ISBN:
1429414006
,
9781429414005
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 253 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version We are what we celebrate
DDC:
394.2673
Keywords:
Ritual
;
Community life
;
Families
;
Holidays
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
How did Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday become a national holiday? Why do we exchange presents on Christmas and Chanukah? What do bunnies have to do with Easter? How did Earth Day become a global holiday? These questions and more are answered in this fascinating exploration into the history and meaning of holidays and rituals. Edited by Amitai Etzioni, one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our time, this collection provides a compelling overview of the impact that holidays and rituals have on our family and communal life. From community solidarity to ethnic relations
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Holidays and rituals : neglected seedbeds of virtue
,
Who are we and where do we come from? Rituals, families, and identities
,
Just for kids : how holidays became child centered
,
This is our family : stepfamilies, rituals, and kinship connections
,
Gathering together : remembering memory through ritual
,
The festival cycle : Halloween to Easter in the community of Middletown
,
Mainstreaming Kwanzaa
,
Victorian days : performing community through local festival
,
Can you celebrate dissent? Holidays and social protest
,
The invention of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday
,
Proclaiming Thanksgiving throughout the land : from local to national holiday
,
"Our hearts burn with ardent love for two countries" : ethnicity and assimilation
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