Crying Shame Metaculture, Modernity, and the Exaggerated Death of Lament |
|
| Author:
| Wilce, James M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4051-6992-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
|
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $121.95 |
Book Description:
|
For millennia, lamenting ? expressing grief through crying songs, often in a collective ritual context ? both sustained and challenged communities around the world. In recent centuries, however, communities that once joined together in lament have rejected it, in apparent shame.
For millennia, lamenting ? expressing grief through crying songs, often in a collective ritual context ? both sustained and challenged communities around the world. In recent centuries, however, communities that once joined together in lament have rejected it, in apparent shame.