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Death Makes a Holiday

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~3h 44min
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English
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Halloween
Published 2002 Bloomsbury USA 5 views
ISBN
1582343055, 9781582343051
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David J. Skal

Historian of horror entertainment

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ALL IT SAMHAIN, Summer's End, All Hallows' Eve, November Eve, or Witches' Night - Halloween has its essential roots in the terrors of the primitive mind, which made no distinction between the waning of the sun and the potential extinction of the self...

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"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.

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