We are what we celebrate : understanding holidays and rituals /

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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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Etzioni, Amitai, Bloom, Jared, 1981-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Holidays.
Ritual.
Families.
Community life.
Nuclear families.
Communities.
Holidays
Family
Nuclear Family
Jours fériés.
Rituel.
Communauté.
Famille.
Familles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Holidays (non-religious)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Nuclear families
Communities
Community life
Families
Ritual
Feestdagen.
Riten.
Gezin.
Gemeenschap (sociologie)
Staten.
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Table of Contents:
  • Holidays and rituals : neglected seedbeds of virtue / Amitai Etzioni
  • Who are we and where do we come from? Rituals, families, and identities / Elizabeth H. Pleck
  • Just for kids : how holidays became child centered / Gary Cross
  • This is our family : stepfamilies, rituals, and kinship connections / Mary F. Whiteside
  • Gathering together : remembering memory through ritual / John R. Gillis
  • The festival cycle : Halloween to Easter in the community of Middletown / Theodore Caplow
  • Mainstreaming Kwanzaa / Anna Day Wilde
  • Victorian days : performing community through local festival / David E. Procter
  • Can you celebrate dissent? Holidays and social protest / Francesca Polletta
  • The invention of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday / Matthew Dennis
  • Proclaiming Thanksgiving throughout the land : from local to national holiday / Diana Muir
  • "Our hearts burn with ardent love for two countries" : ethnicity and assimilation / Ellen M. Litwicki.

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