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Read an Excerpt from “Joy to the World: The Performance of Collective Pleasure” by Gary Alan Fine

Aug 11, 2026

There are innumerable ways to take pleasure in life: a bite of cake in the late afternoon, a walk in the warm springtime air after a long winter, a listen to the opening chords of your favorite song. But each of ...

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