{"product_id":"we-are-what-we-celebrate-understanding-holidays-and-rituals-9780814722275","title":"We Are What We Celebrate: Understanding Holidays and Rituals","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow 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.\u003cbr\u003eFrom community solidarity to ethnic relations to religious traditions, \u003cb\u003eWe Are What We Celebrate\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eCompelling 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amitai Etzioni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.02w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814722275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEtzioni, Amitai:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAmitai Etzioni\u003c\/b\u003e is University Professor at the George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Monochrome Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Privacy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Golden Rule\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a past president of the American Sociological Association.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloom, Jared:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJared Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Assistant at the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies, George Washington University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40239072804979,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_db65f7f3-6a82-459f-9fba-e06153772825.jpg?v=1657114061","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/we-are-what-we-celebrate-understanding-holidays-and-rituals-9780814722275","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}