Preliminary Schedule for the Conference on Holidays, Ritual, Festival, Celebration, and Public Display Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH May 29-31, 1997 Thursday, May 29 12 p.m. Registration 1:15 - 2:30 p.m. Keynote 1 Russell Belk (University of Utah). Holiday Celebrations, the Life Cycle, and the Construction of the American Self 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. Session 1 Panel 1: Carnival and the Carnivalesque Garth Green (University of Pennsylvania). Marketing the Nation: Carnival and Tourism in Trinidad and Tobago Peter Tokofsky (University of California, Los Angeles). The Poetics of Esoteric Knowledge: Ballad Performances in the Carnival of Elzach (Germany) Sondra Bergen (Utah State University). Bakhtin's Theory of the Carnivalesque: A Study of Modern Rave Subculture 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. Session 1 Panel 2: Costume and Community Irina Ozernoy (UCLA). Faire Play: Costuming and Public Display at the Renaissance Faire Julie Hartley-Moore (Columbia University). The Active Presence of Absent Things: Festival and Public Display in a Swiss Village Sirkka-Liisa Ranta (University of Helsinki). Local Summer Festivals in Kuhmoinen: A Case Study on Revival of Market Tradition in Rural Finland 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. Session 1 Panel 3: Constructing Festival Culture D. Glenn Ostlund II (Indiana University). Constructing a Sense of "Belonging" in Bloomington, Indiana Kathleen Glenister (Indiana University). Power and Participation: The Samoan Day Festival in Leone, American Samoa Peter Dowers (University of the West of England). Becoming Festive...: Affective Bodies and Festival Culture 'n the South West of England 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. Filming Festival and Festival Films Chair: Cristina Sitnchez-Carretero Chris-Anne Stumpf (Memorial University of Newfoundland). Teasing Meaning from the Documentary Process: Filming Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula's Community Days Celebrations Paqui Mendez (Spain). Ritual Fire 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. Session 2 Panel 4: Textual Studies Margaret O'Rourke-Kelly (Spring Arbor College). American Agrarian Pageantry: The Writings of Eudora Hall-Stockman for the Patrons of Husbandry Rodney Stephens (St. Louis University). Chinua Achebe's Mirror of Gifts in Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God Vicki J. Ohl (Heidelberg College Music Department). A Halloween Sequel: Symbolic Inversion and Re-Presentation in Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. Session 2 Panel 5: Contest, Sport, and Spectacle Robert E. Walls (Lafayette College). Of Log Drives and Saturnalia: The 19th Century Logger as Public Spectacle Sharon Kemp (University of Minnesota--Duluth). Sled Dog Racing: The Celebration of Cooperation in Competitive Sport 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. Session 2 Panel 6: Processions and Parades Eileen and Seamus Metress (University of Toledo). Irish Republican Funeral Ritual Linda Sun Crowder (University of Hawaii, Manoa). Chinese Funeral Processions in San Francisco Chinatown Mary Lynn Murphy (University of Albany, SUNY). True to Tradition: New York City's Saint Patrick's Day Parade 5:45 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner (on your own) 7:15 - 8:30 p.m. Keynote 2 Sylvia Rodriguez (University of New Mexico). 9:00 p.m. Carnivalesque Reception, Pop Culture Building Friday, May 30 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Session 3 Panel 7: Tourism Pamela A. Moro (Willamette University). "Experience the Magic of the Lanna Kingdom": Temple Performance, Tourism, and Emerging Identity in Northern Thailand Sirpa Karjalainen (University of Helsinki). Christmas and Santa Claus as Tourist Attractions in Finnish Lapland Tom Bremer (Princeton University). Experience, Authenticity, and Authority at Temple Square and Mission San Juan Capistrano 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Session 3 Panel 8: Public Days and Public Display Chair: Christipher D. Geist John Murphy (University of Wisconsin, Madison). The Survival of Rogationtide Processions in Puritan England Kathleen N. Skoczen (Ithaca College). Rewriting History: Ritual, Spirit Possession and Public Display in the Dominican Republic Melissa Weinbrenner (Texas A & M University). Public Days in the Seventeenth and Twentieth Centuries 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Session 3 Panel 9: Rituals of the Life Cycle Cheri Goldner (Bowling Green State University). "Coin' to the Chapel" in Detroit Felicity Paxton (University of Pennsylvania). Coming of Age in America: The High School Prom as