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Examines the human impulse toward collective joy, historically expressed in communal celebrations involving revelries of feasting, costuming, and dancing, from the ancient Greeks' worship of Dionysus to the more recent "carnivalization" of sports.
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"A fabulous book on carnival and ecstasy, skillfully arranged and brilliantly explained."--Robert Farris Thompson, author of "Tango: The Art History of Love""" "Barbara Ehrenreich shows how and why people celebrate together, and equally what causes us to fear celebration. Here is the other side of ritual, whose dark side she explored in "Blood Rites." She ranges in time from the earliest festivals drawn on cave walls to modern football crowds; she finds that festivities and ecstatic rituals have been a way to address personal ills like melancholy and shame, social ills as extreme as those faced by American slaves. "Dancing in the Streets" is itself a celebration of language -- clear, funny, unpredictable. This is a truly original book."--Richard Sennett, author of "The Culture of the New Capitalism""" "A fabulous book on carnival and ecstasy, skillfully arranged and brilliantly explained."--Robert Farris Thompson, author of "Tango: The Art History of Love"
" A fabulous book on carnival and ecstasy, skillfully arranged and brilliantly explained." -- Robert Farris Thompson, author of "Tango: The Art History of Love""" " Barbara Ehrenreich shows how and why people celebrate together, and equally what causes us to fear celebration. Here is the other side of ritual, whose dark side she explored in "Blood Rites," She ranges in time from the earliest festivals drawn on cave walls to modern football crowds; she finds that festivities and ecstatic rituals have been a way to address personal ills like melancholy and shame, social ills as extreme as those faced by American slaves. "Dancing in the Streets" is itself a celebration of language -- clear, funny, unpredictable. This is a truly original book." -- Richard Sennett, author of "The Culture of the New Capitalism""" " A fabulous book on carnival and ecstasy, skillfully arranged and brilliantly explained." -- Robert Farris Thompson, author of "Tango: The Art History of Love"
A fabulous book on carnival and ecstasy, skillfully arranged and brilliantly explained.--Robert Farris Thompson, author of Tango: The Art History of Love
Barbara Ehrenreich shows how and why people celebrate together, and equally what causes us to fear celebration. Here is the other side of ritual, whose dark side she explored in "Blood Rites." She ranges in time from the earliest festivals drawn on cave walls to modern football crowds; she finds that festivities and ecstatic rituals have been a way to address personal ills like melancholy and shame, social ills as extreme as those faced by American slaves. "Dancing in the Streets" is itself a celebration of language -- clear, funny, unpredictable. This is a truly original book.--Richard Sennett, author of The Culture of the New Capitalism
A fabulous book on carnival and ecstasy, skillfully arranged and brilliantly explained. Robert Farris Thompson, author of Tango: The Art History of Love
Barbara Ehrenreich shows how and why people celebrate together, and equally what causes us to fear celebration. Here is the other side of ritual, whose dark side she explored in "Blood Rites." She ranges in time from the earliest festivals drawn on cave walls to modern football crowds; she finds that festivities and ecstatic rituals have been a way to address personal ills like melancholy and shame, social ills as extreme as those faced by American slaves. "Dancing in the Streets" is itself a celebration of language -- clear, funny, unpredictable. This is a truly original book. Richard Sennett, author of The Culture of the New Capitalism"
"A fabulous book on carnival and ecstasy, skillfully arranged and brilliantly explained." --Robert Farris Thompson, author of Tango: The Art History of Love
"Barbara Ehrenreich shows how and why people celebrate together, and equally what causes us to fear celebration. Here is the other side of ritual, whose dark side she explored in Blood Rites. She ranges in time from the earliest festivals drawn on cave walls to modern football crowds; she finds that festivities and ecstatic rituals have been a way to address personal ills like melancholy and shame, social ills as extreme as those faced by American slaves. Dancing in the Streets is itself a celebration of language -- clear, funny, unpredictable. This is a truly original book." --Richard Sennett, author of The Culture of the New Capitalism
About the Author
Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of fourteen books, including Blood Rites and the New York Times bestsellers Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. A frequent contributor to Harper’s and The Nation, she has been a columnist at The New York Times and Time magazine. She lives in Virginia.
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- PublisherBlackstone Audiobooks
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0786162406
- ISBN 13 9780786162406
- BindingAudio CD
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages8
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