Fertility goddesses, groundhog bellies and the Coca Cola Company
By: Gabriella Kalapos.
Publisher: Insomniac Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Toronto, ON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Description: "Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies & the Coca-Cola Company uncovers why humans have a need to mark certain days of the year and how much more meaning these celebrations could provide to our everyday lives if we only understood what purposes they served and continue to serve. Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies & the Coca-Cola Company digs through mythology, history, politics, and psychology to discover the elusive origins and meanings of many of our modern-day holidays. It connects the holidays to the cycles of nature and the human psyche and reveals how they have been changed and manipulated over time to serve certain religious, political, and commercial causes."--BOOK JACKET.