Charles J. Stivale is Professor of French at Wayne State University. He is the author of several books including The Two-Fold Thought of Deleuze and Guattari: Intersections and Animations.

”Disenchanting Les Bons Temps is an outstanding and original contribution to both the literatures on popular/folk music and to contemporary debates about the practice of cultural studies.”-Lawrence Grossberg, author of Bringing It All Back Home: Essays on Cultural Studies ”Charles J. Stivale has a unique ability to bring together his deep and fluent understanding of Deleuzean theory with his passion and enthusiasm for Cajun music. It's not an obvious combination of elements, but Stivale pulls it off with grace and skill. I attribute that to the clear way that his love for the diverse ingredients of this scholarly gumbo shines through his prose.”-Gilbert B. Rodman, author of Elvis after Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend

• Acknowledgments ixIntroduction: “The Good Times Are Killing Me” 11. Becoming-Cajun 92. (Geo)graphies of (DÉ)paysement: Dislocation and Unsettling in the Cajun Music Repertoire 403. “J’ai ÉtÉ au Bal”: Cajun Sights and Sounds 734. Feeling the Event: Spaces of Affects and the Cajun Dance Arena 1105. Disenchanting Les Bons Temps1326. Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler, or, Death and Life in the Cajun Dance Arena 158Notes 169Works Cited 193Index 211

Charles J. Stivale is Professor of French at Wayne State University. He is the author of several books including The Two-Fold Thought of Deleuze and Guattari: Intersections and Animations.

”Disenchanting Les Bons Temps is an outstanding and original contribution to both the literatures on popular/folk music and to contemporary debates about the practice of cultural studies.”-Lawrence Grossberg, author of Bringing It All Back Home: Essays on Cultural Studies ”Charles J. Stivale has a unique ability to bring together his deep and fluent understanding of Deleuzean theory with his passion and enthusiasm for Cajun music. It's not an obvious combination of elements, but Stivale pulls it off with grace and skill. I attribute that to the clear way that his love for the diverse ingredients of this scholarly gumbo shines through his prose.”-Gilbert B. Rodman, author of Elvis after Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend

• Acknowledgments ixIntroduction: “The Good Times Are Killing Me” 11. Becoming-Cajun 92. (Geo)graphies of (DÉ)paysement: Dislocation and Unsettling in the Cajun Music Repertoire 403. “J’ai ÉtÉ au Bal”: Cajun Sights and Sounds 734. Feeling the Event: Spaces of Affects and the Cajun Dance Arena 1105. Disenchanting Les Bons Temps1326. Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler, or, Death and Life in the Cajun Dance Arena 158Notes 169Works Cited 193Index 211

Charles J. Stivale is Professor of French at Wayne State University. He is the author of several books including The Two-Fold Thought of Deleuze and Guattari: Intersections and Animations.

”Disenchanting Les Bons Temps is an outstanding and original contribution to both the literatures on popular/folk music and to contemporary debates about the practice of cultural studies.”-Lawrence Grossberg, author of Bringing It All Back Home: Essays on Cultural Studies ”Charles J. Stivale has a unique ability to bring together his deep and fluent understanding of Deleuzean theory with his passion and enthusiasm for Cajun music. It's not an obvious combination of elements, but Stivale pulls it off with grace and skill. I attribute that to the clear way that his love for the diverse ingredients of this scholarly gumbo shines through his prose.”-Gilbert B. Rodman, author of Elvis after Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend

• Acknowledgments ixIntroduction: “The Good Times Are Killing Me” 11. Becoming-Cajun 92. (Geo)graphies of (DÉ)paysement: Dislocation and Unsettling in the Cajun Music Repertoire 403. “J’ai ÉtÉ au Bal”: Cajun Sights and Sounds 734. Feeling the Event: Spaces of Affects and the Cajun Dance Arena 1105. Disenchanting Les Bons Temps1326. Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler, or, Death and Life in the Cajun Dance Arena 158Notes 169Works Cited 193Index 211