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

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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

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1405169923

ISBN13:9781405169929

Release Date:November 2008

Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell

Length:274 Pages

Weight:1.32 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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