Dancing In The Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich
A History of Collective Joy
A brisk cultural history that traces public celebrations, rituals and mass revelries from ancient festivals and carnivals to modern demonstrations and concerts, arguing that collective joy has long served social bonding and political expression. It shows how authorities alternately harness, criminalize or commercialize such outbursts of public exuberance, and how the erosion of communal public spaces under modern capitalism has diminished opportunities for spontaneous collective joy—though protest movements and new forms of public performance can revive it. The narrative blends historical examples, anthropological insight and political critique to reclaim the importance of shared joy in sustaining communal and democratic life.
- Published
- 2006
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- 300-400 pages
- Original Language
- English
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