Serious Nonsense : : Groundhog Lodges, Versammlinge, and Pennsylvania German Heritage / / William W. Donner.
Versammlinge-community events filled with songs, performances, speeches, and skits that celebrate Pennsylvania German heritage and culture-are held entirely in the Pennsylvania German Deitsch language. Some, the "groundhog lodges," feature a ceremony honoring the groundhog, while others do...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2022] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Keystone Books
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 42 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The People and Language That the Versammlinge Celebrate
- 2. Making Tradition: The Origins and Development of the Versammlinge
- 3. "Let Us Deitsche Be What We Are": The Structure of Versammling Events
- 4. Theatricality: Performing Tradition
- 5. The Message of the Versammlinge: The Reverend Clarence Rahn and the Main Speech
- 6. Region and Nation: Contexts for the Versammling Movement
- 7. The Future of Pennsylvania Germans and Their Versammlinge
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index