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Christmas in the Crosshairs

Author : G. Q. Bowler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190499001
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Christmas in the Crosshairs written by G. Q. Bowler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas, a global phenomenon adored by billions and a backbone of international trade, is the biggest single event on the planet. For Christians it is the second-most sacred date on the calendar. But whether one celebrates it or not, it engages billions of people who are caught up in its commercialism, music, sentiment, travel, and frenetic busyness. Since its controversial invention in the Roman Empire, Christmas has struggled with paganism, popular culture, fierce Christian opposition to its celebration, its abolition in Scotland and New England, and its neglect and near-death experience in the 1700s, only to be miraculously reinvented in the 1800s. The twentieth century saw it opposed by Bolsheviks, twisted by Hitler, and appropriated by every special interest group in the industrialized world. Lately it has been caught up in the cultural struggles between the left and the right in America, often misinterpreted as a war on Christmas, when the fight is really over whether religion in general will be allowed a public face. Gerry Bowler tells the fascinating story of the tug-of-war over Christmas, replete with cross-dressing priests, ranting Puritans, atheist witches, the League of the Militant Godless, aesthetic terrorists in Quebec and rap-singing Santa killers in Spain.

Christmas in the Crosshairs

Author : Lynette Eason
Publisher : Sunrise Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1953783554
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (537 download)

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Download or read book Christmas in the Crosshairs written by Lynette Eason and published by Sunrise Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Christmastime and love is in the air. But when these three Elite Guardians walk into the crosshairs of trouble, they find themselves fighting not just for justice, but for the lives of the men they love in this riveting thriller collection! Deadly Holiday Hijack by Kate Angelo “Come out to Savannah, she says. It’ll be fun, she says. Boss can be in the nativity pageant, she says,” Yeah. Great idea. Bodyguard Christina Sherman and her fiancé, former spec ops air commando Grey Parker just want to sneak away to beautiful Savannah, attend a Nativity Pageant, maybe set a wedding date. But when a group of terrorists take over the church and the whole thing is live streamed, they find themselves in a hometown version of a Die Hard Christmas movie. But will they make it to the happy ending? Silent Night Siege by Kelly Underwood Billionaire Preston Whittaker and bodyguard Laila Rabbinowitz just can’t get a break. Not only are their schedules so crazy they’ve put their relationship on simmer, but on their way to the mountains for much-needed togetherness…yep, their plane crashes. Suddenly they’re stranded on a remote mountainside in freezing temperatures, minimal food, wildlife, and no hope of rescue. And then, the real danger starts. Someone deliberately caused the wreck, and that person is hunting them through the wilderness. Now, it’ll take more than togetherness to survive… Christmas Snowstorm Standoff by Sami A. Abrams It’s finally time for bodyguard Lizzie Tremaine to tie the knot with the man she’s loved for years—fellow bodyguard Charlie Lee. But maybe fate is still against them, because on the eve of their big day, a snowstorm hits. And, while it’s kept the guests away, it’s brought trouble in the form of a woman from Charlie’s past. More, she’s on the run from a killer… A man who will stop at nothing to make sure Charlie and Lizzie never make it to the altar. Now Lizzie and Charlie must battle the storm, stop the killer, and defeat the doubts that suddenly have them wondering if they are truly meant to be. Three epic love stories. Three edge-of-your-seat thrillers. Three Christmases caught in the Crosshairs inspired by best-selling author Lynette Eason’s Elite Guardian series. Want more Elite Guardians? Elite Guardians Collection Book 1: Driving Force Book 2: Impending Strike Book 3: Defending Honor Book 4: Christmas in the Crosshairs Elite Guardians series by Lynette Eason Book 1: Always Watching Book 2: Without Warning Book 3: Moving Target Book 4: Chasing Secrets

