Masters, Patricia Anne,  1945- <br/><br/>
The Philadelphia Mummers  building community through play /  [electronic resource] : 
Patricia Anne Masters. 
 - Philadelphia :  Temple University Press,  2007. 
 - xi, 232 p., [8] p. of plates :  ill., map ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Philadelphia Mummers (Organization)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Parades--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia<br/>New Year--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GT4013 .P5  / M37 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>394/.50974811