Carnival and Other Christian Festivals Folk Theology and Folk Performance

Name: Carnival and Other Christian Festivals Folk Theology and Folk Performance
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ISBN: 9780292798632

ISBN-10: 0292798636

ISBN-13: 9780292798632

Edition: 2003

Authors: Max Harris

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"Dr. Harris has preempted a field almost unto himself: the study of contemporary festivals that have their origins in tradition, history, and the great religious celebrations of the past. . . . [This book] represents a masterful achievement."--Milla Cozart Riggio, James J. Goodwin Professor of English, Trinity College, Hartford, ConnecticutWith a riotous mix of saints and devils, street theater and dancing, and music and fireworks, Christian festivals are some of the most lively and colorful spectacles that occur in Spain and its former European and American possessions. That these folk celebrations, with roots reaching back to medieval times, remain vibrant in the high-tech culture of the…

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication date: 1/1/2010
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 304
Language: English

Max Harris is Executive Director Emeritus of the Wisconsin Humanities Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has also taught at Yale University and the University of Virginia. He is the author of four previous books, including Carnival and Other Christian Festivals: Folk Theology and Folk Performance and Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and Spain .



Acknowledgments



Days of Saints and Virgins



Demons and Dragons (Catalonia)



Flowers for Saint Tony (Aragon)



El Mas Chiquito de To' Los Santos (Puerto Rico)



The Cross-Dressed Virgin on a Tightrope (Mexico)



A Polka for the Sun and Santiago (Mexico)



Corpus Christi



Dancing under Friendly Fire (Catalonia)



A Confraternity of Jews (Castile-La Mancha)



Saint Sebastian and the Blue-eyed Blacks (Peru)



Carnivals



A Scattering of Ants (Galicia)



The Bandit and the Fat Man (Navarre)



Safe for the Bourgeoisie (Belgium)



Devils and Decorum (Trinidad)



The Sins of the Carnival Virgin (Bolivia)


Notes


Bibliography


Index