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Saint Stupid's Day Parade, 1985 - 1995

 File — Box: 3

Comments from Mary Dery

Various articles about the parade, whose carnivalesque (in the Mikhail Bakhtin sense) spirit and use of the archetype of the holy fool/mad clown to subversive, socially satirical ends makes it a subcategory of culture jamming, and its organizer, Ed Holmes.
File also includes Saint Stupid buttons produced by the parade’s organizers; a vinyl single (“St. Stupid Wrap” [sic] b/w “Stupid Marches On”;
posters/flyers for the parade.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985 - 1995

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 3.36 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

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