List of Contributors Preface Introduction Jeremy Boissevain 1. Heritage and Critical History in the Reinvention of Mining Festivals in Northeast England Susan Wright 2. Continuity and Change in Political Ritual: May Day in Poland Zdzislaw Mach 3. Public Celebrations in a Spanish Valley Francisco Cruces and Angel Diaz de Rada 4. Celebration at Daybreak in Southern Spain Henk Driessen 5. Pilgrims, ‘Yuppies’, and Media Men: The Transformation of an Andalusian Pilgrimage Mary Crain 6. Building Difference: The Political Economy of Tradition in the Ladin Carnival of the Val Di Fassa Cesare Poppi 7. Play and Identity: Ritual Change in a Maltese Village Jeremy Boissevain 8. Mattresses and Migrants: A Patron Saint’s Festival on a Small Greek Island Over Two Decades Margaret E. Kenna 9. Japanese Ladies and Mexican Hats: Contested Symbols and the Politics of Tradition in a Northern Greek Carnival Celebration Jane K. Cowan Name Index Subject Index
Biography
Jeremy Boissevain was a Dutch anthropologist. He was Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam
