Mer all sin kölle: Colognian identity, Colognian carnival and the evolution of Heimatwerte.

This paper explores the festival of carnival in the German city of Cologne from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to its modern celebration. It focuses on its development and convergence with local Heimat-identities and how interpretations of the deeper meaning of the festival came to inform these i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeWaal, Jeremy John
Other Authors: Helmut Walser Smith
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2010
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-06132010-092258/