Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night - Brossura

Bannatyne, Lesley Pratt

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ISBN 10: 1589806808 ISBN 13: 9781589806801

Casa editrice: Pelican Pub Co Inc, 2011

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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.

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"After reading this book, I've added about thirty things to this year's 'Halloween to-do list'! Halloween Nation is the perfect source for hundreds of different ways to celebrate our favorite holiday!"
-Richard Christy, writer/producer, The Howard Stern Show, SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio

"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

Halloween is not just for children anymore. On a mission to define the modern Halloween, expert Lesley Pratt Bannatyne delves into the world of enthusiasts, fanatics, and subcultures including Goth, metal, and zombie. In a series of investigative interviews, people from all walks of life reveal their devotion to this fall celebration as Bannatyne crafts a portrait of a wildly popular and surprisingly meaningful twenty-first-century Halloween.

As one of the leading authorities on Halloween, Lesley Pratt Bannatyne contributed the Halloween article found in World Book Encyclopedia and is Halloween advisor to the Vampire Empire. She has shared her knowledge of the holiday on television specials for Nickelodeon and the History Channel. Bannatyne is also the author of A Halloween How-To: Costumes, Parties, Decorations, and Destinations; A Halloween Reader: Poems, Stories, and Plays from Halloweens Past; Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History; and Witches' Night Before Halloween, all available from Pelican. She resides in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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• Editore: Pelican Pub Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1589806808
• ISBN 13: 9781589806801
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 248