1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001344479707536

Autore

Tsirkas, Strates

Titolo

He nychterida : mythistorema

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athena : Kedros, 1982

Edizione

[12. ekd.]

Descrizione fisica

422 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Akybernetes politeies ; 3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Greco Moderno

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823346903321

Autore

Greenhill Pauline

Titolo

Make the night hideous : four English Canadian charivaris, 1881-1940 / / Pauline Greenhill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4426-6014-7

1-4426-8601-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Canadian social history series

Disciplina

392.50971

Soggetti

Shivaree - Canada - History

Marriage customs and rites - Canada - History

History

Electronic books.

Canada Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

"Murder most foul" : the Wetherill charivari, near Ottawa, 1881 -- "A man's home is his castle" : death at a Manitoba charivari, 1909 -- "What you do in daylight in eyes of public is no harm" : person, place, and defamation in Nova Scotia, 1917 -- Picturing community : Les and Edna Babcock's shivaree, Avonlea, Saskatchewan, 1940 -- "Great fun"/"a nuisance" : seeking recent shivaree discourses.

Sommario/riassunto

The charivari is a loud, late-night surprise house-visiting custom from members of a community, usually to a newlywed couple, accompanied by a request for a treat or money in exchange for the noisy performance and/or pranks. Up to the first decades of the twentieth century, charivaris were for the most part enacted to express disapproval of the relationship that was their focus, such as those between individuals of different ages, races, or religions. While later charivaris maintained the same rituals, their meaning changed to a welcoming of the marriage. Make the Night Hideous explores this mysterious transformation using four detailed case studies from different time periods and locations across English Canada, as well as first-person accounts of more recent charivari participants. Pauline Greenhill's unique and fascinating work explores the malleability of a tradition, its continuing value, and its contestation in a variety of discourses.