Crying Shame: Metaculture, Modernity, and the Exaggerated Death of Lament

by James M. Wilce

Building on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive historical evidence, Crying Shame analyzes lament across thousands of years and nearly every continent. Explores the enduring power of lament: expressing grief through crying songs, often in a collective ritual context Draws on the author's extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and unique long-term engagement and participation in the phenomenon Offers a startling new perspective on the nature of modernity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405169923
• ISBN13: 9781405169929
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"