Austrian Studies 25: Celebrations: Festkultur in Austria

To mark its twenty-fifth issue, Austrian Studies examines practices and representations of celebration from 1750 to the present in the Habsburg Empire, the Austrian Republics and former areas of the Habsburg Empire. Festivities, festivals, anniversary celebrations and the ways in which they are organized and experienced, shed unique light on the culture that supports -- or is supported by -- such events. Celebrations constitute conscious, if temporary, departures from everyday life, moments...