Crying Shame. Metaculture, Modernity, and the Exaggerated Death of Lament

Crying Shame. Metaculture, Modernity, and the Exaggerated Death of Lament,  audiobook. ISDN31234425

James Wilce

Genre:sociology

Language:English

Type:PDF book

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Limited

Publication date:09.12.2022

Price:$37.84

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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

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