Christmas in the Crosshairs LARGE PRINT Edition

Author : Lynette Eason
Publisher : Elite Guardians Collection
ISBN 13 : 9781953783684
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Christmas in the Crosshairs LARGE PRINT Edition written by Lynette Eason and published by Elite Guardians Collection. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Christmastime and love is in the air. But when these three Elite Guardians walk into the crosshairs of trouble, they find themselves fighting not just for justice, but for the lives of the men they love in this riveting thriller collection! Deadly Holiday Hijack by Kate Angelo "Come out to Savannah, she says. It'll be fun, she says. Boss can be in the nativity pageant, she says," Yeah. Great idea. Bodyguard Christina Sherman and her fiancé, former spec ops air commando Grey Parker just want to sneak away to beautiful Savannah, attend a Nativity Pageant, maybe set a wedding date. But when a group of terrorists take over the church and the whole thing is live streamed, they find themselves in a hometown version of a Die Hard Christmas movie. But will they make it to the happy ending? Silent Night Siege by Kelly Underwood Billionaire Preston Whittaker and bodyguard Laila Rabbinowitz just can't get a break. Not only are their schedules so crazy they've put their relationship on simmer, but on their way to the mountains for much-needed togetherness...yep, their plane crashes. Suddenly they're stranded on a remote mountainside in freezing temperatures, minimal food, wildlife, and no hope of rescue. And then, the real danger starts. Someone deliberately caused the wreck, and that person is hunting them through the wilderness. Now, it'll take more than togetherness to survive... Christmas Snowstorm Standoff by Sami A. Abrams It's finally time for bodyguard Lizzie Tremaine to tie the knot with the man she's loved for years-fellow bodyguard Charlie Lee. But maybe fate is still against them, because on the eve of their big day, a snowstorm hits. And, while it's kept the guests away, it's brought trouble in the form of a woman from Charlie's past. More, she's on the run from a killer... A man who will stop at nothing to make sure Charlie and Lizzie never make it to the altar. Now Lizzie and Charlie must battle the storm, stop the killer, and defeat the doubts that suddenly have them wondering if they are truly meant to be. Three epic love stories. Three edge-of-your-seat thrillers. Three Christmases caught in the Crosshairs inspired by best-selling author Lynette Eason's Elite Guardian series. Want more Elite Guardians? Elite Guardians Collection Book 1: Driving Force Book 2: Impending Strike Book 3: Defending Honor Book 4: Christmas in the Crosshairs Elite Guardians series by Lynette Eason Book 1: Always Watching Book 2: Without Warning Book 3: Moving Target Book 4: Chasing Secrets

Christmas in the Crosshairs

Author : Deena Alexander
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0369741307
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Christmas in the Crosshairs written by Deena Alexander and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A baby in need of protection— and a hitman in pursuit. After evading an attack, defense attorney Adam Spencer is on the run from a dangerous hitman. The killer’s wife is Adam’s only hope at apprehending the criminal—until she lands in the hospital. Now he must depend on her twin sister, Jaelyn Reed, to find the answers they need…all while protecting the baby niece Jaelyn didn’t know she had. But with threats at every turn, trust may be the deadliest trap… From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.

Christmas in the Crosshairs

Author : Gerry Bowler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Christmas in the Crosshairs written by Gerry Bowler and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a War on Christmas? This book surveys the history of the world's most popular festival and the never-ending battles it has engendered ever since its hotly-contested invention in the Roman Empire.

Santa Claus Worldwide

Author : Tom A. Jerman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476638942
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Santa Claus Worldwide written by Tom A. Jerman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive history of the world's midwinter gift-givers, showcasing the extreme diversity in their depictions as well as the many traits and functions these characters share. It tracks the evolution of these figures from the tribal priests who presided over winter solstice celebrations thousands of years before the birth of Christ, to Christian notables like St. Martin and St. Nicholas, to a variety of secular figures who emerged throughout Europe following the Protestant Reformation. Finally, it explains how the popularity of a poem about a "miniature sleigh" and "eight tiny reindeer" helped consolidate the diverse European gift-givers into an enduring tradition in which American children awake early on Christmas morning to see what Santa brought. Although the names, appearance, attire and gift-giving practices of the world's winter solstice gift-givers differ greatly, they are all recognizable as Santa, the personification of the Christmas and Midwinter festivals. Despite efforts to eliminate him by groups as diverse as the Puritans of seventeenth century New England, the Communist Party of the twentieth century Soviet Union and the government of Nazi Germany, Santa has survived and prospered, becoming one of the best known and most beloved figures in the world.

