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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informative 100%
reflective 58%
hopeful 29%
inspiring 23%
challenging 17%
relaxing 11%
emotional 5%
funny 5%

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slow 37%

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