Renaissance festivals : merrying the past and present / Kimberly Tony Korol-Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korol-Evans, Kimberly Tony, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maryland Renaissance Festival--History.

Maryland Renaissance Festival.

Carnivals--United States.

Carnivals.

Festivals--United States.

Festivals.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2009]

Summary:

"This is an ethnographic study of contemporary American Renaissance fairs, focusing on the Maryland Renaissance Festival, in which participants recreate sixteenth-century England through performances of theater, combat-at-arms, processions, street hawking, and meticulously faithful historical reconstructions"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Seeking the new in the old : a brief history of the contemporary American Renaissance festival

Carnival setting, cultural work

A stroll through the sensescape of the MDRF

Living history at the MDRF : performing embodied knowledge

Historical elaboration : a royal day in revel grove

Performers, patrons, and playtrons : interactions and interfaces in the intrastice

Afterword: "The beer is in the pick-up truck" ; or, "Put down the accent, step away from the character and nobody gets hurt!"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786440146

0786440147

OCLC:

318421156