America’s Favorite Holidays explores how five of America’s culturally important holidays—Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving—came to be what they are today, seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Deftly distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals often-surprising answers to questions about each holiday’s traditions. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? Appealing and insightful,
America’s Favorite Holidays satisfies our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the fascinating ways in which religion and culture mix.
America’s Favorite Holidays satisfies our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the fascinating ways in which religion and culture mix.
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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Christmas
2. Valentine’s Day
3. Easter
4. Halloween
5. Thanksgiving
Afterword
Notes
Index
Mengenai Pengarang
Bruce David Forbes is Professor of Religious Studies at Morningside College, author of Christmas: A Candid History, and coeditor of Religion and Popular Culture in America.Beli ebook ini dan dapatkan 1 lagi PERCUMA!
Bahasa Inggeris ● Format EPUB ● Halaman-halaman 232 ● ISBN 9780520960442 ● Saiz fail 10.1 MB ● Penerbit University of California Press ● Diterbitkan 2015 ● Edisi 1 ● Muat turun 24 bulan ● Mata wang EUR ● ID 6513108 ● Salin perlindungan Adobe DRM
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