Doctoral Dissertation: Making Collective History in South Louisiana

摘要0079230本项目调查了路易斯安那州南部的白色印第安人精英群体的集体社会身份的构建。最近，这一群体在努力塑造历史遗产和解释埃塞俄比亚历史方面的努力激增。然而，这一进程必须解决未被承认的矛盾，即讲法语的居民对自己历史的看法不同，以及非洲裔美国人参与这一历史的情况不同。研究人员将分析一个城镇的社会身份和历史遗迹，试图回答有关种族，阶级和性别与文化遗产之间关系的问题。几个假设将被测试，侧重于官方历史如何构成和加强种族差异的概念，并对挑战官方历史的白话历史的共存。方法包括档案研究，结构化访谈，社会调查和参与观察。该项目将有助于我们对历史创造的政治的理解，并为历史保护和遗产旅游方面的公共举措提供信息。

Abstract 0079230This project investigates the construction of a collective social identity among elite, white Acadians of south Louisiana. There has been a recent surge in efforts of this population to shape a historic heritage and to interpret Acadian history. Yet that process must negotiate unacknowledged contradictions concerning differences in Francophone residents' notions of their history, as well as in African-American participation in that history. The researcher will analyze the social identities and historic sites of one town, seeking to answer questions concerning the relationship between race, class and gender and cultural heritage. Several hypotheses will be tested that focus on the how official histories constitute and reinforce notions of racial difference, and on the co-existence of vernacular histories that challenge official histories. Methods include archival research, structured interviewing, social surveys, and participant observation. This project will contribute to our understanding of the politics of history making, and inform public initiatives in historic preservation and heritage tourism.