| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 284 pages) |
| Contents |
INTRODUCING HALLOWEEN; INTRODUCTION; FLEXIBLE HALLOWEEN; PART I; THE HALLOWEEN FEAST; ESCAPING THROUGH FLAMES; HALLOWE'EN AND THE CHURCH; PART II; "THE APPLE AT THE GLASS"; NEO-PAGAN CELEBRATIONS OF SAMHAIN; HOP TU NAA, MY FATHER'S GONE AWAY- A PERSONAL AND CULTURAL ACCOUNT OF THE MANX "HALLOWEEN"; PART III; HALLOWEEN; HOW THE PUMPKINS CONQUERED GERMANY; TRADITION WITHOUT HISTORY; HALLOWEEN IN RUSSIA; THE FUN OF FEAR; PART IV; CULTURAL PROPRIETY AT HALLOWE'EN AND THE AVOIDANCE OF MASS TOURISM; HALLOWEEN AND TOURISM IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS; HALLOWEEN IN TRANSYLVANIA; PART V |
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HALLOWEEN IN A SITUATION COMEDY"STAY TUNED FOR TRICKS, TREATS AND TERROR"; DRACULA WAS A WOMAN; CELTIC TWILIGHT AND THE AMERICANOTHER ON TF1; RESISTING HALLOWEEN IN SLOVENIA; TRICK OR TREAT? COMPETING CONSTRUCTIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT HALLOWEEN; REVIEWING HALLOWEEN; CONCLUSION; CONTRIBUTORS |
| Summary |
In 1999 the French bishops condemned the celebration of Halloween in France. In 2003 the Moscow Department of Education recommended the banning of Halloween celebrations in all educational institutions under its control. In 2008 a group of Catalan intelle |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Halloween -- Congresses
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Holidays (non-religious)
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Halloween
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Foley, Malcolm
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O'Donnell, Hugh, 1949-
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| LC no. |
2009415594 |
| ISBN |
1443802654 |
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9781443802659 |
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1282043226 |
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9781282043220 |
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