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Winter carnival in a western town : identity, change, and the good of the community / Lisa Gabbert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabbert, Lisa.
- Series:
- Ritual, festival, and celebration ; v. 1.
- Ritual, festival, and celebration ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carnival--Idaho--McCall.
- Carnival.
- Winter festivals--Idaho--McCall.
- Winter festivals.
- Community life--Idaho--McCall.
- Community life.
- Social change--Idaho--McCall.
- Social change.
- McCall (Idaho)--Social life and customs.
- McCall (Idaho).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Held annually, the McCall, Idaho, winter carnival has become a modern tradition. A festival and celebration, it is also a source of community income and opportunity for shared community effort; a chance to display the town attractively to outsiders and to define and assert McCall's identity; and consequently, a source of disagreement among citizens over what their community is, how it should be presented, and what the carnival means. Though rooted in the broad traditions of community festival, annual civic events, often sponsored by chambers of commerce, such as that in McCall,
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Relations of Self and Community: Participation and Conflict in Winter Carnival; 2. Sculpting Relationships: Aesthetics, Citizenship, and Belonging in Winter Carnival Art; 3. On Neon Necklaces and Mardi Gras Beads: Style and Audience in Winter Carnival Parades; 4. Creating, Remaking, and Commemorating History in Games of Skill and Chance: Winter Carnival as Historical Process; 5. Laughter, Ambivalence, and the Carnivalesque: Lake Monsters and Festive Culture; Conclusion; Appendix: Winter Carnival Events List; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613250216
- 9780874218305
- 0874218306
- 9781283250214
- 1283250217
- OCLC:
- 745866868
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