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Dancing in the Streets A History of Collective Joy

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ISBN-10: 0805057242

ISBN-13: 9780805057249

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Barbara Ehrenreich

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"Fascinating . . . An admirably lucid, level-headed history of outbreaks of joy from Dionysus to the Grateful Dead."--Terry Eagleton, "The Nation""" Widely praised as "impressive" (The Washington Post Book World), "ambitious" (The Wall Street Journal), and "alluring" (The Los Angeles Times), Dancing in the Streets explores a human impulse that has been so effectively suppressed that we lack even a term for it: the desire for collective joy, historically expressed in revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Drawing on a wealth of history and anthropology, Barbara Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. From the earliest orgiastic Mesopotamian…    
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Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 12/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.18" wide x 8.06" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of "Blood Rites"; "The Worst Years of Our Lives"; "Fear of Falling", which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, & eight other books. A frequent contributor to Time, Harper's, Esquire, The New Republic, Mirabella, The Nation, The New York Magazine, she lives near Key West, Florida.

Introduction: Invitation to the Dance
The Archaic Roots of Ecstasy
Civilization and Backlash
Jesus and Dionysus
From the Churches to the Streets: The Creation of Carnival
Killing Carnival: Reformation and Repression
A Note on Puritanism and Military Reform
An Epidemic of Melancholy
Guns Against Drums: Imperialism Encounters Ecstasy
Fascist Spectacles
The Rock Rebellion
Carnivalizing Sports
Conclusion: The Possibility of Revival
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index