Keeping Christmas

Author : James A. Hopwood
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 153269539X
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Keeping Christmas written by James A. Hopwood and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year--or at least we want it to be. Too often our celebration of Jesus' birthday is overwhelmed by bright lights and tinsel, overspending and overeating, plus constant chatter about a "war on Christmas." Can't we do better than this? There are two Christmases. One is sacred. One is secular. The two have clashed in one "culture war" or another for 1,700 years. Christmas is not (as some falsely claim) a pagan holiday, but pagan-influenced traditions are part of the seasonal clutter. Keeping Christmas is about helping you find joy in a season of excess and strife. Part survival guide, part history, part cultural commentary, and all laced with spiritual reflection, this book is about how you can celebrate in ways that are most meaningful to you and your family. It's not easy to thread your way through the Christmas maze. But if Ebenezer Scrooge could learn to keep Christmas well, so can you. Maybe it's time to reinvent Christmas. Maybe we can get it right this time.

Christmas Past

Author : Thomas Ruys Smith
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807176524
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Christmas Past written by Thomas Ruys Smith and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the modern celebration of Christmas took shape across the nineteenth century, American writers gave it new meaning in the pages of countless books and magazines. Now, for the first time, this rich anthology brings together some of the most significant of those seasonal stories to retell a forgotten tale of Christmases past. From the authors who helped define a national literary culture, to the popular sentimentalists who negotiated Christmas’s position at the center of family life, to the realists who looked to reshape American letters in the wake of the Civil War, and beyond: all varieties of American writers turned to Christmas as an inevitable and potent subject during this deeply formative period in the history of American literature. In Christmas Past, Thomas Ruys Smith brings together a diverse range of voices to showcase the many ways in which Christmas was imagined across the nineteenth century, offering images that echo down to the present. The introduction that frames the anthology provides a new literary history of Christmas, contextualizing the selections and making clear the links both between them and to the wider trajectory of American literature.

The Oxford Handbook of Christmas

Author : Timothy Larsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192567128
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Christmas written by Timothy Larsen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural. The contributions are drawn from a distinguished group of international experts from across numerous disciplines, including literary scholars, theologians, historians, biblical scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, art historians, and legal experts. The volume provides authoritative treatments of a range of topics, from the origins of Christmas to the present; decorating trees to eating plum pudding; from the Bible to contemporary worship; from carols to cinema; from the Nativity Story to Santa Claus; from Bethlehem to Japan; from Catholics to Baptists; from secularism to consumerism. Christmas is the biggest celebration on the planet. Every year, a significant percentage of the world's population is draw to this holiday—from Cape Cod to Cape Town, from South America to South Korea, and on and on across the globe. The Christmas season takes up a significant part of the entire year. For many countries, the holiday is a major force in their national economy. Moreover, Christmas is not just a modern holiday, but has been an important feast for most Christians since the fourth century and a dominant event in many cultures and countries for over a millennium. The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides an invaluable reference point for anyone interested in this global phenomenon.

