Introduction
Résumé
1 - Festive Studies as an Emerging Academic Sub-Field
2 - What Constitutes a Festive Event in the United States Today?
3 - From Communitas to Differentiation: Festivities as Political Events
4 - From Rowdy to Subdued: the Domestication of Festivities
5 - For Profit? The Increasing Commodification of U.S. Festivities
6 - The Quest for Less-Materialistic, Less-Individualistic Rituals