Dancing in the Streets
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
Dancing in the Streets
| Full title | Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy |
|---|---|
| Author | Barbara Ehrenreich |
| Published | 2006 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Ehrenreich’s history of communal ecstasy — Dionysian rites, carnival, revivals, rock concerts — and of the long campaign by church and state to suppress it. |
Where I heard about it
- @typesfast’s thread — a reply to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” in the thread, June 2025. The full list of replies lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.