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Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
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Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy Compact disc - 2007

by Barbara Ehrenreich; Read by Pam Ward


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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.

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  • Title Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
  • Author Barbara Ehrenreich; Read by Pam Ward
  • Binding Compact Disc
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Pages 8
  • Volumes 8
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blackstone Audiobooks, U.S.A.
  • Date January 2007
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian, Unabridged
  • ISBN 9780786162406 / 0786162406
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.34 x 6.74 x 1.18 in (16.10 x 17.12 x 3.00 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 394.26

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Citations

  • Kliatt, 07/01/2007, Page 56
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