The Public Work of Christmas

Author : Pamela E. Klassen
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773557962
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Public Work of Christmas written by Pamela E. Klassen and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is not a holiday just for Christians anymore, if it ever was. Embedded in calendars around the world and long a lucrative merchandising opportunity, Christmas enters multicultural, multi-religious public spaces, provoking both festivity and controversy, hospitality and hostility. The Public Work of Christmas provides a comparative historical and ethnographic perspective on the politics of Christmas in multicultural contexts ranging from a Jewish museum in Berlin to a shopping boulevard in Singapore. A seasonal celebration that is at once inclusive and assimilatory, Christmas offers a clarifying lens for considering the historical and ongoing intersections of multiculturalism, Christianity, and the nationalizing and racializing of religion. The essays gathered here examine how cathedrals, banquets, and carols serve as infrastructures of memory that hold up Christmas as a civic, yet unavoidably Christian holiday. At the same time, the authors show how the public work of Christmas depends on cultural forms that mark, mask, and resist the ongoing power of Christianity in the lives of Christians and non-Christians alike. Legislated into paid holidays and commodified into marketplaces, Christmas has arguably become more cultural than religious, making ever wider both its audience and the pool of workers who make it happen every year. The Public Work of Christmas articulates a fresh reading of Christmas – as fantasy, ethos, consumable product, site of memory, and terrain for the revival of exclusionary visions of nation and whiteness – at a time of renewed attention to the fragility of belonging in diverse societies. Contributors include Herman Bausinger (Tübingen), Marion Bowman (Open), Juliane Brauer (MPI Berlin), Simon Coleman (Toronto), Yaniv Feller (Wesleyan), Christian Marchetti (Tübingen), Helen Mo (Toronto), Katja Rakow (Utrecht), Sophie Reimers (Berlin), Tiina Sepp (Tartu), and Isaac Weiner (Ohio State).

The Atlas of Christmas

Author : Alex Palmer
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762470402
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Atlas of Christmas written by Alex Palmer and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the fascinating (and sometimes downright odd!) ways that people and nations celebrate the holiday season and share this festive compendium's unique traditions together with family and friends. Do you know that in Guatemala there's a "Burn the Devil" tradition to kick off the Christmas season, where revelers gather to set fire to devil-piñatas? In Sweden, a popular figure in Christmas traditions is the Yule Goat, a rowdy, menacing character who demands gifts. And in Japan, a big bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken has become the classic Christmas Day feast. These and many other global Christmas traditions are featured here in this delightful book. From decorations and activities to feasts and special treats, there's a wide range of both lovely and unusual traditions from around the globe.

Joseph Ratzinger and the Healing of Reformation-Era Divisions

Author : Emery de Gaál
Publisher : Emmaus Academic
ISBN 13 : 1949013286
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Joseph Ratzinger and the Healing of Reformation-Era Divisions written by Emery de Gaál and published by Emmaus Academic. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Emery de Gaál and Matthew Levering, Joseph Ratzinger and the Healing of Reformation-Era Divisions examines Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI’s manifold contributions to Catholic-Protestant theological reflection. The collection opens with an introduction comparing Ratzinger’s approach to ecumenism to that of Karl Rahner. Rahner argues that the structural uniting of Protestants and Catholics should take place now without worrying about doctrinal differences. In contrast, Ratzinger argues that unity in Christ requires probing the doctrinal differences and seeking a deeper understanding of the reasoning of each side—on the grounds that the truth of the Gospel that each side desires to preserve will ultimately be the basis for the only kind of Christian ecclesial unity worth having, namely, a unity of the basis of the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Detailed essays follow, treating a number of loci including papal primacy, ecumenical principles, liturgy, evangelization, Mariology, Christ’s birth and the celebration of Christmas, public theology, Christocentrism, Martin Luther, charity, conscience, missiology, justification, the reception of Ratzinger/Benedict in Radical Orthodoxy, and Scripture and Tradition. These essays run the full gamut of Ratzinger/Benedict’s major themes and preoccupations. Ten of the essays are by Catholic scholars, and seven by Protestant scholars. Contributors include many of the world’s leading Ratzinger experts, and the volume opens with an essay by Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer, Director of the Pope Benedict XVI Institute in Regensburg, Germany.

Llewellyn's Little Book of Yule

Author : Jason Mankey
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738763144
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Llewellyn's Little Book of Yule written by Jason Mankey and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with dozens of magical tips, recipes, crafts, and spells, Llewellyn's Little Book of Yule shares everything you need to make your Yuletide memorable and enchanting. From wassail blessings to the spirits of the solstice, this book delves into the lore of familiar traditions as well as observances that may be brand new to you, making it an invaluable resource for bringing meaning and magic to your holiday season.

