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050 00 $aGR465$b.G55 1996
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100 1 $aGillis, John R.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81053481
245 12 $aA world of their own making :$bmyth, ritual, and the quest for family values /$cJohn R. Gillis.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic books,$c1996.
263 $a9607
300 $axix, 310 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gPt. I.$tDifferent Times, Different Places: Meanings of Family and Home Before the Modern Age.$g1.$tMyths of Family Past.$g2.$tAt Home with Families of Strangers.$g3.$tLife and Death in a Small Parenthesis --$gPt. II.$tEnchanting Families: The Victorian Origins of Modern Family Cultures.$g4.$tA World of Their Own Making.$g5.$tMaking Time(s) for Family.$g6.$tNo Place Like Home --$gPt. III.$tMythic Figures in the Suburban Landscape.$g7.$tThe Perfect Couple.$g8.$tMothers Giving Birth to Motherhood.$g9.$tBringing Up Fathers: Strangers in Our Midst.$g10.$tHaunting the Dead --$gPt. IV.$tNew Times and New Places: Myths and Rituals for a Global Era.$g11.$tConclusion: Remaking Our Worlds.
520 $aOur 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.
520 8 $aA 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.
520 8 $aBy using the past to throw light on the present, Gillis empowers us to enjoy and accept responsibility for our own creations.
650 0 $aFamilies$xFolklore.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047012
650 0 $aFamily festivals$xHistory.
650 0 $aFamilies$zNorth America$xHistory.
650 0 $aFamilies$zEurope$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120195
852 00 $bglx$hGR465$i.G55 1996
852 00 $bglx$hGR465$i.G55 1996