The author extends his most grateful appreciation to Paul Valery University, the Laboratoire DIPRALANG EA 739, and all of the faculty, staff, and students for organizing and conducting the superb Conference on the
Creoles and Cajuns of Louisiana, where an early version of this Article was presented.
Burkholder shows that the Spanish Crown initially favoured descendants of conquistadors and first settlers in making political appointments; by the mid-seventeenth century, many offices could be purchased and even willed to the next occupant, which proved a boon for
creoles. Although the Crown later tried to reclaim control of the Americas by appointing fewer native sons and more peninsulars to high office,
creoles had few complaints before c.1750.
The importance of language to every aspect of social experiences and the effect of media practices in changing attitudes in the use of
Creole versus Standard English further amplifies the need for clear Language planning in Anglophone Caribbean societies.
Although the focus is on Russian groups and individuals, he does pay attention to natives and
creoles. Like Bolkhovitinov, Vinkovetsky stresses the differences between Siberia and Russian America and notes that the RAC was an entirely new departure for the Russian government.
Historical romance offers fascinating introduction to 1846 New Orleans, its passionate
Creole people, and a beguiling
Creole belle named Desiree Bordeaux.
Sybil Kein is a prolific poet, dramatist, musician and scholar of Louisiana
Creole culture.
"Who is white?" Jolivette asks in the first chapter of his recent Louisiana
Creoles, posing a controversial question that concerns both racial and ethnic identity.
We can then divide the Caribbean area in two main regions with respect to the use of
Creoles: Spanish-speaking (S) versus non-Spanish-speaking (nS).
The Emergence of
Creole Syllable Structure: A Cross-Linguistic Study
During this period, white
Creoles sought to preserve this triracial system, but eventually the difficulty of retaining their ethnocultural and racial identification as white
Creoles was rendered incompatible with the AngloAmerican binary standard of whiteness as biological purity.