Pole raising and speech making : modalities of Swedish-American summer celebration /
"Focused on the beginnings of the traditional Scandinavian Midsummer celebration and the spring-to-summer seasonal festivities in the Rocky Mountain West during the height of Swedish immigration. Combines folklore and history, to explore various ways Midsummer-related celebrations blended with...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colorado :
University Press of Colorado
[2015]
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| Series: | Ritual, festival, and celebration ;
volume 3 |
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt17t762x |
| Summary: | "Focused on the beginnings of the traditional Scandinavian Midsummer celebration and the spring-to-summer seasonal festivities in the Rocky Mountain West during the height of Swedish immigration. Combines folklore and history, to explore various ways Midsummer-related celebrations blended with the American 4thth of July and the Mormon Latter Day Saint Pioneer Day on July 24th"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780874219999 087421999X 9780874219982 0874219981 |