{"product_id":"may-day-festivals-in-america-1830-to-the-present-9780786477227","title":"May Day Festivals in America 1830 to the Present","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Starting in the early 1830s, American girls and women began to hold Old English May Day festivals, complete with maypole dances, the crowning of a May Queen, and romantic plays and pageants. These festivals accelerated in popularity after 1900 at colleges and universities across the country. An important part of the traditional college experience for many women, the celebrations played a surprisingly influential role in the Progressive reform movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This is a thorough history that examines the creation and development of the traditional American May Day festival. It also provides an overview of May Day celebrations at 80 specific college and universities, eight of which continue to celebrate the festival annually.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea model of organization and scholarship, with each well-researched chapter building on the previous to paint a clear and logical portrait of May Day celebrations...fascinating insights...well-researched and well-written, packed with information and illustrations...you must read this book - Society of Folk Dance Historians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments v\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: “I’m to Be Queen of the May, Mother!” 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: May Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MAKING OF MERRIE MAY DAY\u003cbr\u003e1. Celebrating May Day in England before 1800 15\u003cbr\u003e2. The Making of May Day in Merrie England 23\u003cbr\u003e3. John Ruskin and the Whitelands College May Queen Festival 32\u003cbr\u003e4. Merrie May Day in the New World 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSETTING THE STAGE FOR PERFORMANCES\u003cbr\u003e5. Physical Education for Girls and Young Women 49\u003cbr\u003e6. “As the Child Plays, So Will the Adult Perform”: Progressive Reformers and the Playground Movement 58\u003cbr\u003e7. The Educational, Hygienic, Civic, and Moral Benefits of Folk Dance 67\u003cbr\u003e8. The Pageant and Festival Movement 75\u003cbr\u003e9. The Urban Child’s May Day 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE COLLEGE MAY DAY FESTIVAL\u003cbr\u003e10. The Making of the College Girl of 1900 91 11. Origins of the College May Day Pageant 98\u003cbr\u003e12. The Play’s the Thing—College May Day Pageant Themes 107\u003cbr\u003e13. Corydon in Arcadia—Men and May Day 120\u003cbr\u003e14. Maypole Dances and Drills 129\u003cbr\u003e15. Crowning the College May Queen 139\u003cbr\u003e16. The May Queen Unthroned 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAY DAY FESTIVALS OF TODAY\u003cbr\u003e17. May Day as Labor Day, Loyalty Day, Law Day, Child Health Day, and Lei Day 156\u003cbr\u003e18. Celebrating an Old English May Day Today 164\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: “The Merriest Day of All the Glad New Year!” 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: The College Festivals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgnes Scott College 185\u003cbr\u003eAlbright College 187\u003cbr\u003eAuburn University 187\u003cbr\u003eBates College 187\u003cbr\u003eBerea College 188\u003cbr\u003eBluffton University 189\u003cbr\u003eBrenau \u003cbr\u003eUniversity 189\u003cbr\u003eBrown University 190\u003cbr\u003eBryn Mawr College 190\u003cbr\u003eBucknell University 191\u003cbr\u003eCarleton College 191\u003cbr\u003eCase Western Reserve University 193\u003cbr\u003eChatham University 194\u003cbr\u003eColby College 195\u003cbr\u003eCollege of Wooster 196\u003cbr\u003eColumbia College 197\u003cbr\u003eConverse College 198\u003cbr\u003eDePauw University 199\u003cbr\u003eDuke University 200\u003cbr\u003eEarlham College 201\u003cbr\u003eElmira College 202\u003cbr\u003eGoucher College 202\u003cbr\u003eGrinnell College 203\u003cbr\u003eGrove City College 204\u003cbr\u003eHollins College 206\u003cbr\u003eHood College 207\u003cbr\u003eIndiana University 208\u003cbr\u003eIowa State University 209\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison University 210\u003cbr\u003eJudson College 210\u003cbr\u003eKansas State University 211\u003cbr\u003eKent State University 212\u003cbr\u003eLebanon Valley College 213\u003cbr\u003eMary Baldwin College 213\u003cbr\u003eMeredith College 214\u003cbr\u003eMiami University 215\u003cbr\u003eMills College 215\u003cbr\u003eMount Holyoke College 217\u003cbr\u003eMuskingum College 218\u003cbr\u003eNewcomb College, Tulane University 219\u003cbr\u003eNew Mexico State University 220\u003cbr\u003eOberlin College 221\u003cbr\u003eOklahoma State University 222\u003cbr\u003eOregon State University 222\u003cbr\u003ePennsylvania State University 222\u003cbr\u003eRandolph College 223\u003cbr\u003eRockford College 223\u003cbr\u003eRollins College 225\u003cbr\u003eRussell Sage College (The Sage Colleges) 226\u003cbr\u003eSalem College 226\u003cbr\u003eScripps College 227\u003cbr\u003eSimmons College 227\u003cbr\u003eSkidmore College 228\u003cbr\u003eSmith College 229\u003cbr\u003eSweet Briar College 229\u003cbr\u003eTrinity University 230\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of California at Berkeley 231\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Charleston, West Virginia 231\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Colorado 231\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Denver 233\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Idaho 234\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 234\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Kansas 235\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Maryland 235\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Minnesota 236\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Missouri 237\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of New Hampshire 237\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Puget Sound 238\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Richmond (Westhampton College) 238\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of South Carolina 239\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Tennessee 239\u003cbr\u003eUrsinus College 239\u003cbr\u003eValdosta State University 240\u003cbr\u003eWartburg College 241\u003cbr\u003eWellesley College 241\u003cbr\u003eWells College 242\u003cbr\u003eWestminster \u003cbr\u003eCollege 243\u003cbr\u003eWilson College 244\u003cbr\u003eWinthrop University 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes 249\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography 261\u003cbr\u003eIndex 265","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456009109847,"sku":"9780786477227","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780786477227.jpg?v=1755033421","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/may-day-festivals-in-america-1830-to-the-present-9780786477227","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}