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A Mixing Bowl Of Holidays: How Globalization Impacts Holidays And Culture, Seen Through Halloween And El Día De Los Muertos, Aneesah E. Dalal
A Mixing Bowl Of Holidays: How Globalization Impacts Holidays And Culture, Seen Through Halloween And El Día De Los Muertos, Aneesah E. Dalal
Honors College Theses
To what extent has cultural hybridity occurred in cases of Halloween and El Día de los Muertos, and what kind of meaning is attached to this hybridity? While there is a lot of research on globalization and its effects on people in general, there is no specific research on how globalization, specifically cultural globalization, has impacted holidays through cultural hybridity. Exploring these concepts and applying them to the case of Halloween and El Día de los Muertos will allow people to better understand the two holidays and their relationship with each other. Today, there is an increase in people moving …