Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................ 7
1 Performative Preliminaries ........................................................................... 14
1.1 Public Celebrations in Recent Historiography ...................................15
1.2 Identity in Question: Text or Performance? .......................................21
1.3 Performances: Actors, Interpretations, and Materiality ....................33
2 Case Study: the 'Harlem Hellfighters' on Parade (February 1919) .................................................................................41
3 Setting the Stage: the Organizers of Parades.............................................73
3.1 Military Prep Work ................................................................................. 74
3.2 Civic Prep Work ...................................................................................... 85
3.3 Getting Excited in the Press ................................................................100
4 On Stage: America's Conquering Heroes ................................................114
4.1 The Strong Heroes ................................................................................116
4.2 Machines of War: 'Promises' of an Awe-some Modernity? ...........141
4.3 "One-legged Pals"-Wounded Soldiers in the Parade ...................149
4.4 "Flags, Handkerchiefs and Tears"-Dead Soldiers.........................161
4.5 Beyond Perfect Discipline and Americanism ...................................169
5 Masses, Power, Excess: Mere Spectators? ...............................................188
5.1 Being Part of a 'Sensory' Spectacle.....................................................190
5.2 An 'Ideological' Spectacle ....................................................................201
5.3 Excess, Transgression and Deviant Behavior...................................206
5.4 Following the Parade Routine? ...........................................................214
5.5 Holding on to the Parade After the Curtain's Down ......................222
6 WELCOME HOME , BOYS !
Conclusions.........................................................................................................237
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................246
Works Cited ........................................................................................................248
Illustrations .........................................................................................................273
Index ....................................................................................................................274
