The day of the dead : when two worlds meet in Oaxaca / Shawn D. Haley & Curt Fukuda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haley, Shawn D., author.

Fukuda, Curt, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

All Souls' Day--Mexico--Oaxaca de Juárez.

All Souls' Day.

Death--Symbolic aspects--Mexico--Oaxaca de Juárez.

Death.

Altars--Mexico--Oaxaca de Juárez.

Altars.

Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico)--Religious life and customs.

Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico).

Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Day of the Dead is the most important annual celebration in Oaxaca, Mexico. Skillfully combining textual information and photographic imagery, this book begins with a discussion of the people of Oaxaca, their way of life, and their way of looking at the world. It then takes the reader through the celebration from the preparations that can begin months in advance through to the private gatherings in homes and finally to the cemetery where the villagers celebrate together - both the living and the dead. The voices in the book are of those people who have participated in the Day of the Dead

Contents:

The Day of the Dead; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; References Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781845450830

1845450833

9781782386087

1782386084

OCLC:

1261019745