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100 1 $aRogers, Nicholas.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88154749
245 10 $aHalloween :$bpagan ritual to party night /$cNicholas Rogers.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2002.
263 $a0208
300 $ax, 198 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tSamhain: and the Celtic Origins of Halloween --$g2.$tFestive Rites: Halloween in the British Isles --$g3.$tComing Over: Halloween in North America --$g4.$tRazor in the Apple: The Struggle for a Safe and Sane Halloween, c. 1920-1990 --$g5.$tHalloween Goes to Hollywood --$g6.$tStepping Out --$g7.$tBorder Crossings --$g8.$tHalloween at the Millennium.
520 1 $a"Drawing on an array of sources, from classical history to Hollywood films, Rogers traces Halloween as it emerged from the Celtic festival of Samhain (summer's end), picked up elements of the Christian Hallowtide (All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day), arrived in North America as an Irish and Scottish festival, and evolved into an unofficial but large-scale holiday by the early 20th century.
520 8 $aHe examines the 1970s and '80s phenomena of Halloween sadism (razor blades in apples) and inner-city violence (arson in Detroit), as well as the immense influence of the horror film genre on the reinvention of Halloween as a terror-fest. Throughout his vivid account, Rogers shows how Halloween remains, at its core, a night of inversion, when social norms are turned upside down and a temporary freedom of expression reigns supreme.
520 8 $aHe examines how this very license has prompted censure by the religious Right, occasional outrage from law enforcement officials, and appropriation by Left-leaning political groups."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aHalloween$xHistory.
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