TY - BOOK ID - 117687390 TI - All Together Now AU - Clark, Cindy Dell AU - Project Muse. PY - 2019 SN - 1978802013 9781978802018 197880198X 9781978801981 1978801971 9781978801974 1978801998 PB - New Brunswick Rutgers University Press DB - UniCat KW - Holidays KW - Families KW - Symbolism KW - Representation, Symbolic KW - Symbolic representation KW - Mythology KW - Emblems KW - Signs and symbols KW - Legal holidays KW - National holidays KW - Days KW - Hours of labor KW - Manners and customs KW - Memorials KW - Anniversaries KW - Fasts and feasts KW - Vacations KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Social life and customs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:117687390 AB - "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. All Together Now considers holidays that are celebrated by American families: Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Halloween, and the December holidays of Christmas or Chanukah. This book shows how entire families bond at holidays, in ways that allow both children and adults to be influential within their shared interaction. The decorations, songs, special ways of dressing, and rituals carry deep significance that is viscerally felt by even young tots. Ritual has the capacity to condense a plethora of meaning into a unified metaphor such as a Christmas tree, a menorah, or the American flag. These symbols allow children and adults to co-opt the meaning of symbols in flexible and age-relevant ways, all while the symbols are still treasured and shared in common." -- Publisher's description. ER -