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Christmas mumming in Newfoundland : essays in anthropology, folklore, and history / edited by Herbert Halpert and G. M. Story.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto : University of Toronto Press for Memorial University of Newfoundland. 1990.Description: xii, 246 p. : mapsISBN:
  • 0802032001
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Contents:
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.
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Offprints and Photocopies Offprints and Photocopies VWML GRQ 25 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only Photocopy of original 12327

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.

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