| Edition |
First University of Texas Press edition. |
| Description |
160 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
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. |
| Note |
"Published in co-operation with British Museum Press." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index. |
| Subject |
All Souls' Day -- Mexico.
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Festivals -- Mexico.
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Dead -- Folklore.
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Mexico -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Sayer, Chloë.
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| ISBN |
0292776586 |
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