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Halloween and other festivals of death and life / edited by Jack Santino.

Contributor(s): Santino, Jack
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee Press, 2000Copyright date: ©1994Description: xxviii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0870498134 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0870498126 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Halloween | All Souls' DayDDC classification: 394.2/646 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Harvest, Halloween, and Hogmanay: acculturation in some calendar customs of the Ulster Scots / Philip Robinson -- "Safe" spooks: new Halloween traditions in response to sadism legends / Bill Ellis -- Halloween pranks: "just a little inconvenience" / Steve Siporin -- Bonfire night in Brigus, Newfoundland / Catherine Schwoeffermann -- Trick or treat: pre-texts and contexts / Tad Tuleja -- Carnival, control, and corporate culture in contemporary Halloween celebrations / Russell W. Belk -- Day of the dead: the Tex-Mex tradition / Kay Turner, Pat Jasper -- Adult Halloween celebrations on the Canadian prairie / Michael Taft -- The seasonal context of Halloween: Vermont's unwritten law / A. W. Sadler -- Wishes come true: designing the Greenwich Village Halloween parade / Jack Kuglemass -- Things that go snap-rattle-clang-toot-crank in the night: Halloween noisemakers / Carl B. Holmberg -- Halloween imagery in two southern settings / Grey Gundaker.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West GT4965 .H32 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902213459

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Harvest, Halloween, and Hogmanay: acculturation in some calendar customs of the Ulster Scots / Philip Robinson -- "Safe" spooks: new Halloween traditions in response to sadism legends / Bill Ellis -- Halloween pranks: "just a little inconvenience" / Steve Siporin -- Bonfire night in Brigus, Newfoundland / Catherine Schwoeffermann -- Trick or treat: pre-texts and contexts / Tad Tuleja -- Carnival, control, and corporate culture in contemporary Halloween celebrations / Russell W. Belk -- Day of the dead: the Tex-Mex tradition / Kay Turner, Pat Jasper -- Adult Halloween celebrations on the Canadian prairie / Michael Taft -- The seasonal context of Halloween: Vermont's unwritten law / A. W. Sadler -- Wishes come true: designing the Greenwich Village Halloween parade / Jack Kuglemass -- Things that go snap-rattle-clang-toot-crank in the night: Halloween noisemakers / Carl B. Holmberg -- Halloween imagery in two southern settings / Grey Gundaker.

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