The skeleton at the feast : the Day of the Dead in Mexico / Elizabeth Carmichael, Chloë Sayer
by Carmichael, Elizabeth. Sayer, Chloë
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London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, 1991. 1st edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index. Contents; Incomplete contents Teachers' pack. [1991]. Acknowledgements -- Map of Mexico -- Foreword / by John Mack -- pt. 1. The Day of the Dead -- The pre-Hispanic background -- The Spanish conquest -- Travellers' tales -- The here and now -- pt. 2. Interviews: Introduction -- Fredy Méndez, la congregación del Tajín, state of Veracruz -- Juan Simbrón, la congregación del Tajín, state of Veracruz -- Froylan Martínez Cuenca, Huaquechula, State of Puebla -- Candido Reyes Castillo, Huaquechula, State of Puebla -- Luis Vivanco, San Salvador Huixcolotla, State of Puebla -- Consuelo García Urrutia, Toluca, State of Mexico -- Wenceslao Rívas Contreras, Toluca, State of Mexico -- María Antonieta Sánchez de Escamilla, Puebla City -- Víctor Fosado, Váquez, formerly Mexico City -- Appendix. The Day of the Dead in Mixquic / by Elizabeth Baquedano Meza -- Notes on part 1 -- Notes on part 2 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index. Subjects; British Museum (Department of Ethnography) Exhibitions. All Souls' Day. Fasts and feasts Mexico. Folk festivals Mexico. Dead Folklore. Death Social aspects. Death Religious aspects. Festivals Mexico. Death (in religion, folk-lore, etc.). Economic botany. Festivals Mexico Day of the dead. Dead ; Folklore. Funeral rites and ceremonies Mexico. Handicraft Mexico. Death in art. Dead Festivals. Death - Customs. Folk art - Mexico. Death Iconography of. Festivals Mexico. Folklore Mexico. Mexico History Social.
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- The skeleton at the feast : the Day of the Dead in Mexico / Elizabeth Carmichael, Chloë Sayer
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- Carmichael, Elizabeth. Sayer, Chloë
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- Softcover
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- 1st edition
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0714125032
- ISBN 13
- 9780714125039
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- London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
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