Contributor
Miller, Daniel, 1954-
Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Descriptionx, 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:I. INTRODUCTION: A theory of Christmas / Daniel Miller -- Father Christmas executed / Claude Lévi-Strauss -- II. CHRISTMAS AND MATERIALISM: The rituals of Christmas giving / James Carrier -- Materialism and the making of the modern American Christmas / Russell Belk -- Cinderella Christmas: Kitsch, consumerism, and youth in Japan / Brian Moeran, Lise Skov -- Christmas againt materialism in Trinidad / Daniel Miller -- III. CHRISTMAS AND THE FAMILY: The English Christmas and the family: time out and alternative realities / Adam Kuper -- Christmas cards and the construction of social relations in Britain today / Mary Searle-Chatterjee -- Christmas present: Christmas public / Barbara Bodenhorn -- The great Christmas quarrel and other Swedish traditions / Orvar Löfgren.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
