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About this book
A journey through human festivity, told through colourful travel narratives set at some of the world's most eye-catching festivals and interweaved with insights from the fields of anthropology, history, psychology, and folklore, examining why we celebrate festivals in the ways we do.
Fiesta explores the vibrant tapestry of human festivity, delving into the extraordinary lengths we undertake to express our cultures and commemorate life's milestones. From drunken pilgrimages to sacrificial funerals, national days to neo-pagan necromancy, festivals represent human culture at its most vivid and varied, and the resulting account is both a rich collection of travel writing and an anthropological exploration of the roles that festivals play in society. Through colourful characters, vibrant sights, and varied locales, Daniel Stables takes a curious, humanistic look at festivals across the globe, unravelling the universal threads which run through our diverse global celebrations.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Introduction
- 1 Begin Again: Rituals of Renewal
- 2 Masquerade: Travels in Identity
- 3 Jesus Raves: Pilgrims, Passage, and Threshold People
- 4 Hungry Ghosts: Food, Festivals, and Meaning
- 5 Ego Altars: Ritual Madness, Ecstasy, and Altered States
- 6 The Golden Threads: Festivals as Roadmaps of Religion
- 7 Them: Festivals and Tribalism
- 8 Nation Fêtes: Festivals, Nation Building, and Ethnic Identity
- 9 Utopia: Experiments in Society
- 10 Last Rites: Festival, Ritual, and Death
- 11 Mischief: Festivity Beyond the Grave
- Acknowledgements
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