Dancing in the streets: a history of collective joy. "Cultural historian Ehrenreich explores a human impulse that has been so effectively suppressed that we lack even a term for it: the desire for collective joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. · In Dancing in the Streets, cultural historian and author Barbara Ehrenreich has written a fascinating, albeit somewhat uneven, book about the phenomenon of communal, shared ecstatic ritual. Ehrenreich posits that "the capacity for collective joy is encoded into us almost as deeply as the capacity for erotic love of one human for another."Author: Maxine Harris. Dancing in the streets: a history of collective joy. Cultural historian Ehrenreich explores a human impulse that has been so effectively suppressed that we lack even a term for it: the desire for collective joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and bltadwin.ru Interaction Count:
Ehrenreich's social history of collective joy, ranging from pagan ritual to rock concerts, comes off as an extended, rambling lecture, taking in a varied array of subjects along the way. Taking the hint, Ward reads Ehrenreich's book with a touch of the lecturer's oratorical savvy, and some of that same figure's dry deliberation. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy by Barbara Ehrenreich (, Trade Paperback, Revised edition) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Barbara Ehrenreich wants to affirm the value of ecstatic group celebration. She aligns it with the old precolonial, precapitalist, pre-Christian religions, and with Carnival.
In Dancing in the Streets, cultural historian and author Barbara Ehrenreich has written a fascinating, albeit somewhat uneven, book about the phenomenon of communal, shared ecstatic ritual. Ehrenreich posits that "the capacity for collective joy is encoded into us almost as deeply as the capacity for erotic love of one human for another.". The dancing meant by her title has ancient roots; it precedes streets. It also goes beyond them in the modern stadium, where sports and music, watching and performing, all merge. Dancing in the streets: a history of collective joy. Cultural historian Ehrenreich explores a human impulse that has been so effectively suppressed that we lack even a term for it: the desire for collective joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing.
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