Representation Of Santa Claus In Us American Movies

Author : Johanna Paul
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-27
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783346946454

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Representation of Santa Claus in US-American movies by Johanna Paul Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,7, TU Dortmund (Kultuwissenschaften), course: Approaches to XMas, language: English, abstract: This term paper is concerned with the representation of Santa Claus in U.S. media culture. Various literary texts are examined, and the different representations of the character Santa Claus are presented. What would a pre-Christmas season be without Santa in movies or in books? Or without seeing a Santa Claus in songs or his face in every store? The character "Santa Claus" is everywhere during winter, and it's hard to imagine Christmas culture without him. Whether in movies, literature, or songs; the story of the fictional character is told everywhere and made believable to children. Especially in the American culture, Christmas would be nothing without the representation of Santa Claus. But there are many different versions and stories of the big old man with the white beard: Sometimes he has magical abilities, can fly, and fits through a very narrow chimney shaft. In other stories, he has a long list and knows which child was good and which was not. Occasionally, it is a normal person who is turned into Santa Claus by special behaviors and in other cases the historical side of St Nicholas is brought up. All these different pictured types of Santa Claus have built a huge Christmas culture, both in the media and in commercialization in real life. The target of this term paper is to give an overview of the different representations of Santa in US Media and highlight how they originated.

Author : Carolina López-Ruiz
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674269958

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Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean by Carolina López-Ruiz Pdf

“An important new book...offers a powerful call for historians of the ancient Mediterranean to consider their implicit biases in writing ancient history and it provides an example of how more inclusive histories may be written.” —Denise Demetriou, New England Classical Journal “With a light touch and a masterful command of the literature, López-Ruiz replaces old ideas with a subtle and more accurate account of the extensive cross-cultural exchange patterns and economy driven by the Phoenician trade networks that ‘re-wired’ the Mediterranean world. A must read.” —J. G. Manning, author of The Open Sea “[A] substantial and important contribution...to the ancient history of the Mediterranean. López-Ruiz’s work does justice to the Phoenicians’ role in shaping Mediterranean culture by providing rational and factual argumentation and by setting the record straight.” —Hélène Sader, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Imagine you are a traveler sailing to the major cities around the Mediterranean in 750 BC. You would notice a remarkable similarity in the dress, alphabet, consumer goods, and gods from Gibraltar to Tyre. This was not the Greek world—it was the Phoenician. Propelled by technological advancements of a kind unseen since the Neolithic revolution, Phoenicians knit together diverse Mediterranean societies, fostering a literate and sophisticated urban elite sharing common cultural, economic, and aesthetic modes. Following the trail of the Phoenicians from the Levant to the Atlantic coast of Iberia, Carolina López-Ruiz offers the first comprehensive study of the cultural exchange that transformed the Mediterranean in the eighth and seventh centuries BC. Greeks, Etruscans, Sardinians, Iberians, and others adopted a Levantine-inflected way of life, as they aspired to emulate Near Eastern civilizations. López-Ruiz explores these many inheritances, from sphinxes and hieratic statues to ivories, metalwork, volute capitals, inscriptions, and Ashtart iconography. Meticulously documented and boldly argued, Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean revises the Hellenocentric model of the ancient world and restores from obscurity the true role of Near Eastern societies in the history of early civilizations.

Author : Jill E. Twark,Axel Hildebrandt
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781571135698

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Envisioning Social Justice in Contemporary German Culture by Jill E. Twark,Axel Hildebrandt Pdf

Explores how contemporary German-language literary, dramatic, filmic, musical, and street artists are grappling in their works with social justice issues that affect Germany and the wider world.

Author : Kevern Verney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136475344

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African Americans and US Popular Culture by Kevern Verney Pdf

This volume is an authoritative introduction to the history of African Americans in US popular culture, examining its development from the early nineteenth century to the present. Kevern Verney examines: * the role and significance of race in all major forms of popular culture, including sport, film, television, radio and music * how the entertainment industry has encouraged racism through misrepresentations and caricatured images of African Americans. African Americans have made a unique contribution to the richness and diversity of US popular culture. Rooted in African society and traditions, black slaves in America created a dynamic culture which continues to evolve. Present day hip-hop and rap music are still shaped by the historical experience of slavery and the ongoing will to oppose oppression and racism. Any student of African-American history or cultural studies will find this a fascinating and highly useful book.

