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World of Their Own Making : Myth, Ritual, and the Quest for Family Values

by John R. Gillis

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Our whole society may be obsessed with "family values," but as John Gillis points out in this entertaining and eye-opening book, most of our images of "home sweet home" are of very recent vintage. "A World of Their Own Making" examines our idealized ... Read more
Our whole society may be obsessed with "family values," but as John Gillis points out in this entertaining and eye-opening book, most of our images of "home sweet home" are of very recent vintage. "A World of Their Own Making" examines our idealized notion of "The Family," a mind-set in which myth and symbol still hold sway. Less

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File size9.22x6x0.88inches
Print pages336
PublisherHarvard University Press
Publication date October 1, 1997
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780674961883
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