Selling Out Santa : Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy /

Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealising mirror for American cultural and political attitudes of a given moment. Via a case study on Hollywood Christmas...

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Main Author:	Joy, Vaughn (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Berlin Boston De Gruyter, [2025]
Series:	Pop Culture in Context , 1
Subjects:	HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Cold War. HISTORY / United States / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. Cold War Christmas Hollywood Political History_x000D_ Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book