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245	0	0	_aWe are what we celebrate : _bunderstanding holidays and rituals / _cedited by Amitai Etzioni and Jared Bloom.
260			_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _cc2004.
300			_avi, 253 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPART I: INTRODUCTION : 1. Holidays and Rituals: Neglected Seedbeds of Virtue / Amitai Etzioni. PART II: FAMILY BUILDING : 2. Who Are We and Where Do We Come From? : Rituals, Families, and Identities / Elizabeth H. Pleck -- 3. Just for Kids: How Holidays Became Child Centered / Gary Cross -- 4. This Is Our Family: Stepfamilies, Rituals, and Kinship Connections / Mary F. Whiteside -- 5. Gathering Together: Remembering Memory through Ritual / John R. Gillis. PART III: COMMUNITY BUILDING : 6. The Festival Cycle: Halloween to Easter in the Community of Middletown / Theodore Caplow -- 7. Mainstreaming Kwanzaa / Anna Day Wilde -- 8. Victorian Days: Performing Community through Local Festival / David E. Procter. PART IV: NATION BUILDING : 9. Can You Celebrate Dissent? Holidays and Social Protest / Francesca Polletta -- 10. The Invention of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday / Matthew Dennis -- 11. Proclaiming Thanksgiving throughout the Land: From Local to National Holiday / Diana Muir -- 12. "Our Hearts Burn with Ardent Love for Two Countries": Ethnicity and Assimilation / Ellen M. Litwicki.
520			_aPublisher description: How did Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday become a national holiday? Why do we exchange presents on Christmas and Chanukah? What do bunnies have to do with Easter? How did Earth Day become a global holiday? These questions and more are answered in this fascinating exploration into the history and meaning of holidays and rituals. Edited by Amitai Etzioni, one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our time, this collection provides a compelling overview of the impact that holidays and rituals have on our family and communal life. From community solidarity to ethnic relations to religious traditions, We Are What We Celebrate argues that holidays such as Halloween, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve, and Valentine's Day play an important role in reinforcing, and sometimes redefining, our values as a society. The collection brings together classic and original essays that, for the first time, offer a comprehensive overview and analysis of the important role such celebrations play in maintaining a moral order as well as in cementing family bonds, building community relations and creating national identity. The essays cover such topics as the creation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday; the importance of holidays for children; the mainstreaming of Kwanzaa; and the controversy over Columbus Day celebrations. Compelling and often surprising, this look at holidays and rituals brings new meaning to not just the ways we celebrate but to what those celebrations tell us about ourselves and our communities.
650		0	_aHolidays.
650		0	_aRitual.
650		0	_aFamily.
650		0	_aCommunity life.
700	1		_aEtzioni, Amitai.
700	1		_aBloom, Jared, _d1981-
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