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UNINA9910821769503321 |
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Autore |
Rogers Nicholas |
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Titolo |
Halloween : from pagan ritual to party night / / Nicholas Rogers |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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0-19-771363-7 |
0-19-028720-9 |
1-280-53208-4 |
0-19-534910-5 |
0-19-530298-2 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2002. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-193) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. SAMHAIN: and the Celtic Origins of Halloween; 2. FESTIVE RITES: Halloween in the British Isles; 3. COMING OVER: Halloween in North America; 4. RAZOR IN THE APPLE: The Struggle for a Safe and Sane Halloween, c. 1920-1990; 5. HALLOWEEN GOES TO HOLLYWOOD; 6. STEPPING OUT; 7. BORDER CROSSINGS; 8. HALLOWEEN AT THE MILLENNIUM; NOTES; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Halloween' explores the holiday's origins and early development in the British Isles, its transition to North America as an ethnic festival and its subsequent place in popular, mass culture as a consumer rite and ritual of transgression. |
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