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Halloween : from pagan ritual to party night /
"Drawing on an array of sources, from classical history to Hollywood films, Rogers traces Halloween as it emerged from the Celtic festival of Samhain (summer's end), picked up elements of the Christian Hallowtide (All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day), arrived in North America as a...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Collection: | OUP E-Books.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Samhain and the Celtic origins of Halloween
- Festive rites : Halloween in the British Isles
- Coming over : Halloween in North America
- Razor in the apple : the struggle for a safe and sane Halloween, c. 1920-1990
- Halloween goes to Hollywood
- Stepping out
- Border crossings
- Halloween at the millennium.