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.
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Autorentext
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.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Christmas 2. Valentine's Day 3. Easter 4. Halloween 5. Thanksgiving Afterword Notes Index
Titel
America's Favorite Holidays
Untertitel
Candid Histories
Autor
EAN
9780520960442
ISBN
978-0-520-96044-2
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
27.10.2015
Digitaler Kopierschutz
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Dateigrösse
9.87 MB
Anzahl Seiten
232
Jahr
2015
Untertitel
Englisch
Auflage
1. Auflage
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