Make the Night Hideous

Four English-Canadian Charivaris, 1881-1940

AvPauline Greenhill

E-bok

Engelska, 2010

Del i serien Canadian Social History Series

488 kr

Läs direkt i Bokus Reader – eller ladda ned till din enhet

Fler format och utgåvor

Häftad

387 kr

Inbunden

732 kr

E-bok

439 kr

Beskrivning

The charivari is a loud, late-night surprise house-visiting custom from members of a community, usually to a newlywed couple, accompanied by a quête (a request for a treat or money in exchange for the noisy performance) and/or pranks. Up to the first decades of the twentieth century, charivaris were for the most part enacted to express disapproval of the relationship that was their focus, such as those between individuals of different ages, races, or religions. While later charivaris maintained the same rituals, their meaning changed to a welcoming of the marriage.Make the Night Hideous explores this mysterious transformation using four detailed case studies from different time periods and locations across English Canada, as well as first-person accounts of more recent charivari participants. Pauline Greenhill's unique and fascinating work explores the malleability of a tradition, its continuing value, and its contestation in a variety of discourses.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-11-06
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781442660144
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
Serie:Canadian Social History Series
Vikt:1 g

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Pauline Greenhill is a professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg.

Recensioner i media

'Pauline Greenhill excels at using evidence culled from traditional activities to make trenchant observations about the role of culture in Canadians' lives. Make the Night Hideous provides insight into both the historical development of the charivari and the discourses that emerged in attempts to define and judge this practice. The extraordinary depth of Greenhill's research makes this book uniquely impressive and intriguing.' - Patricia Sawin, Department of Anthropology and Program in Folklore, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction"Murder Most Foul:" The Wetherill Charivari, Near Ottawa, 1881"A Man's Home is His Castle" Death at a Manitoba Charivari, 1909"What You Do in Daylight in Eyes of Public is No Harm:" Person, Place, and Defamation in Nova Scotia, 1917icturing Community: Les and Edna Babcock's Shivaree, Avonlea, Saskatchewan, 1940"Great Fun"/"A Nuisance:" Seeking Recent Shivaree Discourses References Cited