Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy

Ehrenreich, Barbara

ISBN 10: 0786162406 / ISBN 13: 9780786162406

Published by Blackstone Audiobooks, 2007

Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.64. Seller Inventory # G0786162406I3N10

Synopsis:

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.

Review: "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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dancing in the Streets: A History of ...
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Unknown
Condition: Good
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