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

• Autore: Masters Patricia Anne <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 394/.50974811
• Soggetto topico: Parades - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History; New Year - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History
• Soggetto geografico: Philadelphia (Pa.) Social life and customs
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Philadelphia Mummers
• ISBN: 1-282-04739-6; 1-59213-611-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828516203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II