Skulls to the living, bread to the dead : [the day of the dead in Mexico and beyond] / Stanley Brandes.

Author/creator Brandes, Stanley H.
Format Book
Publication InfoMalden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
Descriptionxi, 217 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents The Day of the Dead, problems and paradoxes -- The sweetness of death -- Skulls and skeletons -- Tourism and the state -- The poetics of death -- The Day of the Dead and Halloween -- Teaching the Day of the Dead -- Creativity and community -- Mexican views of death.
General noteSubtitle from cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-210) and index.
LCCN 2006004999
ISBN1405152478 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1405152486 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781405152471
ISBN9781405152488

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GT4995.A4 B73 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold