Bruce David Forbes

America's Favorite Holidays (eBook, ePUB)

Candid Histories

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally important holidays-Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving-came to be what they are today, seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Deftly distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals often-surprising answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? Appealing and insightful, America's Favorite Holidays satisfies our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the fascinating ways in which religion and culture mix.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780520960442
• Artikelnr.: 44219953

Autorenporträt

Bruce David Forbes is Professor of Religious Studies at Morningside College, author of Christmas: A Candid History, and coeditor of Religion and Popular Culture in America.