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Death Makes a Holiday : A Cultural History of Halloween by David Skal and David J. Skal (2002, Hardcover)

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From acclaimed cultural critic David J. Skal, an in-depth look at one of the most popular-and perplexing-holidays in America. Using a mix of personal anecdotes and brilliant social analysis, Skal examines the amazing phenomenon of Halloween, exploring its dark Celtic history and illuminating why it has evolved-in the course of a few short generations-from a quaint, small-scale celebration into the largest seasonal marketing event outside of Christmas. Traveling the country, Skal profiles a wide cross-section of America-hard-nosed business men who see Halloween in terms of money; fundamentalists who think it is blasphemous; practicing witches who view it as sacred; and more ordinary men and women who go to extraordinary lengths, on this one night only, to transform themselves and their surroundings into elaborate fantasies. Firmly rooted in a deeper cultural and historical analysis, these interviews seek to understand what the various rituals and traditions associated with the holiday have to say about our national psyche.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
158234230x
ISBN-13
9781582342306
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038854010

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Book Title
Death Makes a Holiday : a Cultural History of Halloween
Author
David Skal, David J. Skal
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Holidays (Non-Religious), General
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Social Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Item Length
11.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
20 oz

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"All Hallows Eve, to use one of its many aliases, is a night when usual distinctions between fun and fear, children and adults, the living and the dead are magically blurred, argues Skal . . . Mixing historical fact ('witch-hunts were aided and abetted by European texts like Malleus Maleficarum, and reinforced the misogynistic, witch-as-crone stereotype for the New World') with folklore and urban legends, Skal makes his study much more treat than trick. He recounts the holiday's evolution from the pagan new year of Samhain to a night that has brought the likes of the Miami child murders of the early 1980s and the 'Perfectly Under Control' Halloween of Martha Stewart. Skal interviews people who have a particular affinity for the darker side, like horror maven Clive Barker and the mother-and-son duo who run a Horror Hotel Monster Museum, and ends with Halloween 2001, when 'never before had so much genuine human feeling and civic solidarity been expended on a holiday previously notorious for its antisocial aspects.'"-Publishers Weekly, "All Hallows Eve, to use one of its many aliases, is a night when usual distinctions between fun and fear, children and adults, the living and the dead are magically blurred, argues Skal . . . Mixing historical fact ('witch-hunts were aided and abetted by European texts like Malleus Maleficarum , and reinforced the misogynistic, witch-as-crone stereotype for the New World') with folklore and urban legends, Skal makes his study much more treat than trick. He recounts the holiday's evolution from the pagan new year of Samhain to a night that has brought the likes of the Miami child murders of the early 1980s and the 'Perfectly Under Control' Halloween of Martha Stewart. Skal interviews people who have a particular affinity for the darker side, like horror maven Clive Barker and the mother-and-son duo who run a Horror Hotel Monster Museum, and ends with Halloween 2001, when 'never before had so much genuine human feeling and civic solidarity been expended on a holiday previously notorious for its antisocial aspects.'"- Publishers Weekly
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes

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