TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whiteley,Sheila
TI  - Christmas, ideology and popular culture
SN  - 0748631879
AV  - GT4985 .C47 2008eb
U1  - 394.2663 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Christmas in popular culture
KW  - Christmas
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Christmas in motion pictures
KW  - Carols, English
KW  - Christmas shopping
KW  - Noël dans la culture populaire
KW  - Noël
KW  - Aspect sociologique
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - Noël au cinéma
KW  - Noëls anglais
KW  - Magasinage de Noël
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Holidays
KW  - Christmas & Advent
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK); Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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
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