Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Sears, Danielle Elise
Author's Email Address	dsears1@lsu.edu
URN	etd-1108102-013819
Title	Isleno Decima Singers of Louisiana: An Interpretation of Performance and Event
Degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department	Speech Communication
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Michael Bowman Committee Chair Patricia Suchy Committee Member Renee Edwards Committee Member Ruth Laurion Bowman Committee Member
Keywords	Joseph Chelito Campo Canary Islands mystory storytelling song Irvan Perez oral tradition decimero
Date of Defense	2002-09-04
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This study is a metaperformance autoethnography of the Isleno decima singers of Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana. The performance and event of the decima are explored using research techniques including the performance of ethnography. First a basis is provided for the study by presenting a brief historical overview of the Spanish influence in Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana. The work of Richard Bauman in Verbal Art as Performance is included in order to key the decima as a performance event. Second, the script, “A Tribute to Storytellers: Isleno Decima Singers of Louisiana,” performed at Louisiana State University in The HopKins Black Box Theatre, is included to demonstrate the research process of the decima. Third, the study analyzes and interprets the performance of the script in order to explore audience critique and the learning process of performing research as a way of knowing. This study concludes with a performative writing piece addressing my relationship to the study as a member of the Isleno community and scholarly researcher as well as future possibilities of research and performative studies of the Isleno traditions.
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