LEADER 04209nam 22006974a 450 001 9910813206203321 005 20240410034647.0 010 $a0-8147-2291-1 010 $a1-4294-1400-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814722916 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245323 035 $a(EBL)2081756 035 $a(OCoLC)913695335 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000269542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11192500 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10248734 035 $a(PQKB)10673545 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2081756 035 $a(DE-B1597)547921 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814722916 035 $a(OCoLC)76898849 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse87052 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2081756 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3025575 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3025575 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245323 100 $a20040629d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWe are what we celebrate $eunderstanding holidays and rituals /$feditors, Amitai Etzioni, Jared Bloom 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cNew York University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (253 pages) 311 0 $a0-8147-2227-X 311 0 $a0-8147-2226-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$t1 Holidays and Rituals --$t2 Who Are We and Where Do We Come From? --$t3 Just for Kids --$t4 This Is Our Family --$t5 Gathering Together --$t6 The Festival Cycle --$t7 Mainstreaming Kwanzaa --$t8 Victorian Days --$t9 Can You Celebrate Dissent? --$t10 The Invention of Martin Luther King Jr.?s Birthday --$t11 Proclaiming Thanksgiving throughout the Land --$t12 ?Our Hearts Burn with Ardent Love for Two Countries? --$tAbout the Contributors --$tIndex 330 $aHow 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. Contributors: Theodore Caplow, Gary Cross, Matthew Dennis, Amitai Etzioni, John R. Gillis, Ellen M. Litwicki, Diana Muir, Francesca Polletta, Elizabeth H. Pleck, David E. Proctor, Mary F. Whiteside, and Anna Day Wilde. 606 $aHolidays 606 $aRitual 606 $aFamilies 606 $aCommunity life 615 0$aHolidays. 615 0$aRitual. 615 0$aFamilies. 615 0$aCommunity life. 676 $a394.2673 701 $aEtzioni$b Amitai$032082 701 $aBloom$b Jared$f1981-$01709569 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813206203321 996 $aWe are what we celebrate$94099405 997 $aUNINA