""Becoming an Ancestor""; ""Contents""; ""Maps""; ""Plates""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Isthmus Zapotec Orthography""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The First Forty Days""; ""3. Artists of Bread, Flowers, Prayers, and Music""; ""4. Tending to the Dead""; ""5. Flowers""; ""6. The Day of the Dead�Xandu�""; ""7. The Way of the Cross""; ""8. Nabaana Ro""; ""9. Nabaana Ro: Invitations from the Departed""; ""10. Becoming an Ancestor""; ""Epilogue""; ""Glossary of Isthmus Zapotec and Spanish Terms""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""