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Dancing in the Streets
- A History of Collective Joy
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture, showing that such mass festivities have been indigenous to the West since the ancient Greeks. Though suppressed by elites who fear the undermining of social hierarchies, outbreaks of group revelry still persist, Ehrenreich shows, pointing to the 1960s rock-and-roll rebellion and the more recent "carnivalization" of sports.
Original, exhilarating, and deeply optimistic, Dancing in the Streets shows that we are innately social beings, impelled to share our joy and thereby envision a peaceable future.
Critic Reviews
"A serious look at communal celebrations, well documented and presented with assurance and flair." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Ehrenreich writes with grace and clarity in a fascinating, wide-ranging, and generous account." (Publishers Weekly)
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- 21-01-22
Quite a rare topic greatly researched
The reading is nice but the text is gold takes you across the globe and through the human history to give to different specimens of human celebration ....I would look at dancing from a whole new perspective after this.
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