Religious festive practices in Boston's North End
Subtitle: ephemeral identities
By: Augusto Ferraiuolo.
Series: SUNY series in Italian/American culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781438428093; 9781438428109
Subjects: Fasts and feasts -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Festivals -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Italian Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Religion; Italian Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Ethnic identity; North End (Boston, Mass.) -- Social life and customs; North End (Boston, Mass.) -- Religious life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The North End; title: Diasporas, ethnic enclaves, and transnational perspective; title: The societies of saints; title: The festive practices; title: Ephemeral identities.