Death Makes a Holiday
Subtitle: A Cultural History of Halloween
Edition: 1st Us edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: September 21, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781582342306
Subjects: Social Science; Holidays (non religious); Sociology; Customs & Traditions; Social History; History / United States / General; History; Popular Culture - General; Halloween
First sentence: BECAUSE IT WAS raining on Halloween 1974, Ronald Clark O'Bryan, a thirty-year-old optician in suburban Houston, accompanied his eight-year-old son Timothy and five-year-old daughter Elizabeth on their eagerly awaited neighborhood rounds of trick or treat.
Description: "Using a mix of personal anecdotes and perceptive social analysis, Skal examines the amazing phenomenon of Halloween, exploring its dark Celtic history and illuminating why it has evolved - in the course of a few short generations - from a quaint small-scale celebration into the largest seasonal marketing event outside of Christmas."--BOOK JACKET.