| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-303) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Death and life in Oaxaca -- pt. 1. Rites of popular life in Oaxaca -- 1. Anthropology in a Mexican City -- 2. Practicing popular religion in Oaxaca -- pt. 2. Rites of popular death in Oaxaca -- 2. Living with death -- 4. Drama of death -- pt. 3. Living the Day of the Dead -- 5. Days of the Dead in Oaxaca -- 6. Spectacular death and cultural change -- Epilogue : Life in death. |
| Summary |
Kristin Norget explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. Drawing on her extensive fieldwork in Oaxaca City, Norget provides vivid descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other popular religious practices. She analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Norget also considers the intimate relationship that is perceived to exist between the living and the dead in Oaxacan popular culture. She argues that popular death r. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
All Souls' Day -- Mexico -- Oaxaca de Juárez.
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All Souls' Day. |
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Mexico -- Oaxaca de Juárez. |
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Mexico -- Oaxaca de Juárez.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies. |
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Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico) -- Religious life and customs.
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Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Norget, Kristin. Days of death, days of life. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006 0231136889 (DLC) 2005051850 (OCoLC)61115604 |
| ISBN |
9780231510141 (electronic book) |
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0231510144 (electronic book) |
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0231136889 |
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9780231136884 |
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0231136897 |
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9780231136891 |
| Music No. |
EB00639463 Recorded Books |
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