Francesca Ciancimino Howell is Adjunct Faculty in Resilient/Environmental Leadership at Naropa University, Colorado, USA

Provides rich ethnographic detail on some of Italy’s fascinating community festivals and gatherings. Howell’s scale of engagement may provide other researchers with a tool on which to build a comparative body of information on such events, not only in other regions of Italy but in other parts of the world. I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it for courses in ritual and religion as well as to the more general reader.

• List of Images AcknowledgementsPreface1. Materiality, things and power 2. The Phenomenon of the Community Festival 3. Community, tradition and festivals in Lombardy 4. Community, tradition, food and festival in Piedmont 5. Feasting and living Paganism in Northern Italy 6. Theoretical foundations and diverse perspectives 7. Analyses and ConclusionsConclusion References Index

Francesca Ciancimino Howell is Adjunct Faculty in Resilient/Environmental Leadership at Naropa University, Colorado, USA

Provides rich ethnographic detail on some of Italy’s fascinating community festivals and gatherings. Howell’s scale of engagement may provide other researchers with a tool on which to build a comparative body of information on such events, not only in other regions of Italy but in other parts of the world. I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it for courses in ritual and religion as well as to the more general reader.

• List of Images AcknowledgementsPreface1. Materiality, things and power 2. The Phenomenon of the Community Festival 3. Community, tradition and festivals in Lombardy 4. Community, tradition, food and festival in Piedmont 5. Feasting and living Paganism in Northern Italy 6. Theoretical foundations and diverse perspectives 7. Analyses and ConclusionsConclusion References Index

Francesca Ciancimino Howell is Adjunct Faculty in Resilient/Environmental Leadership at Naropa University, Colorado, USA

Provides rich ethnographic detail on some of Italy’s fascinating community festivals and gatherings. Howell’s scale of engagement may provide other researchers with a tool on which to build a comparative body of information on such events, not only in other regions of Italy but in other parts of the world. I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it for courses in ritual and religion as well as to the more general reader.

• List of Images AcknowledgementsPreface1. Materiality, things and power 2. The Phenomenon of the Community Festival 3. Community, tradition and festivals in Lombardy 4. Community, tradition, food and festival in Piedmont 5. Feasting and living Paganism in Northern Italy 6. Theoretical foundations and diverse perspectives 7. Analyses and ConclusionsConclusion References Index