The Book of the Year: A Brief History of Our Seasonal HolidaysOxford University Press, 16 дек. 2002 г. - Всего страниц: 224 What is the connection between May Day and the Statue of Liberty? Between ancient solstice fires and Fourth of July fireworks? Between St. Valentine, the Groundhog, and the Virgin Mary? In The Book of the Year, Anthony Aveni offers fascinating answers to these questions and explains the many ways humans throughout time have tried to order and give meaning to time's passing. Aveni traces the origins of modern customs tied to seasonal holidays, exploring what we eat, the games we play, the rituals we perform, and the colorful cast of characters we invent to dramatize holidays. Along the way, Aveni illuminates everything from the Jack 'O Lantern and our faith in the predictive power of animals to the ways in which Labor Day reflects the great medieval "time wars," when the newly invented clock first pitted labor against management. Vividly written, filled with facts both curious and astonishing, this engrossing book allows us to hear that beat more clearly and to understand more fully the rhythms we all dance to throughout the year. |
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1 Creating Organizing and Transforming the Holidays | 1 |
2 Happy New Year But Why Now? | 11 |
Prediction Purification and Passionate Pursuit | 29 |
Watching the Serpent Descend | 47 |
Connecting Times Broken Circle | 63 |
A Collision of Forces | 79 |
Feasts of Fire Water and Feminine Affairs of the Heart | 91 |
Remembering the Great Time Wars | 107 |
Dead Time | 119 |
Transcending Pilgrims Progress | 135 |
From Resurrection to Rudolph | 149 |
12 What Goes Around | 165 |
Notes | 171 |
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