The St. Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration
Power on Parade, 1877-1995
by Thomas M. Spencer
"In The St. Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration, Thomas Spencer explores the social and cultural functions of the organization's annual celebration - the Veiled Prophet parade and ball - and traces the shifts that occurred over the years in its cultural meaning and importance.".
"Spencer shows that the celebration originated as the business elite's response to the St. Louis general strike of 1877. Symbolically gaining control of the streets, the elites presented St. Louis history and American history by tracing the triumphs of great men - men who happened to be the Veiled Prophet members' ancestors. The Parade, therefore, was intended to awe the masses toward passivity with its symbolic show of power. The members believed that they were helping to boost St.
Louis economically and culturally by enticing visitors from the surrounding communities. The also felt that the parades provided the spectators with advice on morals and social issues and distracted them from less desirable behavior like drinking and carousing."--BOOK JACKET.
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The St. Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration: Power on Parade, 1877-1995
February 2000, University of Missouri Press
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in English
0826212670 9780826212672
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"Those of us who live at the turn of the millennium find it hard to imagine that a parade could be viewed as anything more significant than a few hours of innocent and trivial diversion."
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