TY - BOOK AU - Masters,Patricia Anne TI - The Philadelphia Mummers: building community through play SN - 9781592136094 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - GT 4013 .P5 M37 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Temple University Press KW - Philadelphia Mummers (Organization) KW - History KW - Parades KW - Pennsylvania KW - Philadelphia KW - New Year KW - Philadelphia (Pa.) KW - Social life and customs N1 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006037508.html ER -