We are What We Celebrate
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Description for We are What We Celebrate
Paperback. 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? This title answers these questions. Editor(s): Etzioni, Amitai; Bloom, Jared. Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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 to religious ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814722275
SKU
V9780814722275
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99-50
About Etzioni
Amitai Etzioni is University Professor at the George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies. He is the author of numerous books, including The Monochrome Society, The Limits of Privacy, and The New Golden Rule. He is a past president of the American Sociological Association. Jared Bloom is Research Assistant at the Institute ... Read more
Reviews for We are What We Celebrate
[A] new and welcome framework for understanding the meanings of holidays in our multi-cultural society. Any simple explanation of even the most familiar celebrations will be challenged in reading this wide-ranging collection.
Penne L. Restad,author of Christmas in America: A History [O]ffers an effervescent mix of sociological and historical reflections on the state of holidays and rituals in American ... Read more
Penne L. Restad,author of Christmas in America: A History [O]ffers an effervescent mix of sociological and historical reflections on the state of holidays and rituals in American ... Read more