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La terra in piazza : an interpretation of the Palio of Siena

Title
La terra in piazza : an interpretation of the Palio of Siena / by Alan Dundes and Alessandro Falassi.
Author
Dundes, Alan
Publication
  • Berkeley : University of California Press, [1975]
  • ©1975

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Additional Authors
Falassi, Alessandro
Description
xvi, 265 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Siena / Palio delle Contrade
  • Palio di Siena (Festival) (Siena, Italy)
  • Palio di Siena (Festival)
  • Festivals > Italy > Siena
  • Palio festivals > Italy > Siena
  • Festivals
  • Manners and customs
  • Palio festivals
  • Palio
  • Siena (Italy) > Social life and customs
  • Italy > Siena
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 251-260.
Contents
The origins of the palio -- The contrada -- The days of the palio -- The palio -- Racing the palio all year long -- The palio in song -- The palio as a metaphor for Sienese worldview.
ISBN
  • 0520026810
  • 9780520026810
  • 0520047710
  • 9780520047716
LCCN
73091675
OCLC
  • ocm01364719
  • 1364719
  • SCSB-206454
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library