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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785338703321

Autore

Perry Joe

Titolo

Christmas in Germany : a cultural history / / Joe Perry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4696-0494-9

0-8078-9941-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

394.26630943

Soggetti

Christmas - Germany - History

Germany Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Germany's Favorite Holiday; CHAPTER ONE: Scripting a National Holiday; CHAPTER TWO: Contradictions in the Christmas Mood; CHAPTER THREE: Christmas in Enemy Territory; CHAPTER FOUR: Under the Sign of Kauflust; CHAPTER FIVE: Christmas in the Third Reich; CHAPTER SIX: Ghosts of Christmas Past; Conclusion: The Nation around the Christmas Tree; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of the invention, evolution, and politicization of Germany's favorite national holiday. Christmas played a crucial role in public politics, as revealed during World War I and World War II, the Nazification of Christmas by the Third Reich, and the political manipulation of Christmas during the Cold War.