Ritual Susan Rasmussen (University of Houston). Grief at Seeing a Daughter Leave Home: Weeping and Conflict in the Tuareg Techawait Postmarital Residence Ritual 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Session 4 Panel 10: Official Festivities Ellen Litwicki (SUNY at Fredonia). Fostering "The Correct Spirit of Patriotism": Holiday Celebrations in American Schools, 1889-1920 Joseph B. Perry III (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). "No Christmas without National Socialism!" Propaganda, Popular Participation, and the Nazification of German Christmas Julie T. Longo (Wayne State University). Creating the Bicentennial Community: Commemoration and Celebration of an Imaginary Place 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Session 4 Panel 10b: Ritual, Festival, and Celebration Victoria M. Razak (State University of New York at Buffalo). Issues of Identity in Aruba's Music and Festival Kerry Lamare. From Public to Private and Back Again: St. Joseph's Day Altars in New Orleans Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence (Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine). The Wren Hunt: Man, Nature, and Symbol in a Winter Ritual 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Session 4 Panel 11: Ritualized Domains Andrew Davis (New York University). The L.A. Riots as Festival Giovanna Del Negro (Indiana University). Public Display and the Dynamics of Seeing in the Italian Passeggiata (Ritual Promenade Wing Chung Ng (University of Texas, San Antonio). Business as Ritual: Negotiating Modernity in Traditional Organizations in Vancouver Chinatown, 1945-1970 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Session 4 Panel 12: Emergent Traditions and Ethnic Identity Cristina Sanchez-Carretero (Bowling Green State University). The Days of the Dead: Dying Days in Toledo? Hilary Standish (Texas A&M University). Adapting Tradition: The Day of the Dead North of the Border J. Rhett Rushing (Indiana University). UnaTamalada : Holiday Food and Foodways as Symbol in Constructed Identity 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own) 1:15 - 2:30 p.m. Session 5 Panel 13: Fairs and Festivals Gene Cooper (University of Southern California). Market Fairs in Rural China: Popular Culture and Political Economy Jennifer Lee Pretzen (Indiana University). Alevi Festivals in Turkey Sarah Diamond. State Patronage and Performers: Negotiating Nationhood, Community Identity, and Cultural Value in South India 1:15 - 2:30 p.m. Session 5 Panel 14: Displaying Ethnicity Chair: Marilyn Ferris Motz Brian Gregory (Western Kentucky University). Ritual, Identity, and the Reclaiming of an Invisible Ethnicity in Contemporary Presbyterian "Kirking of the Tartans" Celebrations Daniel Avorgbedor (The Ohio State University). Cultural Display and the Construction of Ethnic Identities in a Contemporary Independent Church: The Apostolic Revelation Society (A.R.S.) of Ghana Thomas A. McMullin (University of Massachusetts--Boston). Immigrants on Parade: The Search for Male Respectability in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1865-1900 1:15 - 2:30 p.m. Session 5 Panel 15: Reproducing History as Performance (First Half) Chair: John Cash John Cash (Indiana University). Beyond Authenticity: The Believable Performance of History Cathy Stanton (Vermont College, Montpelier). Sacred Ground and Silver Screen: Civil War Reenactment, Film, and Social Drama John McGuigan (Indiana University). Who Was That Masked Man?: Negotiating Ideology and Identity in a Community Festival 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. Session 6 Panel 16: Folkloristic Perspectives on Ritual and Festival, Authentic and Invented Chair: Felicia R. McMahon Daniel Franklin Ward (Cultural Resources Council). The Festival of Nations in Syracuse, New York: A Critical Examination Felicia R. McMahon (Syracuse University). "Playing Female": Carnival and Gender in Reunified Germany Kate Koperski (Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University). Easter People in a Christmas World: Aspects of Polish American Easter Celebration 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. Session 6 Panel 17: Theoretical Considerations Amy Shuman (The Ohio State University). Food as Gifts: Where Exchange Theory Meets Feminist Theory Benjamin Stewart (New York University). The Performative as Ritual Thomas Ewens (Rhode Island School of Design). Celebration and the Aims of Reason 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. Session 6 Panel 18: Reproducing History as Performance (Second Half) Chair: John Cash Beverly J. Stoeltje (Indiana University). Playing the Past: The Observer as Participant Chris Smith (Indiana University). Iberian