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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828516203321

Autore

Masters Patricia Anne <1945->

Titolo

The Philadelphia Mummers : building community through play / / Patricia Anne Masters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-282-04739-6

1-59213-611-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map

Disciplina

394/.50974811

Soggetti

Parades - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History

New Year - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History

Philadelphia (Pa.) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

From play to play community : the early years of the Mummers parade -- Expanding the play community : the contemporary parade -- Blacks, women, and the "new" immigrants : the Mummers and diversity -- "Going up the street" : the experience of the parade -- Rituals and the play community -- Family, club, and neighborhood -- The experience of play -- The Mummers past and future.

Sommario/riassunto

Every New Year's Day since 1901, the Philadelphia Mummers have presented a spectacular show of shows that raucously snakes and shimmies its way through city streets. The Mummers Parade features music, dance, comedy, and mime, along with dazzling costumes and floats. Although the lavish event is now televised to a wide audience, it is still rooted in the same neighborhoods where it began. This book explores the community created and annually reaffirmed by the Philadelphia Mummers.