Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy is a book authored by Barbara Ehrenreich.

The author coins the term "collective joy" to describe group events which involve music, synchronized movement, costumes, and a feeling of loss of self.

The book describes cycles of creation and suppression of collective joy events.

The events generally arise spontaneously and are regarded as dangerous (see Collective hysteria, Riot).

This conversion drains the events of their power, and the cycle begins anew.