Garden: Imaging the Music of Multicultural Medieval Spain 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. Session 7 Panel 19: Debs, Dressers, and Darlings: The Commodification of Beauty Chair: Nancy Ann Rudd Harriet McBride (The Ohio State University). Commodification of Women and Dress: My Daughter, the Debutante Joe Hancock (The Ohio State University). Cross-Dressers Presentation Nancy Ann Rudd (The Ohio State University). Beauty Pageants and Contestants 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. Session 7 Panel 20: Constructed Festivals E. Curtis Alexander (ECA Associates). Kwanzaa Celebration: From a Black Nationalist Holiday to an American Observance Eugene Cohen (The College of New Jersey). Creating Collefiore: The Social and Political Origins of an Italian Village Festival Jason L. Winslade (Northwestern University). When the Veils are Thin: Performance Genealogies and Situational Tactics in a Chicago Samhain Ritual 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. Session 7 Panel 21: Structure, Agency, and Transformation of African-Caribbean Performance in New York City Alejandro Zima (Columbia University). Dialogue on Healing and Power in an East Harlem Botanica: Preserving, Adapting, and Performing Healing Traditions Katrina Karkazis (Columbia University). (Rumba in New York City) Maurea Landies (Columbia University). Cruzado in New York: Crossing Palo and Espiritismo 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner (on your own) 7:15 - 8:30 p.m. Keynote 3 Roger Abrahams (University of Pennsylvania). Antiques and Horribles: Our Frolicking Forefathers 9:00 p.m. Music Concert Mick Moloney Saturday, May 31 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Session 8 Panel 22: Halloween Letitia W. Peterson (George Washington University). Oh, That Alsatia Mummers' Parade: Hagerstown's Enduring Halloween Tradition Elisabeth Nixon (Bowling Green State University). When Heaven Meets Hell: The Role of Haunted Houses in the Religious Community Cindy Clark (DePaul University). Festive Subversions of Self (The Case of the Diabetic Trick or Treater 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Session 8 Panel 23: Political Festivals and Festive Politics Neema Caughran (Ithaca College). Shiva and Parvati: Public and Private Realities in Performance of Women's Ritual in North India 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Session 8 Panel 24: Performances and Displays Anjeanette C. Rose (College of William and Mary). The Perpetual Script: The Ohio State University Marching Band and the Making of Meaning Ashton Trice (Mary Baldwin College). Social Class, Religion, Children, and Outdoor Christmas Displays Miriam B. Stamps (University of South Florida). The Florida Classic: Performing African American Community 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Session 9 Panel 25: Ritual Presentations Phyllis M. Correa (Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro). Otomi Rituals and Celebrations: Crosses, Ancestors, and Resurrection Susan Applegate Krouse (Nazareth College). Powwow, Performance, and Status Reversal Yoganand Sinha. Shree Durga Puja Amy Fried (Colgate University). Interest Groups and the Politics of Holiday Creation and Redefinition: Why Environmentalists Love and Hate Earth Day Catherine Cutbill (Ramapo College of New Jersey). Making History: The Djibouti-City Centennial Catherine Hiebert Kerst (American Folklife Center). "No Fat Women or Men Without Teeth": The Iowa Program at the 1996 Festival of American Folklife 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Session 9 Panel 26: The Construction of Tradition Steven M. Kates (read by Russell Belk) (University of Northern British Columbia). "From Limp Wrists to Clenched Fiats": Lesbian and Gay Pride Day as an Emergent Holiday and Consumption Ritual Jack Santino (Bowling Green State University). Public Protest and Popular Festive Style 10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Session 9 Panel 27: Civic Holidays Chair: Christopher D. Geist Alex Urbiel (Ramapo College of New Jersey). From Solemnity to Spectacle: The Transformation of Memorial Day in Indianapolis, 1900-1930 Philip A. Grant, Jr. (Pace University). Congress and the Martin Luther King National Holiday Bill Timothy G. Borden (Indiana University). Celebrating a New Deal Holiday: Consensus, Consumerism, and Working-Class Rhetoric on Labor Day, Toledo, Ohio, 1929-1948 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own) 1:15 - 2:30 p.m. Keynote 4 John Roberts (The Ohio State University). The African Amrican Family Reunion and the Search for Family and Home in the Post-Migration Era 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion