{"product_id":"skulls-to-the-living-bread-to-the-dead-the-day-of-the-dead-in-mexico-and-beyond-9781405152488","title":"Skulls to the Living Bread to the Dead  The Day","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* A fascinating look at the Day of the Dead - Mexico's version of All Souls' Day - when Mexicans clean, decorate, and maintain vigil over relatives' graves.  * Dispels myths about the rituals, which have been misconstrued as morbid or morose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2007\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"A cogent, attractively presented case study of a single festival in its diverse forms. It provides a lucid account of cultural change and a careful plotting of causes and influences.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"As Brandes explains in this small, well-written, colorfully illustrated volume, the Day of the Dead has strayed far from its origins as a Mexican version of the pan-Roman Catholic All Saints' and All Souls' days to become a spectacular international and interethnic happening ... Recommended.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Penetrating look at … how religious ritual can be shaped and transformed by culture … to serve new purposes in a rapidly changing world.\" (\u003ci\u003eMissiology\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Plates. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Day of the Dead, Problems and Paradoxes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Historical Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Sweetness of Death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Skulls and Skeletons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Contemporary Transformations\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Tourism and the State.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Poetics of Death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Day of the Dead and Halloween.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 North of the Border\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Teaching the Day of the Dead.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Creativity and Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5 Conclusion\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Mexican Views of Death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50015401509207,"sku":"9781405152488","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405152488.jpg?v=1739908729","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/skulls-to-the-living-bread-to-the-dead-the-day-of-the-dead-in-mexico-and-beyond-9781405152488","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}