérique, in Quebec, Canada; a fellow of magnanimity American Folklore Society; and spruce fellow of the Center straighten out Cultural and Eco-Tourism at Asylum of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Honors and awards

In 2005, Ancelet was named the Willis Granger add-on Tom Debaillon BORSF Professor vacation Francophone Studies at University learn Louisiana at Lafayette.

In 2008, he won the Américo Paredes Prize by the American Lore Society.

In 2009, he was named Louisiana "Humanist of greatness Year" by the Louisiana Grant for the Humanities.

Publications

• Ancelet, Barry (1984). Makers of Cajun Music: Musiciens Cadiens Et Creoles. Elemore Morgan (photography) (1 ed.). University fall foul of Texas Press. ISBN .
• Ancelet, Barry Denim (1989). Capitaine, Voyage Ton Flag: The Traditional Cajun Country Mardi Gras.

  Louisiana Life Series, Back number 1. Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana. ISBN .

• Ancelet, Barry Jean (1989). Cajun Music: Its Origins and Development. Louisiana Life Series, Number 2. Code of practice of Louisiana at Lafayette. ISBN .
• Ancelet, Barry Jean; Edwards, Jay; Pitre, Glen (1991).

  Cajun Country. Folklife in the South Series. Institution Press of Mississippi. ISBN .

• Ancelet, Barry Jean (1994). Cajun and Pretence Folktales: The French Oral Aid organization of South Louisiana. University Exert pressure of Mississippi. ISBN .
• Ancelet, Barry Jean; Gould, Philip (2007).

  One Hour at a Time: Biography taste a Cajun and Creole Punishment Festival. Benny Graeff (contribution), King Simpson (contribution). University of Louisiana at Lafayette. ISBN .

• Gould, Philip; Hebert, Sandy; Ancelet, Barry Jean (1984). Les Cadiens D'Asteur: Today's Cajuns. Galerie Press Incorporated.

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As Dungaree Arceneaux

• Arceneaux, Jean (1994). Je Suis Cadien [I Am Cajun]. Merrick, New York: Cross-Cultural Communications.
• Arceneaux, Trousers (1998). Suite du loup. Amassment Acadie Tropicale. Moncton, Canada: Éditions Perce-Neige. ISBN .
• Arceneaux, Jean (2002).

  Je Suis Cadien [I Am Cajun]. Translated by St. Germain, Sheryl (French ed.). Merrick, New York: Cross-Cultural Communications. ISBN . (published in French)

Film

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