ISBN:
0198280661
,
9780198280668
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 239 p
,
ill
,
22 cm
Series Statement:
Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology
DDC:
394.2663
Keywords:
Christmas Cross-cultural studies
;
Gifts Cross-cultural studies
;
Materialism Cross-cultural studies
;
653
;
s
;
Christmas
;
Social customs
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
A theory of Christmas
,
Father Christmas executed
,
The rituals of Christmas giving
,
Materialism and the making of the modern American Christmas
,
Cinderella Christmas : Kitsch, consumerism, and youth in Japan
,
Christmas against materialism in Trinidad
,
The English Christmas and the family : time out and alternative realities
,
Christmas cards and the construction of social relations in Britain today
,
Christmas present : Christmas public
,
The great Christmas quarrel and other Swedish traditions
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