Jump up : good times throughout the seasons with celebrations from around the world / Luisah Teish ; foreword by Angeles Arrien, Ph. D.

Author/Creator:

Teish, Luisah.

Publication:

Berkeley, California : Conari Press, 2000.

Distribution:

Berkeley, California : Distributed by Publishers Group West,

Format/Description:

Book
xiv, 207, [3] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Subjects:

Festivals.
Festivals -- Africa.
Africa.

Place of Publication:

United States California Berkeley.

Summary:

Guides readers in reconnecting holidays to the rhythms of nature and provides instructions on how to use myths, folklore, and poetry from around the world to create life-giving, nature-based rituals and ceremonies.

Contents:

Introduction: My own path toward celebration
Myths and deities
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
For Every Season.

Notes:

"Cover illustration: Kathleen Edwards. Cover Design: Ame Beanland."
"Interior illlustrations: Luisah Teish. Interior chapter opening shells: Kathleen Edwards. Book design: Suzanne Albertson."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index.

Local notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Penn Chronology:

2000

Contributor:

Arrien, Angeles, 1940- writer of foreword.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

ISBN:

1573245518 :
9781573245517

OCLC:

44502080

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