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Author:

Reis, João José.

Title:

Death is a festival : funeral rites and rebellion in nineteenth-century Brazil / João José Reis ; translated by H. Sabrina Gledhill.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xiv, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Brazil--History--19th century.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Salvador--Salvador--History--19th century.
Cemeteries--Salvador--Salvador--History.
Insurgency--Salvador.--Salvador.
Salvador (Brazil)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Brazil--Social life and customs--19th century.

Other Titles:

Morte é uma festa. English

Notes:

"Revised edition of a book that was originally published in Brazil in 1991 as A morte é uma festa"--Ack. Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-371) and index.

Series:

Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução

ISBN:

9780807854457 (pbk. : alk. paper)
080785445X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807827734 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807827738 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50279969

LCCN:

2002011996

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)