Masks and Mumming in the Nordic Area
ed. Terry Gunnell
CONTENTS
- Foreword
Bengt af Klintberg
- Introduction
Terry Gunnell
I: NATIONAL AND AREA SURVEYS OF MUMMING
- Masks and Mumming Traditions in Norway: A Survey
Christine Eike
- Masks and Mumming Traditions in Sweden: A Survey
Eva Knuts
- Masks and Mumming Traditions in Denmark: A Survey
Carsten Bregenhøj and Hanne Pico Larsen
- Masks and Mumming Traditions in the North Atlantic: A Survey
Terry Gunnell
- Masks and Mumming Traditions in Finland and Karelia: An Introductory Survey
Urpo Vento
- Masks and Mumming Traditions in Estonia: A Survey
Ülo Tedre
- Masks and Mumming Traditions in Greenland: A Survey
Adriënne Heijnen
II: ARTICLES
Themes in Masks and Mumming
- Talking About the Talking Masks of Ærø
Hanne Pico Larsen
- Disguise as Ritualised Humour in Norway, Past and Present
Christine Eike
- Eros in Disguise: Eroticism in Mumming Interaction
Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj
- Mock Brides, Hen Parties and Weddings: Changes in Time and Space
Eva Knuts
Local Case Studies
- Easter Witches in Sweden
Fredrik Skott
- "May the Star Come in?": The Process of Tradition in Grimstad, Norway
Ane Ohrvik
- Changes in the St Knut's Day Mumming in Äetsä, Finland
Mari Kulmanen
- Tjugondag Knut Mumming on the Åland Islands, Past and Present
Siv Ekström and Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch
- Ash Bags in the Country, Costumes in Town: Ash Wednesday Traditions in Iceland, Past and Present
Kristín Einarsdóttir
- Elves on the Move: Midwinter Mumming and House-Visiting Traditions in Iceland
Vilborg Davíðsdóttir
Related Traditions in the Nordic Area
- "Oven Breakers": Men's Ritual Visits during the Season of Hallowmas and Christmas in Finnish-Karelian Communities
Urpo Vento
- The Killing of the Christmas Goat
Reimund Kvideland
- Mumming in Effigy around St Knut's Day in Southern Sweden: An Example of the Popular Exercise of Justice
Nils-Arvid Bringéus
New Traditions In Masks And Mumming
- Carnival in the Classroom: Icelandic Pre-Graduation Mumming Traditions at Upper-Secondary Level
Terry Gunnell
- Black Elves and Orcs in Swedish Woods: Examples of Non-Traditional Masks in Live Role-Playing Games
Bodil Nildin-Wall
Comparable Traditions In Neighbouring Countries
- Galoshins: The Scottish Death-and-Revival Play Performed by Boys at Yule or Hallowe'en
Emily Lyle
- Aspects of the Development of the Irish Christmas Mummers' Play
Séamas Ó Catháin
- Remembering the Past: The Marketing of Tradition in Newfoundland
Paul Smith
- Bibliography
- Index
- Contributors
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