Christmas, ideology and popular culture. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sheila Whiteley.
• Editors: Whiteley, Sheila, 1941-
• Contents: The invention of the English Christmas / John Storey -- Conspicuous consumption and festive follies : Victorian images of Christmas / Sara M. Dodd -- Consumption, Coca-colonisation, cultural resistance -- and Santa Claus / George McKay -- Religious controversies over Christmas / Jennifer Rycenga -- Christmas carols / Barry Cooper -- Christmas songs : sentiments and subjectivities / Sheila Whiteley -- The musical underbelly of Christmas / Freya Jarman-Ivens -- Christmas and war / Christine Agius -- Christmas and the media / Tara Brabazon -- Christmas and the movies : frames of mind / John Mundy -- Popular culture and Christmas : a nomad at home / Thom Swiss -- Reflections of a Jewish childhood during Christmas / Gerry Bloustien.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource ([ix], 222 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 394.2663; Christmas in popular culture; Christmas -- Sociological aspects; Christmas -- Political aspects; Christmas in motion pictures; Carols, English; Christmas shopping; RELIGION -- Holidays -- Christmas & Advent; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Christmas shopping; Christmas in popular culture; Carols, English; Christmas in motion pictures; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0748631879; 9780748631872; 1281785792; 9781281785794; 0748628088; 9780748628087; 9780748653065; 0748653066; 9786611785796; 6611785795
• Related ISBNs: 0748628096; 0748628088; 9780748628087; 9780748628094
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.