Author : Sheila Whiteley
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748631872

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Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture by Sheila Whiteley Pdf

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.

Author : ChatStick Team
Publisher : ChatStick Team
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Santa Claus: The History and Mythology of a Christmas Icon by ChatStick Team Pdf

Discover the captivating journey of Santa Claus! 'Santa Claus: The History and Mythology of a Christmas Icon' takes you on a sleigh ride through centuries of folklore, tradition, and history. Crafted by the ChatStick Team, this enlightening volume traces Santa's origins from Saint Nicholas, explores his connections to Norse gods, details his transformation in America, and analyzes his global image and influence. Learn about the commercialization of Santa Claus, his portrayal in popular culture, and his role in modern Christmas celebrations.

Author : Helen Sheumaker,Shirley Wajda
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781576076484

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Material Culture in America by Helen Sheumaker,Shirley Wajda Pdf

The first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what it reveals about historical and contemporary life in the United States. Reaching back 400 years, Material Life in America: An Encyclopedia is the first reference showing what the study of material culture reveals about American society—revelations not accessible through traditional sources and methods. In nearly 200 entries, the encyclopedia traces the history of artifacts, concepts and ideas, industries, peoples and cultures, cultural productions, historical forces, periods and styles, religious and secular rituals and traditions, and much more. Everyone from researchers and curators to students and general readers will find example after example of how the objects and environments created or altered by humans reveal as much about American life as diaries, documents, and texts.

Author : James W. Castellan,Ron van Dopperen,Copper C. Graham
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780861969210

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American Cinematographers in the Great War, 1914–1918 by James W. Castellan,Ron van Dopperen,Copper C. Graham Pdf

A history of American cameramen covering the news of World War I, from the dangerous front line and the risk of execution to red tape and censorship. At the start of hostilities in World War I, when the United States was still neutral, American newsreel companies and newspapers sent a new kind of journalist, the film correspondent, to Europe to record the Great War. These pioneering cameramen, accustomed to carrying the Kodaks and Graflexes of still photography, had to lug cumbersome equipment into the trenches. Facing dangerous conditions on the front, they also risked summary execution as supposed spies while navigating military red tape, censorship, and the business interests of the film and newspaper companies they represented. Based on extensive research in European and American archives, American Cinematographers in the Great War, 1914–1918 follows the adventures of these cameramen as they managed to document and film the atrocities around them in spite of enormous difficulties. “The first book to explore the work and working conditions of American cinematographers active on the different fronts of the First World War. It is a pioneering study which has already attracted a good deal of attention in the academic and archive world.” —Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

Author : Heather Graham,F. Wilson,Lance Taubold,Aidan Russell,Thomas Monteleone,Lisa Harris,E. McCarthy,Richard Devin,Lee Lawless,Kristi Ahlers,Don Bruns,Ed DeAngelis,Lisa Mannetti,Elle Rossi,Deborah Grahl,Liah Penn,Crystal Perkins,Greg Linden,Connie Wilson,Jeff DePew,Mathew Kaufman
Publisher : Invoke Books
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780692576342

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Never Fear - Christmas Terrors by Heather Graham,F. Wilson,Lance Taubold,Aidan Russell,Thomas Monteleone,Lisa Harris,E. McCarthy,Richard Devin,Lee Lawless,Kristi Ahlers,Don Bruns,Ed DeAngelis,Lisa Mannetti,Elle Rossi,Deborah Grahl,Liah Penn,Crystal Perkins,Greg Linden,Connie Wilson,Jeff DePew,Mathew Kaufman Pdf

Twenty-Two Tales of Christmas Terror ranging from ancient Iceland to modern-day Iraq by New York Times Bestselling and award-winning authors, including: a new ghost story by Heather Graham, a Repairman Jack Christmas adventure by F. Paul Wilson, a spine tingling tale by master of horror Thomas F. Monteleone, and a special tale of Christmas wonder by Jon Land. In a unique experience—a story within a story—you will follow along when the MacDonald family discovers an unidentified present under their Christmas tree. Who gave it to them? Where did it come from? No one seems to know. And when they open the mysterious gift, it sets them on a course to a Christmas of terror they could never have expected.

