All Together Now - American Holiday Symbolism Among Children and Adults

In a hard driving society like the United States, holidays are islands of softness. Holidays are times for creating memories and for celebrating cultural values, emotions, and social ties. This book shows how entire families bond at holidays, in ways that allow both children and adults to be influential within their shared interaction.

List of contents

Contents

Preface           

1          Introduction

2          Spring Season: Easter            

3          Summer Season:  Memorial Day and July 4th           

4          Autumn Season:  Halloween             

5          Winter Season:  Christmas and Chanukah

6          How Ritual Meaning Comes Together            

Appendix:  About This Research       

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Index

 

About the author

Cindy Dell Clark is an associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. She is the author of In A Younger Voice: Doing Child-Centered Qualitative Research.

 

Summary

In a hard driving society like the United States, holidays are islands of softness. Holidays are times for creating memories and for celebrating cultural values, emotions, and social ties. This book shows how entire families bond at holidays, in ways that allow both children and adults to be influential within their shared interaction.

Product details

Authors	Cindy Dell Clark
Publisher	Rutgers University Press
Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	30.06.2019
EAN	9781978801981
ISBN	978-1-978801-98-1
No. of pages	220
Series	Rutgers Series in Childhood St; Rutgers Series in Childhood St; Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies; Rutgers Childhood Studies
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)

Product details

• Authors: Cindy Dell Clark
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781978801981
• ISBN: 978-1-978801-98-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood St; Rutgers Series in Childhood St; Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies; Rutgers Childhood Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)