Day of the Dead in the USA [electronic resource] : the migration and transformation of a cultural phenomenon / Regina M. Marchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marchi, Regina M., 1965-

Series:

Latinidad.

Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

All Souls' Day--United States.

All Souls' Day.

United States--Social life and customs.

United States.

United States--Religious life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Honoring relatives by tending graves, building altars, and cooking festive meals has been an honored tradition among Latin Americans for centuries. The tribute, ""el Dia de los Muertos,"" has enjoyed renewed popularity since the 1970's when Latino activists and artists in the United States began expanding ""Day of the Dead"" north of the border with celebrations of performance art, Aztec danza, art exhibits, and other public expressions. Focusing on the power of ritual to serve as a communication medium, Regina M. Marchi combines a mix of ethnography, historical research, oral hi

Contents:

An ancient and modern festival

Mexico's special relationship with Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead in the United States

Ritual communication and community building

U.S. Day of the Dead as political communication : a moral economy

Day of the Dead in the U.S. media : the celebration goes mainstream

The expanding hybridity of an already hybrid tradition

The commoditization of a death ritual.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-184) and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-4857-8

OCLC:

593295665