| Collation |
vi, 253 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Holidays.
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Ritual.
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Families.
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Community life.
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| Alt Author |
Etzioni, Amitai.
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Bloom, Jared, 1981-
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| ISBN |
0814722261 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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081472227X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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