A World of Their Own Making: Myth, Ritual and the Quest for Family Values - Rilegato

Gillis, John R.

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ISBN 10: 0465054145 ISBN 13: 9780465054145

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1996

Riassunto

Our whole society may be obsessed with "family values," but, as historian John Gillis points out in this entertaining and eye-opening narrative, most of our images of "home sweet home" are of very recent vintage. In fact, our most cherished family rituals (Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, white weddings, reunions, Father's Day, and Mother's Day) didn't even exist until the Victorian era.
A World of Their Own Making questions our idealized notion of "The Family," a mind-set in which myth and symbol still hold sway. As the families we live with become more fragile, the symbolic families we live by become more powerful. Yet it is only by accepting the notion that our rituals, myths, and images must be open to perpetual revision that we can satisfy our human needs and changing circumstances. Our families are worlds of our own making. By using the past to throw light on the present, Gillis empowers us to enjoy and accept responsibility for our own creations.

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Informazioni sull'autore

John R. Gillis is a professor of history at Rutgers University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0465054145
• ISBN 13: 9780465054145
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 310
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile