Description: Further DetailsTitle: Christmas, Ideology and Popular CultureCondition: NewEAN: 9780748628087ISBN: 9780748628087Publisher: Edinburgh University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/28/2008Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Weight: 519gContributor: Sheila Whiteley (Edited by)Author: Sheila WhiteleyLanguage: EnglishDescription: How do we understand Christmas? What does it mean? This book is a lively introduction to the study of popular culture through one central case study. It explores the cultural, social and historical contexts of Christmas in the UK, USA and Australia, covering such topics as fiction, film, television, art, newspapers and magazines, war, popular music and carols. Chapters explore the ways in which the production of meaning is mediated by the social and cultural activities surrounding Christmas (watching Christmas films, television, listening or engaging with popular music and carols), its relationship to a set of basic values (the idealised construct of the family), social relationships (community), and the ways in which ideological discourses are used and mobilised, not least in times of conflict, terrorism and war.Packed with examples ranging from Charles Dickens' seminal text, A Christmas Carol, Coca-colonisation and Santa Claus, Victorian cartoons and Christmas cards, to Dr Who, The Office, 'A Fairy Tale of New York', 'Happy Christmas (War is Over)', and such dystopian films as Jingle All the Way and All I Want For Christmas, the case studies offer an incisive account of the ways in which Christmas relates to social change, and how such recent events as 9/11 and the continuing conflict in Iraq focus attention on traditional themes of community and family. Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture offers students and scholars alike an opportunity to explore the hidden agendas of the world's most popular festival and what it means to the outsider looking in.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Society & CultureRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture
Title: Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture
EAN: 9780748628087
ISBN: 9780748628087
Release Date: 04/28/2008
Release Year: 2008
Contributor: Sheila Whiteley (Edited by)
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture
Publisher: Edinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Popular Culture, Holidays / Christmas & Advent
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.3 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science
Author: Sheila Whiteley
Item Length: 6.3 in
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Hardcover
