A journalist, historian, and social critic, Barbara Ehrenreich is the outspoken author of fourteen books. In 2001, Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in Americabecame a New York Timesbestseller and has since sold over one million copies. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream, her white-collar exposé that followed, also became a New York Times bestseller. In her new book, Dancing in the Streets, Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture.