Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy. Barbara Ehrenreich by Barbara Ehrenreich

Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy. Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich

320 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. She discovers that the same elements come up in every human culture throughout history: a love of masking, carnival, music-making and dance. Although sixteenth-c...

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reflective 55%
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challenging 11%
funny 11%

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