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Book SynopsisMake the Night Hideous explores mysterious transformation of the charivari using four detailed case studies from different time periods and locations across English Canada, as well as first-person accounts of more recent charivari participants.
Trade Review'Pauline Greenhill excels at using evidence culled from traditional activities to make trenchant observations about the role of culture in Canadians' lives. Make the Night Hideous provides insight into both the historical development of the charivari and the discourses that emerged in attempts to define and judge this practice. The extraordinary depth of Greenhill's research makes this book uniquely impressive and intriguing.' -- Patricia Sawin, Department of Anthropology and Program in Folklore, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements * Introduction *"Murder Most Foul:" The Wetherill Charivari, Near Ottawa, 1881 *"A Man's Home is His Castle" Death at a Manitoba Charivari, 1909 *"What You Do in Daylight in Eyes of Public is No Harm:" Person, Place, and Defamation in Nova Scotia, 1917 * icturing Community: Les and Edna Babcock's Shivaree, Avonlea, Saskatchewan, 1940 *"Great Fun"/"A Nuisance:" Seeking Recent Shivaree Discourses References Cited
