The Philadelphia Mummers [electronic resource] : building community through play / Patricia Anne Masters.

By: Masters, Patricia Anne, 1945-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007Description: xi, 232 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 21 cmSubject(s): Philadelphia Mummers (Organization) -- History | Parades -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History | New Year -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 394/.50974811 LOC classification: GT4013 .P5 | M37 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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