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100 1 $aAveni, Anthony F.
245 14 $aThe book of the year :$ba brief history of our seasonal holidays /$cAnthony F. Aveni.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2003.
300 $axiv, 192 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-181) and index.
505 0 $aCreating, organizing, and transforming the holidays -- Happy New Year! But why now? -- February's holidays : prediction, purification, and passionate pursuit -- Spring Equinox : watching the serpent descend -- The Easter/Passover season : connecting time's broken circle -- May Day : a collision of forces -- Summer's Solstice : feasts of fire, water, and feminine affairs of the heart -- Labor Day : remembering the great time wars -- Halloween : dead time -- Thanksgiving : transcending Pilgrims' progress -- Christmas : from resurrection to Rudolph -- "What goes around..."
650 0 $aHolidays$xHistory.
650 0 $aRites and ceremonies.
650 0 $aArchaeoastronomy.
650 0 $aBiological rhythms.
650 0 $aChronobiology.
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