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Boasting a rich, complex history in Celtic and Christian ritual, Halloween has evolved from ethnic celebration to a blend of street festival, fright night, and vast commercial enterprise. In this colorful history, Nicholas Rogers takes a lively, entertaining look at the cultural origins and development of one of the most popular holidays of the year.
Boasting a rich, complex history in Celtic and Christian ritual, Halloween has evolved from ethnic celebration to a blend of street festival, fright night, and vast commercial enterprise. In this colorful history, Nicholas Rogers takes a lively, entertaining look at the cultural origins and development of one of the most popular holidays of the year.
Über den Autor
Nicholas Rogers is Professor of History at York University. He is the co-author of Eighteenth-Century English Society: Shuttles and Swords (OUP) and the author of Crowds, Culture, and Politics in Georgian Britain (OUP), for which he received the 1999 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize of the Canadian Historical Association for the best book on non-Canadian history.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- 1: Samhain and the Celtic Origins of Halloween
- 2: Festive Rites: Halloween in the British Isles
- 3: Coming Over: Halloween in North America
- 4: Razor in the Apple: The Struggle for a Safe and Sane Halloween, c. 1920-1990
- 5: Halloween Goes to Hollywood
- 6: Stepping Out
- 7: Border Crossings
- 8: Halloween at the Millenium
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195168969 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195168968 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Rogers, Nicholas |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 203 x 127 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Nicholas Rogers |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.10.2003 |
| Gewicht: | 0,261 kg |