Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0748628096
ISBN-13
9780748628094
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 26th, 2008
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
398 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 15.90 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Popular culture
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A contemporary and lively introduction to the study of popular culture through one central case study.
How do we understand Christmas? What does it mean? This book is a lively introduction to the study of popular culture through one central case study. It explores the cultural, social and historical contexts of Christmas in the UK, USA and Australia, covering such topics as fiction, film, television, art, newspapers and magazines, war, popular music and carols. Chapters explore the ways in which the production of meaning is mediated by the social and cultural activities surrounding Christmas (watching Christmas films, television, listening or engaging with popular music and carols), its relationship to a set of basic values (the idealised construct of the family), social relationships (community), and the ways in which ideological discourses are used and mobilised, not least in times of conflict, terrorism and war.
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