This book provides an original perspective on the West's most enduring social and cultural institution. The author covers all the vital themes contributing to the modern Christmas: its Anglo-German origins and the idea of the bourgeois Christmas expressing family virtues; the need for a touchstone with the past in an age of rapid expansion and thus the myth of Merrie England; and the revival of English music: in short, all the elements making up the modern Christmas.
| ISBN: | 9781780763613 |
| Publication date: | 5th November 2012 |
| Author: | Mark Connelly |
| Publisher: | I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Cultural studies Social and cultural anthropology Sociology |
This book provides an original perspective on the West's most enduring social and cultural institution. The author covers all the vital themes contributing to the modern Christmas: its Anglo-German origins and the idea of the bourgeois Christmas expressing family virtues; the need for a touchstone with the past in an age of rapid expansion and thus the myth of Merrie England; and the revival of English music: in short, all the elements making up the modern Christmas.
Christmas features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, Cultural studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology
Christmas is available in Paperback
Christmas was written by Mark Connelly and published by I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Christmas has 288 pages