Love Inspired Suspense December 2023 - Box Set 2 of 2

Author : Terri Reed
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 036974182X
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Love Inspired Suspense December 2023 - Box Set 2 of 2 written by Terri Reed and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. This box set includes: UNDERCOVER CHRISTMAS ESCAPE by Terri Reed Tasked with bringing down a drug cartel, DEA agent Duncan O’Brien and deputy marshal Sera Morales’s undercover mission goes wrong when Sera is kidnapped and incriminating evidence is stolen. Now the cartel is after Sera and Duncan, and retrieving the evidence while protecting long-lost family members may prove lethal… CHRISTMAS FOREST AMBUSH by Kerry Johnson When a child’s parents are attacked, social worker Lucy Taylor becomes the boy’s temporary guardian—and a target. After fleeing for their lives when Lucy’s car is run off the road, they’re rescued by Ranger Noah Holt…only to be caught up in a deadly wilderness pursuit. CHRISTMAS IN THE CROSSHAIRS by Deena Alexander Mistaken for the twin sister she just discovered, nurse Jaelyn Reed is pursued by a hitman. While protecting her infant niece, she’ll have to work with lawyer Adam Spencer to bring a killer to justice…before the clock runs out on Christmas. For more stories filled with danger and romance, look for Love Inspired Suspense December 2023 Box Set – 1 of 2

George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles

Author : Timothy Larsen
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830874046
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles written by Timothy Larsen and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible is full of miracles. Yet how do we make sense of them today? And where might we see miracles in our own lives? In this installment of the Hansen Lectureship series, historian and theologian Timothy Larsen considers the legacy of George MacDonald, the Victorian Scottish author and minister who is best known for his pioneering fantasy literature, which influenced authors such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, G. K. Chesterton, and Madeleine L'Engle. Larsen explores how, throughout his life and writings, MacDonald sought to counteract skepticism, unbelief, naturalism, and materialism and to herald instead the reality of the miraculous, the supernatural, the wondrous, and the realm of the spirit. Based on the annual lecture series hosted at Wheaton College's Marion E. Wade Center, volumes in the Hansen Lectureship Series reflect on the imaginative work and lasting influence of seven British authors: Owen Barfield, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams.

Analyzing Christmas in Film

Author : Lauren Rosewarne
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498541828
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Analyzing Christmas in Film written by Lauren Rosewarne and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film plays a vital role in the celebration of Christmas. For decades, it has taught audiences about what the celebration of the season looks like – from the decorations to the costumes and to the expected snowy weather – as well as mirrors our own festivities back to us. Films like It’s a Wonderful Life and Home Alone have come to play key roles in real-life domestic celebrations: watching such titles has become, for many families, every bit as important as tree-trimming and leaving cookies out for Santa. These films have exported the American take on the holiday far and wide and helped us conjure an image of the perfect holiday. Rather than settling the ‘what is a Christmas film?’ debate – indeed, Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are discussed within – Analyzing Christmas in Film: Santa to the Supernatural focuses on the how Christmas is presented on the deluge of occasions when it appears. While most Christmas films are secular, religion makes many cameos, appearing through Nativity references, storylines involving spiritual rebirth, the framing of Santa as a Christ-like figure and the all-importance of family, be it the Holy family or just those gathered around the dining table. Also explored are popular narratives involving battles with stress and melancholy, single parents and Christmas martyrs, visits from ghosts and angels, big cities and small towns, break-ups and make-ups and the ticking clock of mortality. Nearly 1000 films are analyzed in this volume to determine what the portrayal of Christmas reveals about culture, society and faith as well as sex roles, consumerism, aesthetics and aspiration.

Music & Camp

Author : Christopher Moore
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819577839
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Music & Camp written by Christopher Moore and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays provides the first in-depth examination of camp as it relates to a wide variety of twentieth and twenty-first century music and musical performances. Located at the convergence of popular and queer musicology, the book provides new research into camp’s presence, techniques, discourses, and potential meanings across a broad spectrum of musical genres, including: musical theatre, classical music, film music, opera, instrumental music, the Broadway musical, rock, pop, hip-hop, and Christmas carols. This significant contribution to the field of camp studies investigates why and how music has served as an expressive and political vehicle for both the aesthetic characteristics and the receptive modes that have been associated with camp throughout twentieth and twenty-first-century culture.