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myth, ritual, and the quest for family values
By John R. Gillis
"A world of their own making" was published by Basic books in 1996 - New York, it has 310 pages and the language of the book is English.
“A world of their own making” Metadata:
- Title: A world of their own making
- Author: John R. Gillis
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 310
- Publisher: Basic books
- Publish Date: 1996
- Publish Location: New York
“A world of their own making” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Family - History - Family festivals - Folklore - Families - Histoire - Familienfest - Fetes de famille - Familie - Famille - Kultur - Family life education - 15.70 history of Europe - 15.85 history of America - Gezin - Mythevorming - Riten - Waarden - Genealogy
- Places: North America - Europe
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xix, 310 p. :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL967407M - OL2647980W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 34193238
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 96003843
- ISBN-10: 0465054145
- All ISBNs: 0465054145
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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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