Unwrapping Christmas
In an age of secularization and the decline of ritual, Christmas has emerged as the most promising candidate for the first global festival. It is celebrated in the Christian West as well as in many countries with either a minority or no Christian population. How is it that Christmas is notmerely surviving, but actually gaining in importance? Unwrapping Christmas is the first comparative study of the Christmas phenomenon, based on direct observation of how the festival is actually celebrated in diverse social contexts. It begins by presenting general theories of Christmas and includes the first full English translation of FatherChristmas Exec…
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Weitere Autoren: Miller, Daniel E. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-828066-8
- EAN: 9780198280668
- Produktnummer: 22686762
- Verlag: OUP Oxford
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
- Seitenangabe: 252 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 341 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 341
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Daniel Miller is also the author of: Ideology, Power, and Prehistory (co-ed. with C. Tilley, CUP, 1984) Artifacts as Categories (CUP, 1985) Material Culture and Mass Consumption (Blackwell, 1987) Domination and Resistance (ed. with M. Rowlands and C. Tilley, CUP, 1989)
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