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Pole Raising and Speech Making Modalities of Swedish American Summer Celebration
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"Focused on the beginnings of the traditional Scandinavian Midsummer celebration and the spring-to-summer seasonal festivities in the Rocky Mountain West during the height of Swedish immigration. Combines folklore and history, to explore various ways Midsummer-related celebrations blended with the American 4thth of July and the Mormon Latter Day Saint Pioneer Day on July 24th"-- Provided by publisher.
| Title |
Pole Raising and Speech Making Modalities of Swedish American Summer Celebration / Jennifer Eastman Attebery. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Boulder, Colorado : Utah State University Press |
| Manufacture |
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE |
| Creation Date |
[2015] |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
Cover Contents Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Spring-to-Summer Celebration: Abundance and Redundancy 2. Midsummer in the Rockies 3. A Crowded Celebrations Calendar 4. Speaking and Writing Celebration 5. Midsummer Blendings of Sacred and Secular 6. On Swedish Soil in Grove and Arbor: Private Celebrations in a Middle Landscape 7. Uneasy Scandinavianism in theSpring-Summer Holidays 8. Shifts in Spring-Summer Celebration: Modes, Media, and Messages References About the Author Index |
| Series |
Ritual, festival, and celebration Volume 3 |
| Extent |
1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©[2015] |
| National Library system number |
997010719517505171 |
MARC RECORDS
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