Holy Day, Holiday
Subtitle: The American Sunday
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: May 18, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801434174
Subjects: American studies; Customs; Religious life & practice; United States History (Specific Aspects); 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History: American; Weekly rest-day; Culture; Sunday; Religion; Religion - Christian Life; USA; Holidays - Christian; Christian Life - General; Christianity - Christian Life - General; Rest; United States; History; Popular Culture - General; United States - General; 19th century; Christianity; History of doctrines; Religious aspects
Description: "Supplementing wide-ranging historical research with the reflections and experience of ordinary individuals, Alexis McCrossen traces conflicts over the meaning of Sunday that have shaped the day in the United States since 1800. She investigates cultural phenomena such as blue laws and the Sunday newspaper, alongside representations of Sunday in the popular arts. Holy Day, Holiday attends to the history of religion, as well as the histories of labor, leisure, and domesticity."--BOOK JACKET.