Death Makes a Holiday

A Cultural History of Halloween

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David J. Skal: Death Makes a Holiday (Hardcover, 2002, Bloomsbury USA)

Hardcover, 224 pages

English language

Published Sept. 21, 2002 by Bloomsbury USA.

ISBN:
978-1-58234-230-6
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3 stars (1 review)

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3 stars

This was more of a 2.5 for me and I may revise this star rating to round down. The chapter on the history of Halloween was fascinating, although thinly sourced and, as I read other works, not entirely correct. This was published in 2002 and the author’s mindset (and language) is very much a relic of the nineties.

Subjects

  • Social Science
  • Holidays (non religious)
  • Sociology
  • Customs & Traditions
  • Social History
  • History / United States / General
  • History
  • Popular Culture - General
  • Halloween