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Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34^th 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 films released between 1946 and 1961, Selling Out Santa offers an examination of political pressures on Hollywood in the post-war period and the cultural ramifications of federal involvement in ...

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History Literature Current Affairs & Politics Russian & Soviet History United States History Literary Criticism Diplomacy & International Relations 1917-1991 (Soviet Union) - History United States History - General & Miscellaneous European Literature General & Miscellaneous Literary Criticism 20th Century United States History - 1945 to 2000 Soviet History - Political Aspects United States History - General & Miscellaneous General & Miscellaneous European Literature - Literary Criticism Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous International Relations - General & Miscellaneous 20th Century American History - Cold War

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

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