Reviews for De l'intranquillité de l'âme

The average rating for De l'intranquillité de l'âme based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-01 00:00:00 Michael Markase This text describes the commercialization of religious holidays. He describes how the market succeeds in standardizing local religious and ethnic customs. Of particular interest is its focus on how women are often the "movers" behind the holidays and are marketed as such. Additionally, the book explores the dichotomous relationship Christianity has with consumerism'on one hand embracing it, and on another, as enemies of it.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-01-23 00:00:00 Shelly Vollmann The book gives an interesting prospective of religious holidays vs commercial holidays. The final answer is they have merged to be one in the same. This is a somewhat obvious answer as any given American will probably spend Christmas Eve at church and wake up the next morning to open hundreds of dollars worth of gifts. The book gave some good historical insight on the creation of the holidays and the businesses that quickly swooped in an made holidays what they are today. To me the mix of the sacred and the commercial is what makes our holidays uniquely American.