Item specifics
-
Condition
-
-
Brand
-
Arcadia Publishing
-
ISBN
-
9781589806801
-
Book Title
-
Halloween Nation : Behind the Scenes of America’s Fright Night
-
Book Series
-
Haunted America Ser.
-
Publisher
-
Arcadia Publishing
-
Item Length
-
9 in
-
Publication Year
-
2011
-
Format
-
Trade Paperback
-
Language
-
English
-
Illustrator
-
Yes
-
Genre
-
Social Science, History
-
Topic
-
Customs & Traditions, Holidays (Non-Religious), United States / General
-
Item Weight
-
27.3 Oz
-
Item Width
-
6 in
-
Number of Pages
-
256 Pages
NEW Pelican Publishing Halloween Nation, 9781589806801 Haunted America Trade Pa
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN-10
1589806808
ISBN-13
9781589806801
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92941837
Product Key Features
Book Title
Halloween Nation : Behind the Scenes of America’s Fright Night
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Customs & Traditions, Holidays (Non-Religious), United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, History
Book Series
Haunted America Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-029008
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Synopsis
America’s leading authority on Halloween presents interviews with spooky rock groups, amateur vampires, haunted house creators, champion pumpkin carvers, and more, all in the quest of explaining the nation’s unique love affair with this holiday. The collection of essays and interviews explores the pop culture phenomenon that is Halloween, and why we celebrate it the way we do today., “A sophisticated yet playful celebration of all things macabre, morbid and marvelous . . . Bannatyne makes a great case for celebrating Halloween everyday, all year long. . . . It’s an energetic, thorough and breathless salute to everyone’s favorite horror holiday.” -Chris Alexander, editor in chief, Fangoria magazine “No one else has delved so deeply-and lovingly-into the mysteries of Halloween.” -Dr. Jeanne Keyes Youngson, president and founder, the Vampire Empire It took two years of investigative work for Halloween authority Lesley Pratt Bannatyne to add a fifth book to her collection. Traveling across the country, she visited and talked with fanatics and fang makers, professional haunters, registered mediums, psychologists, and Halloween enthusiasts ranging from NPR’s Garrison Keillor to Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” writer Mike Reiss to find out what the increasingly popular holiday means to people and how they celebrate it. Through the course of her research, Bannatyne attended a siance for Houdini, a Samhain ritual gathering, a World Zombie Day event, and the Haunted Attraction National Tradeshow and Convention (HAuNTcon). Diving right into the heart of how fear turned into a form of entertainment, she asks hard-hitting questions: What kind of community does twenty-first-century Halloween create? Why are we so afraid of dead bodies? In the battle between Christmas and Halloween fought by Zombie Clauses, who deserves to win?
LC Classification Number
GT4965.B295 2011
Price : 21.95 – 14.27
Ends on : N/A
View on eBay