Book
Voices: an anthropologist's dialogue with an Italian-American festival
Bowling Green State University Popular Press ; Cen • Bowling Green, Ohio • Published In 1987 • Pages: xiii, 146
By: Swiderski, Richard M..
Abstract
The St. Peter's fiesta is celebrated annually by the Italian (mostly Sicilian) American community of Gloucester, Massachusetts. This work focuses on the fiesta that took place on June 25-28 in 1970 in which Swiderski acted as a participant observer. The author describes in detail the following events: the initial preparations for the fiesta, various religious aspects (e.g., masses, processions, and the blessing of the fleet), and associated secular activities such as parades, carnivals, sein-boat races, and greasy pole contests. The study concludes with a brief description of changes that have taken place in the fiesta from 1970 to 1985.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Unknown
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field Date
- 1970
- Coverage Date
- seventeenth century - 1970
- Coverage Place
- Gloucester, Mass., United States
- Notes
- Richard M. Swiderski
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-141) and indexes
- LCCN
- 86072486
- LCSH
- Italian Americans