The Philadelphia Mummers : building community through play /
Masters, Patricia Anne, 1945-
The Philadelphia Mummers : building community through play / Patricia Anne Masters. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007. - xi, 232 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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.
9781592136094 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1592136095 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781592136100 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1592136109 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006037508
Philadelphia Mummers (Organization)--History.
Parades--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
New Year--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
GT 4013 .P5 / M37 2007
The Philadelphia Mummers : building community through play / Patricia Anne Masters. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007. - xi, 232 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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.
9781592136094 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1592136095 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781592136100 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1592136109 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006037508
Philadelphia Mummers (Organization)--History.
Parades--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
New Year--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
GT 4013 .P5 / M37 2007