Lauren Rosewarne

Analyzing Christmas in Film

Santa to the Supernatural

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing Christmas in Film: Santa to the Supernatural critically examines the way the holiday is portrayed on screen. From the secular to the sacred, the merry to the melancholic, the volumes unwraps close to 1000 films to explore what is revealed about culture, society, faith and festival.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1052g
• ISBN-13: 9781498541817
• ISBN-10: 149854181X
• Artikelnr.: 49457429

Autorenporträt

By Lauren Rosewarne

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "Hasn't everything already been written about Christmas?
Between Dickens and Dr Seuss?" Chapter 1: "The moment anyone puts on a
Santa Claus costume they become a sort of semi-holy figure": Faith and
Belief in Christmas Chapter 2: "I feel, for some reason, that this is a
good time of year for looking backwards": Time, Tradition and Festive
Nostalgia Chapter 3: "Can't we pretend to like one another? It's Christmas
for heaven's sakes": Home and Family at the Holidays Chapter 4: "I hate
baubles and I hate tinsel and I hate ticky tacky": Stress, Sadness and
Seasonal Depression Chapter 5: "Now is the time of year for the impossible
to become possible": The Supernatural in the Christmas Narrative Chapter 6:
"Sell sell celebration": Christmas, Commerce and Consumption Conclusion:
"Snow melts, lights come down. It's all just an illusion."