Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy

Ehrenreich, Barbara

ISBN 10 : 0786162406 ISBN 13 : 9780786162406

Editeur : Blackstone Audiobooks, 2007

Synopsis

From bestselling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich comes this fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture, showing that such mass festivities have been indigenous to the West since the ancient Greeks. Though suppressed by elites who fear the undermining of social hierarchies, outbreaks of group revelry still persist, Ehrenreich shows, pointing to the 1960s rock-and-roll rebellion and the more recent "carnivalization" of sports.

Original, exhilarating, and deeply optimistic, Dancing in the Streets shows that we are innately social beings, impelled to share our joy and thereby envision a peaceable future.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of several books, including three New York Times bestsellers, Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch, and Living with a Wild God. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Progressive, Harper's, and Time magazine.

Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress' Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786162406
• ISBN 13: 9780786162406
• Reliure: CD
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 8
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible