How do we understand Christmas? What does it mean? This book is a
lively introduction to the study of popular culture through one
central case study. It explores the cultural, social and historical
contexts of Christmas in the UK, USA and Australia, covering such
topics as fiction, film, television, art, newspapers and magazines,
war, popular music and carols. Chapters explore the ways in which
the production of meaning is mediated by the social and cultural
activities surrounding Christmas (watching Christmas films,
television, listening or engaging with popular music and carols),
its relationship to a set of basic values (the idealised construct
of the family), social relationships (community), and the ways in
which ideological discourses are used and mobilised, not least in
times of conflict, terrorism and war.
Packed with examples ranging from Charles Dickens' seminal text,
"A Christmas Carol," Coca-colonisation and Santa Claus, Victorian
cartoons and Christmas cards, to "Dr Who," "The Office," 'A Fairy
Tale of New York', 'Happy Christmas (War is Over)', and such
dystopian films as "Jingle All the Way" and "All I Want For
Christmas," the case studies offer an incisive account of the ways
in which Christmas relates to social change, and how such recent
events as 9/11 and the continuing conflict in Iraq focus attention
on traditional themes of community and family. "Christmas, Ideology
and Popular Culture" offers students and scholars alike an
opportunity to explore the hidden agendas of the world's most
popular festival and what it means to the outsider looking in.
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