Ritual Rebellion and Social Inversion in Alpine Austria: Rethinking the "Perchtenlauf" in its Relationship to the Carnivalesque
abstract: The "Perchtenlauf," a multi-faceted procession of masked participants found in the eastern Alps, has been the subject of considerable discourse and often debate within European ethnology since the mid-19th century. While often viewed from a mythological perspective and characteri...
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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.24915 |