Socializing Customs in the Castle Market Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8931565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ervin Beck (0000-0002-7674-5282, Goshen College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-10 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1987.9716390 |
| OpenAlex | W2140454458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
DURING the past fifteen years, notes in Folklore and other journals have called attention to interesting pre-wedding customs perpetuated by occupational folk groups in urban England.' In addition, feature photographs in daily papers regularly call attention to still more instances of wedding customs observed outside of official ceremonies and receptions.2 Enough evidence now exists to suggest that such customs are to be found-to some degree-in most occupational groups, regardless of social class. The huge job of documenting and studying these practices awaits the right folklorist or social anthropologist. The direction that one kind of analysis might take is suggested by George Monger (1975), who establishes historical continuity between some contemporary and earlier wedding customs. To such diachronic, comparative study, however, must also be added broader synchronic concerns. That is, occupational wedding customs must alsq be studied in the full social context out of which they emerge if their true significance and function for participants are to be understood. The present study began as just another note on wedding customs-this time among merchandisers in Sheffield's Castle Market. But it soon became clear that these wedding customs were but one kind of customary social interaction enjoyed by members of this folk group, and that the wedding customs could be understood best if other kinds were also identified and described. The present essay remains a mere note-not a note on wedding customs but, rather, a note towards a contextual understanding of socializing customs among members of an occupational group. The full understanding will emerge only when more of the complex interactive behaviours of this community of owners, salespeople and customers have been sympathetically delineated
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