| Contents |
The people and language that the Versammlinge celebrate -- Making tradition : the origins and development of the Versammlinge -- "Let us Deitsche be what we are" : the structure of versammling events -- Theatricality : performing tradition -- The message of the Versammlinge : the Reverend Clarence Rahn and the main speech -- Region and nation : contexts for the versammling movement -- The future of Pennsylvania Germans and their Versammlinge. |
| Abstract |
"Explores Pennsylvania German versammlinge (meetings), where participants celebrate and preserve their heritage and culture. Argues that these gatherings, conducted in the Pennsylvania German Deitsch language, are rooted in American communicative styles that date back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, before mass and electronic media"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-157) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015038258 |
| ISBN | 9780271071183 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
