Life, Liberty, and the Mummers/The Philadelphia Mummers: Building Community through Play

For people who live outside the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, where these events may be experienced first-hand, the Macy's parade and Philadelphia's New Year's Day mumming have emerged in American popular television culture as the opening and closing ceremonies for an...

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Published inWestern Folklore Vol. 69; no. 1; p. 135
Main Author Camp, Charles
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Chico Western States Folklore Society 01.01.2010
Subjects
Community
New year
Television
Turner, Victor
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
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Summary:For people who live outside the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, where these events may be experienced first-hand, the Macy's parade and Philadelphia's New Year's Day mumming have emerged in American popular television culture as the opening and closing ceremonies for an annual season of holidays. Folklorist Charles E. Welch authored the definitive folkloristic treatment of Philadelphia's mummers in his (sadly unpublished) 1968 University of Pennsylvania doctoral dissertation, but perhaps the closest point of scholarly reference for Philadelphia-style mumming is Henry Glassie's All Silver and No Brass:
ISSN:0043-373X