The Mother Town: Civic Ritual, Symbol, and Experience in the Borders of Scotland

by Gwen Kennedy Neville

Horses with riders trailed by foot processionals, silver bands and pipe bands, furling medieval banners, lavish costumes, and singers and actors--the "Common Riding" is an elaborate, little-studied ritual phenomenon of the border towns of Scotland. In this vividly written and insightful analysis, Gwen Kennedy Neville uses this civic ceremony as a window for glimpsing the process of ritual, symbol, and experience in the development of the concept of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195088379
• ISBN13: 9780195088373
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"