All Around the Year
Download or Read eBook All Around the Year PDF written by Jack Santino and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Jack Santino |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0252065166 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780252065163 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis All Around the Year by : Jack Santino
Book excerpt: Whether they're decorating Easter trees or celebrating Wagner's birthday by playing recordings of his Ring cycle operas and incinerating a model of Valhalla on an outdoor barbecue to the closing strains of "Gotterdämerung," Americans know both how to create and how to celebrate holidays. Jack Santino's guide to such frivolity is a wonderfully readable exploration of holidays, periods of festivity, and life-cycle rituals and celebrations. Santino draws on history, anthropology, popular culture, and folklore to show the intricate relationships between holidays and the roles that celebrations and rituals play in people's lives.
