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Halloween Other Festivals: Death And Life

Halloween Other Festivals: Death And Life Paperback / softback - 1994 - 1st Edition

by Jack Santino

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Paperback / softback. New. Why do we celebrate Halloween? No one gets the day off, and unlike all other major holidays it has no religious or governmental affiliation. A survivor of our pre-Christian, agrarian roots, it has become one of the most popular and widely celebrated festivals on the contemporary American calendar. Jack Santino has put together the first collection of essays to examine the evolution of Halloween from its Celtic origins through its adaptation into modern culture. Using a wide variety of perspectives and approaches, the thirteen essayists examine customs, communities, and material culture to reveal how Halloween has manifested itself throughout all aspects of our society to become not just a marginal survivor of a dying tradition but a thriving, contemporary, post-industrial festival. Its steadily increasing popularity, despite overcommercialization and criticism, is attributed to its powerful symbolism that employs both pre-Christian images and concepts from popular culture to appeal to groups of all ages, orientations, and backgrounds. However, the essays in this volume also suggest that there is something ironic and unsettling about the immense popularity of a holiday whose main images are of death, evil, and the grotesque. Halloween and other Festivals of Death and Life is a unique contribution that questions our concepts of religiosity and spirituality while contributing to our understanding of Halloween as a rich and diverse reflection of our society's past, present, and future identity. The Editor: Jack Santino is an associate professor in the department of popular culture at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
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  • Title Halloween Other Festivals: Death And Life
  • Author Jack Santino
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Univ Tennessee Press, Knoxville
  • Date 1994-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780870498138
  • ISBN 9780870498138 / 0870498134
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.04 x 0.79 in (22.81 x 15.34 x 2.01 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Halloween, All Souls' Day
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93005823
  • Dewey Decimal Code 394.264

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/1994, Page 1037

About the author

The Editor: Jack Santino is an associate professor in the department of popular culture at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.