Progress and Nostalgia: Silvesterklausen in Urnasch, Switzerland

Bendix, Regina

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Progress and Nostalgia: Silvesterklausen in Urnasch, Switzerland

Bendix, Regina 1985

In Progress and Nostalgia, Regina Bendix documents the production of 'Silvesterklausen', a custom practiced in the Appenzell village of Urnäsch.

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978-0-52009-959-3 (paper)
978-1-62820-136-9 (e-book)

Subject

Folklore

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Progress and Nostalgia: Silvesterklausen in Urnasch, Switzerland

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on the Language

Introduction

1. Urnäsch in Its Context

2. The World of the Chläus

3. Oral and Written History

4. The World and the Chläus

Appendix A

Appendix B

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

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Progress and Nostalgia: Silvesterklausen in Urnasch, Switzerland

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