Christmas, ideology and popular culture /
Christmas, ideology and popular culture /
edited by Sheila Whiteley.
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2008.
- 1 online resource ([ix], 222 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
The invention of the English Christmas / John Storey -- Conspicuous consumption and festive follies : Victorian images of Christmas / Sara M. Dodd -- Consumption, Coca-colonisation, cultural resistance -- and Santa Claus / George McKay -- Religious controversies over Christmas / Jennifer Rycenga -- Christmas carols / Barry Cooper -- Christmas songs : sentiments and subjectivities / Sheila Whiteley -- The musical underbelly of Christmas / Freya Jarman-Ivens -- Christmas and war / Christine Agius -- Christmas and the media / Tara Brabazon -- Christmas and the movies : frames of mind / John Mundy -- Popular culture and Christmas : a nomad at home / Thom Swiss -- Reflections of a Jewish childhood during Christmas / Gerry Bloustien.
Use copy Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time;
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. Key Features Offers an incisive account of the ways in which Christmas relates to social change, and how such recent events as 9/11 and the conflict in Iraq focus attention on traditional themes of community and family. Case studies include A Christmas Carol, Coca-colonisation and Santa Claus, Victorian cartoons and Christmas cards, Dr Who and 'Happy Christmas (War is Over)' Includes 18 B & W illustrations.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
English.
0748631879 (electronic bk.) 9780748631872 (electronic bk.) 1281785792 9781281785794 0748628088 9780748628087 9780748653065 0748653066 (Paper) (Cloth) (hbk.) (pbk.) 9786611785796 6611785795
9780748628087
22573/cttk09vq JSTOR
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020077999 Uk
Christmas in popular culture.
Christmas--Sociological aspects.
Christmas--Political aspects.
Christmas in motion pictures.
Carols, English.
Christmas shopping.
Noël dans la culture populaire.
Noël--Aspect sociologique.
Noël--Aspect politique.
Noël au cinéma.
Noëls anglais.
Magasinage de Noël.
RELIGION--Holidays--Christmas & Advent.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Christmas shopping.
Christmas in popular culture.
Carols, English.
Christmas in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GT4985 / .C47 2008eb
394.2663
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
The invention of the English Christmas / John Storey -- Conspicuous consumption and festive follies : Victorian images of Christmas / Sara M. Dodd -- Consumption, Coca-colonisation, cultural resistance -- and Santa Claus / George McKay -- Religious controversies over Christmas / Jennifer Rycenga -- Christmas carols / Barry Cooper -- Christmas songs : sentiments and subjectivities / Sheila Whiteley -- The musical underbelly of Christmas / Freya Jarman-Ivens -- Christmas and war / Christine Agius -- Christmas and the media / Tara Brabazon -- Christmas and the movies : frames of mind / John Mundy -- Popular culture and Christmas : a nomad at home / Thom Swiss -- Reflections of a Jewish childhood during Christmas / Gerry Bloustien.
Use copy Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time;
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. Key Features Offers an incisive account of the ways in which Christmas relates to social change, and how such recent events as 9/11 and the conflict in Iraq focus attention on traditional themes of community and family. Case studies include A Christmas Carol, Coca-colonisation and Santa Claus, Victorian cartoons and Christmas cards, Dr Who and 'Happy Christmas (War is Over)' Includes 18 B & W illustrations.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
English.
0748631879 (electronic bk.) 9780748631872 (electronic bk.) 1281785792 9781281785794 0748628088 9780748628087 9780748653065 0748653066 (Paper) (Cloth) (hbk.) (pbk.) 9786611785796 6611785795
9780748628087
22573/cttk09vq JSTOR
GBC124054 bnb
020077999 Uk
Christmas in popular culture.
Christmas--Sociological aspects.
Christmas--Political aspects.
Christmas in motion pictures.
Carols, English.
Christmas shopping.
Noël dans la culture populaire.
Noël--Aspect sociologique.
Noël--Aspect politique.
Noël au cinéma.
Noëls anglais.
Magasinage de Noël.
RELIGION--Holidays--Christmas & Advent.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Christmas shopping.
Christmas in popular culture.
Carols, English.
Christmas in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
GT4985 / .C47 2008eb
394.2663