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Auteur(s) : Morton, Lisa (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Trick or treat [Texte imprimé] : a history of Halloween / Lisa Morton
Publication : London : Reaktion Books, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (229 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Comprend : Halloween: the misunderstood festival ; Snap-apple Night and November Eve: Halloween
in the British Isles ; Trick or treat in the New World ; La Toussaint, Allerheiligen
and Tutti i Santi: the global celebration ; Dias de los Muertos ; From Burns to
Burton: Halloween and popular culture.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-212) and index
Halloween has spread around the world, yet its associations with death and the supernatural
as well as its inevitable commercialization has made it one of our most puzzling holidays.
How did it become what it is today? This book examines the origins and history of
Halloween and explores in depth its current global popularity. The author reveals
how holidays like the Celtic Samhain and Catholic All Souls' Day have blended to produce
the modern Halloween, and she shows how the holiday has been reborn in America, where
costumes and trick-or-treat rituals are new customs. She takes into account the influence
of related but independent holidays, especially Mexico's Day of the Dead, as well
as the explosion in popularity of haunted attractions and the impact of events such
as 9/11 and the global economic recession. It also examines the effect Halloween has
had on popular culture through literary works by Washington Irving and Ray Bradbury,
films such as John Carpenter's Halloween and Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
and television series, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Simpsons. This
book takes us on a journey from the spectacular to the macabre, allowing us to peep
behind the mask to see the real past and present of this ever more popular holiday
Sujet(s) : Halloween -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781780230474. - ISBN 1780230478 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb435561266
Notice n° :
FRBNF43556126
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