All Together Now

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Holidays are times for creating memories and for celebrating cultural values, emotions, and social ties. All Together Now considers holidays that are celebrated by American families and shows how entire families bond at holidays in ways that allow both children and adults to be influential within their shared interaction.

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
Holidays are times for creating memories and for celebrating cultural values, emotions, and social ties. All Together Now considers holidays that are celebrated by American families and shows how entire families bond at holidays in ways that allow both children and adults to be influential within their shared interaction.

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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