Crying Shame. Metaculture, Modernity, and the Exaggerated Death of Lament - James Wilce M.
| Автор: | James Wilce M. |
| Издательство: | John Wiley & Sons Limited |
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| Жанр произведения: | Социология |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9781444306255 |
Building on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive historical evidence, Crying Shame analyzes lament across thousands of years and nearly every continent. Explores the enduring power of lament: expressing grief through crying songs, often in a collective ritual context Draws on the author’s extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and unique long-term engagement and participation in the phenomenon Offers a startling new perspective on the nature of modernity and postmodernity An important addition to growing literature on cultural globalization