Author : Jonathan C. Friedman
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780761842675

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Performing Difference by Jonathan C. Friedman Pdf

Performing Difference is a compilation of seventeen essays from some of the leading scholars in history, criticism, film, and theater studies. Each author examines the portrayal of groups and individuals that have been traditionally marginalized or excluded from dominant historical narratives. As a meeting point of several fields of study, this book is organized around three meta-themes: race, gender, and genocide. Included are analyses of films and theatrical productions from the United States, as well as essays on cinema from Southern and Central America, Europe, and the Middle East. Topically, the contributing authors write about the depiction of race, ethnicities, gender and sexual orientation, and genocides. This volume assesses how the performing arts have aided in the social construction of the 'other' in differing contexts. Its fundamental premise is that performance is powerful, and its unifying thesis is that the arts remain a major forum for advancing a more nuanced and humane vision of social outcasts, not only in the realm of national imaginations, but in social relations as well.

Author : Joan D. Vinge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Christmas stories
ISBN : OCLC:14103374

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Santa Claus, the Movie by Joan D. Vinge Pdf

Author : Roger Ebert
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781449421489

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30 Movies to Get You Through the Holidays by Roger Ebert Pdf

The holidays—that time between Thanksgiving and New Year's—jam more "together" time together than any other time during the year. And all that being together calls for movies to watch together to celebrate the season or movies to watch alone to survive the season. From such classics to enjoy as a family like A Christmas Story,It's a Wonderful Life, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles to more offbeat films like Home for the Holidays (the Thanksgiving family reunion from hell) and Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (an R-rated Santa Claus origin story crossed with The Thing), Roger Ebert's full-length reviews suggest a wide range of titles sure to please everyone on your list. Also included are thoughtful films like John Huston's rendering of James Joyce's The Dead, a poignant look at life and Joyeux Noel, based on the true story of a spontaneous cease-fire between German and Allied troops on Christmas Eve 1914. As a bonus, in the enhanced version, more than half of the reviews include a clip of the movie's trailer.

Author : Garrett W. Cook,Thomas A. Offit
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826353191

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Indigenous Religion and Cultural Performance in the New Maya World by Garrett W. Cook,Thomas A. Offit Pdf

Based on more than thirty years of ethnographic fieldwork in Highland Guatemala, this study of Maya diviners, shamans, ritual dancers, and religious brotherhoods describes the radical changes in traditional Maya religious practice wrought by economic globalization and political turmoil. Focusing on the primary participants in the annual festival in the K’iche’ Maya village of Santiago Momostenango, the authors show how older religious traditionalists and the new generation of “cultural activist” religious practitioners interact within a single local community, and how their competing agendas for adapting Maya religiosity to a new and continually changing political economy are perpetuating and changing Maya religious traditions.

Author : Rebecca Williams
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781609388096

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A Fan Studies Primer by Rebecca Williams Pdf

"The discipline of fan studies is famously undisciplined. But that doesn't mean it isn't structured. A Fan Studies Primer: Methods, Research, Ethics will be the first comprehensive primer for classroom use that shows students how to do fan studies, in practical terms. The expansion of fan studies as an academic field and the growing visibility of fandom and fan activities in popular culture have led to more instructors using students' fandom in the classroom, and teaching fan studies as a disciplinary focus. Teaching fandom and fan studies means drawing from a multidisciplinary spectrum of methodologies and foci. Yet, as fan studies itself is often a "moving target," it is imperative to have a volume that approaches the various contributions, methodologies, ethics, and lacunae of the field in a classroom setting. With contributions from many of the biggest names in fan studies, co-editors Paul Booth and Rebecca Williams pull together case studies that demonstrate the wide array of methodologies available to fan studies scholars, such as auto/ethnography, immersion, interviews, online data mining, historiography, and textual analysis. They also probe the ethical questions that are unique to fan studies work and that continue to crop up as the field develops, such as use of online fan content for research, interview methods, consent, and privacy. Both experienced scholars and new students alike will find a useful overview of the diverse research topics in fan studies, whether it's Harry Potter, superheroes, or celebrities, as well as a catalog of conscientious and effective techniques for those who want to join in"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Filmstrips
ISBN : MINN:31951D00181497A

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The National Union Catalog by Anonim Pdf

Constitutes the quinquennial cumulation of the National union catalog . . . Motion pictures and filmstrips.