Christmas mumming in Newfoundland : essays in anthropology, folklore, and history / edited by Herbert Halpert and G. M. Story.
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TextSeries: Scholarly reprint seriesPublication details: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1990.Description: xvi, 250 p. : maps ; 23 cmISBN: - 0802067670
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Originally published: 1969, by University of Toronto Press for Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Bibliography. Includes index
Newfoundland: fishermen, hunters, planters, and merchants / G. M. Story -- A typology of mumming / Herbert Halpert -- Mummers and strangers in northern Newfoundland / Melvin M. Firestone -- Mumming in 'Deep Harbour': aspects of social organization in mumming and drinking / Louis J. Chiaramonte -- The mask of friendship: mumming as a ritual of social relations / John F. Szwed -- The 'Naluyuks' of northern Labrador: a mechanism of social control / Shmuel Ben-Dor -- Mumming in an outport fishing settlement: a description and suggestions on the cognitive complex / James C. Faris -- The disguises of Newfoundland mummers / J. D. A. Widdowson and Herbert Halpert -- Mummers in Newfoundland history: a survey of the printed record / G. M. Story -- Newfoundland mummers' plays: three printed texts.