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Author:
Brandes, Stanley H.
Title:
Skulls to the living, bread to the dead : [the day of the dead in Mexico and beyond] / Stanley Brandes.
Publisher:
Blackwell Pub.,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xi, 217 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Subject:
All Souls' Day.
All Souls' Day--Mexico.
Mexico--Social life and customs.
Mexico--Religious life and customs.
Notes:
Subtitle from cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-210) and index.
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.
ISBN:
9781405152488
9781405152471
9781405152488 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1405152486 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781405152471 (hardback : alk. paper)
1405152478 (hardback : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)64208213
LCCN:
2006004999
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)
HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

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