Make the Night Hideous: Four English-Canadian Charivaris, 1881-1940

by Pauline Greenhill

The charivari is a loud, late-night surprise house-visiting custom from members of a community, usually to a newlywed couple, accompanied by a qu te (a request for a treat or money in exchange for the noisy performance) and/or pranks. Up to the first decades of the twentieth century, charivaris were for the most part enacted to express disapproval of the relationship that was their focus, such as those between individuals of different ages, races,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442610158
• ISBN13: 9781442610156
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher