Battle Of The Holidays
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Battle Of The Holidays
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Author : Osmar Andre
language : en
Publisher: Simplíssimo
Release Date : 2021-12-06
Battle Of The Holidays written by Osmar Andre and has been published by Simplíssimo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
These stories were written from a series of mobile games, and now I've decided to publish it in a ebook series Holidays vs. Monsters
The Battle For Christmas
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Author : Stephen Nissenbaum
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 1997-10-28
The Battle For Christmas written by Stephen Nissenbaum and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-10-28 with History categories.
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • Drawing on a wealth of research, this "fascinating" book (The New York Times Book Review) charts the invention of our current Yuletide traditions, from St. Nicholas to the Christmas tree and, perhaps most radically, the practice of giving gifts to children. Anyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed the holiday. The Puritans had their reasons, since Christmas was once an occasion for drunkenness and riot, when poor "wassailers extorted food and drink from the well-to-do. In this intriguing and innovative work of social history, Stephen Nissenbaum rediscovers Christmas's carnival origins and shows how it was transformed, during the nineteenth century, into a festival of domesticity and consumerism. Bursting with detail, filled with subversive readings of such seasonal classics as "A Visit from St. Nicholas” and A Christmas Carol, The Battle for Christmas captures the glorious strangeness of the past even as it helps us better understand our present.
The Battle For Christmas
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Battle For Christmas written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Christmas categories.
Americans who complain about the modern-day commercialization of Christmas may be surprised to discover that dissatisfaction with the way the holiday has been observed is by no means a new phenomenon. In 1659 the Massachusetts General Court declared the celebration of Christmas to be a criminal offense. What the Puritans were trying to suppress was a season of excess rooted in the ancient agricultural cycle - rowdy public displays of eating and drinking, mockery of established authority, aggressive begging, and boisterous invasions of the homes of the wealthy. In The Battle for Christmas, Stephen Nissenbaum shows how in the early nineteenth century, with the growth of cities, these Christmas-season carnival revels became even more threatening as they turned into gang violence and even riots. Attempting to get Christmas out of the streets, a group of New Yorkers - Washington Irving among them - led a movement to transform it into a new style of celebration that would take place within the secure confines of the family circle, and be concerned especially with the happiness of children. We learn how two classic texts helped refashion the holiday: Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. And we are shown the child-centered Christmas epitomized by the family gatherings and gift-exchanges of the Sedgwick family in nineteenth-century Massachusetts and New York. The Battle for Christmas also explores the not-always-proud history of Christmas charity, and the story of Christmas among the slave community in the antebellum South - a celebration reminiscent of the carnival tradition. Throughout Nissenbaum looks at what America's way of celebrating Christmas over the years reveals about the broad forces transforming our culture. And he shows us as well how it has been both an instrument and a mirror of social change in America.
Cinco De Mayo 2nd Edition
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Author : Aurora Colón García
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Release Date : 2008
Cinco De Mayo 2nd Edition written by Aurora Colón García and has been published by Heinemann-Raintree Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
What does 'Cinco de Mayo' mean? Who fought in the Battle of Puebla? Why do people celebrate Cinco de Mayo? The new editions of 'Holiday Histories' describe holidays and special days that are celebrated in the United States. Discover the history behind each holiday or special day. Learn why these days are important.
Hispanic Holidays
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Author : Faith Winchester
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2000-09
Hispanic Holidays written by Faith Winchester and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Introduces Hispanic Americans and discusses several Hispanic holidays including Cinco de Mayo, Saint John's Day, and Posados.
Opa Is Our Battle Line
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Author : Price Administration Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Opa Is Our Battle Line written by Price Administration Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with categories.
Opa Is Our Battle Line
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Author : United States. Office of Price Administration
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Opa Is Our Battle Line written by United States. Office of Price Administration and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Price regulation categories.
Transforming National Holidays
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Author : Ljiljana ari?
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2012
Transforming National Holidays written by Ljiljana ari? and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Social Science categories.
How do people construct collective identity during profound societal transformations? This volume examines the discursive construction of identity related to important national holidays in nine countries of Central Europe and the Balkans: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, and Slovakia. The chapters focus on the decades during which these countries moved from communism towards democracy and a market economy. This transition saw revivals of national values and a new significance of regional and transnational ties, entangled with negotiations of national identity that have been particularly lively in discourse concerning national holidays. The chapters apply discourse analysis in addition to approaches from history, sociology, political science, and anthropology. All of the analyses make use of empirical material in the Slavic languages, including newspaper articles, interviews and other media contributions, sermons, addresses, and speeches by members of the political elite.
Holidays Festivals And Celebrations Of The World Dictionary
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Author : Helene Henderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Holidays Festivals And Celebrations Of The World Dictionary written by Helene Henderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
Contains descriptions of nearly 2,500 special days commemorated by people of various countries, cultures, and religions around the world; arranged alphabetically by name of holiday.
Mestizos Come Home
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Author : Robert Con Davis-Undiano
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2017-03-30
Mestizos Come Home written by Robert Con Davis-Undiano and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-30 with History categories.
Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano has described U.S. and Latin American culture as continually hobbled by amnesia—unable, or unwilling, to remember the influence of mestizos and indigenous populations. In Mestizos Come Home! author Robert Con Davis-Undiano documents the great awakening of Mexican American and Latino culture since the 1960s that has challenged this omission in collective memory. He maps a new awareness of the United States as intrinsically connected to the broader context of the Americas. At once native and new to the American Southwest, Mexican Americans have “come home” in a profound sense: they have reasserted their right to claim that land and U.S. culture as their own. Mestizos Come Home! explores key areas of change that Mexican Americans have brought to the United States. These areas include the recognition of mestizo identity, especially its historical development across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the re-emergence of indigenous relationships to land; and the promotion of Mesoamerican conceptions of the human body. Clarifying and bridging critical gaps in cultural history, Davis-Undiano considers important artifacts from the past and present, connecting the casta (caste) paintings of eighteenth-century Mexico to modern-day artists including John Valadez, Alma López, and Luis A. Jiménez Jr. He also examines such community celebrations as Day of the Dead, Cinco de Mayo, and lowrider car culture as examples of mestizo influence on mainstream American culture. Woven throughout is the search for meaning and understanding of mestizo identity. A large-scale landmark account of Mexican American culture, Mestizos Come Home! shows that mestizos are essential to U.S. national culture. As an argument for social justice and a renewal of America’s democratic ideals, this book marks a historic cultural homecoming.