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revisionary history of Santa C
Title: revisionary history of Santa C
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 819 | Pages: 3.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
revisionary history of Santa C
DDiscipline is defined in the dictionary as “a strict control to enforce obedience and/or a treatment that corrects or punishes” (Webster’s New World Dictionary). In the seventeenth century “strict discipline” was believed to be an “art of correct training” (Foucault 170). Through this rigorous technique, individuals were created as objects and instruments. Disciplinary power derives from three instruments: hierarchical observation, normalizing judgment and the examination. The technique of correct training is apparent in our …showed first 75 words of 819 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 819 total…Coming to Town” gives the disciplinary implication that Santa Claus plays a role in the means of correct training in children’s lives. The Christmas jingle is composed of normalizing judgment, examination, and hierarchical observation.
Work Cited
Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Trans. Alan Sheridan.
New York: Vintage Books, 1977.
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town! 01 Nov. 1998. 27 Mar. 2001. .
“Santa Claus.” Encarata Encyclopedia. 3rd ed. 1999.
Macmillan. “Discipline.” Webster’s New World Dictionary. 1996.
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