Loud Murmurs
S1 E21: invention and tradition, see Christmas through the lens of pop culture
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:47:29
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In this Christmas, Loud Murmurs’ holiday special talks about the history and origin of this worldwide celebration of consumerism and gift exchanging. Joined by talich, a famous writer and US politic watcher, we are going to breakdown the intertwined story of history, tradition, modernity, and religion. How religion shaped this modern holiday? Why Christmas is so family-orientated? Why this holiday matters to Chinese society? What are the new “traditional” holidays are being invented in China to increase consuming behavior? 这期的小声喧哗,听我们聊聊圣诞节。 圣诞树、圣诞狂欢、圣诞老人、圣诞购物––这一切看似古老悠久的习俗,其实都是近几百年的发明?小声喧哗请来了《虹膜》杂志”娱乐的逻辑“栏目主笔和选美播客的主持人talich. 他在出版了《天堂在上,美国在这儿》之后,又在这个圣诞节推出了一本全新的知乎电子书,《从文化禁忌到消费盛宴:圣诞节在美国》。如果有兴趣,可以在这里浏览更多信息:https://www.zhihu.com/pub/book/119591860 每当我们聊起来”美国流行文化“这六个个字,我们总会想到好莱坞,卡戴珊,Ellen, 脱口秀,迪士尼等等,最早可能也只会追溯到二战后的流行文化。而talich的这本书,从一个更加广义的角度重新定义了圣诞节背后的大众文化。美国人在用了一个世纪的时间,将圣诞节变成了“美国化”以家庭为主导的购物季?从历史的角度谈,宗教的制约、经济的腾飞和大众传媒的兴起,这三股力量相互交织,在美国土地上,新旧移民共同创造出了新的「古老传统」。 在这期小声喧哗中,我们让talich讲了许多关于美国历史和大众文化的故事,他也回答了一些关于这本电子书的问题。比方说,