The Philadelphia Mummers
Masters, Patricia Anne, 1945-
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.
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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Philadelphia Mummers (Organization)--History.
Parades--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
New Year--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
GT4013 .P5 / M37 2007eb
394/.50974811
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.
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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Philadelphia Mummers (Organization)--History.
Parades--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
New Year--History.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
GT4013 .P5 / M37 2007eb
394/.50974811