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Two major publications — Conrad Laforte's catalogue (presently available) and Patrice Coirault files (in press) —are an invitation to scholars to reexamine the French folksong répertoire. This study is not intended to revive antiquarian sentiments, but to attract the attention of scholars of comparative studies whether they be musicologists, linguists, mythologists or semioticians. The confrontation of the French Canadian an the French repertoires invites us to reconsider the concept of anteriority, too often restricted to chronology which leads us to believe that traditional cultures are the resuit of an all encompassing and linear historical development. The logic of anteriority demands other approaches and different time sets must be taken into account. The worldview of a culture usually lags behind the historical events which help shape it; rarely are the two phenomena synchronistic, sometimes they are even contradictory. In juxtaposition are deliberate decisions which can not always be dated, as well as the incomplete meaning of discourse as suggested by the ellipsis, and the ever changing interprétations of each listener. It is this logic which will be presented and used to study the song La Blanche Biche.
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Miron wrote that the French medieval poet Rutebeuf (XIIIth century) had a social and poetical destiny similar to his own. It is shown here that the similarities are not where Miron thought they were.
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The following article focusses on the songs of Montreal-based Acadian hip hop group Radio Radio, as well as on how they are received in Québec. It investigates Radio Radio's contribution to the evolution of the Québec language debate. The article hypothesizes that an ongoing shift in language ideology is changing the power dynamics between Québec and Acadie, unsettling the established hierarchy which makes Québec the definer of the artistic and cultural norm that prevails for both collectivities. Radio Radio has taken advantage of, and contributed to this shift. From one album to the next, the group has performatively imposed a festive take on language contact that competes with the preexisting view of it as inherently deadly for francophone minorities. As its presence increased on the Québec music scene, so did new connotations for language mixing. These new connotations have been met at times with enthusiasm and at times with disapproval; but in both cases, they are now part of Québec's discourse on language.
Keywords: Radio Radio, Rapports Acadie-Québec, idéologies linguistiques, chiac, acadjonne, Acadie-Québec relationship, Radio Radio, language ideologies, language contact, social discourse on language