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Dancing in the Streets A History of Collective Joy

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ISBN-10: 0805057234

ISBN-13: 9780805057232

Edition: 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Barbara Ehrenreich

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From the bestselling social commentator and cultural historian, a fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy In the acclaimed "Blood Rites," Barbara Ehrenreich delved into the origins of our species' attraction to war. Here, she explores the opposite impulse, one that has been so effectively suppressed that we lack even a term for it: the desire for collective joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. Although sixteenth-century Europeans viewed mass festivities as foreign and "savage," Ehrenreich shows that they…    
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Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 1/9/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
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