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| día de muertos historia: Historias de Horror para Halloween y Día de Muertos Blake Aguilar, 2021-06-25 ¿Te gustaría saber cuáles son los casos más impactantes de encuentros con seres malignos en la historia? ¿Te has preguntado qué es lo que ocurre en los cementerios cuando es de noche? ¿Qué misterios y tragedias ocultan las lápidas? Entonces sigue leyendo.. “Ahora es el momento de la noche en que los sepulcros, abiertas sus losas, dejan escapar sus espíritus, que se deslizan por las sendas del cementerio.” - William Shakespeare Muchos se han llegado a preguntar si existe el cielo y el infierno, si hay un Dios y si existen los seres malignos. Algunas personas están seguras de su existencia, mientras que otras lo dudan y lo justifican con hechos científicos. Estas preguntas son típicas de la raza humana y se han realizado desde los inicios de nuestra historia. No todos aquellos que yacen dentro de los cementerios descansan. Aunque es posible que la mayoría de los difuntos hayan dejado ya esta vida, también podría ser que la esencia de algunos seres hayan permanecido dentro de estos lugares, y frecuentemente estos pueden no ser amistosos o no estén listos para ser molestados. Las injusticias, el dolor y el despojo que han vivido estas ánimas, así como muertes violentas o inexplicables, les confunden tanto que es imposible para sus almas encontrar el descanso que merecen. En este libro descubrirás: -Los casos más impactantes de posesiones y encuentros con seres malignos. -Una selección de historias escalofriantes que te harán pensar dos veces antes de visitar un cementerio de nuevo. -Los infames casos de los cementerios de Bonaventure, Keywest, y la Iglesia Episcopal de St. Paul. -Las características que tienen en similar las personas que suelen ser visitadas por entes no deseados. -Los síntomas más comunes de las personas poseídas. -Y mucho más.. A continuación presentamos una colección de varias historias reales de lugares malditos y encuentros con seres escalofriantes que han ocurrido en diferentes lugares y épocas. Adelante, lector, atrévete a leer estas páginas y a permanecer incrédulo, sino que es que ya crees en el más allá. ¡Haz clic en comprar ya y descubre cuáles son estos terroríficos casos! |
| día de muertos historia: Day of the Dead Linda Lowery, 2007-01-01 The Day of the Dead is a special holiday celebrated in many places like Mexico and parts of the United States to honor people who have died. It's celebrated between October 31 and November 2 and there are costumes, but no one says, trick-or-treat. There is candy, but this candy is shaped like coffins and skeletons. People picnic in cemeteries, go to parades, set off fireworks, and bake special breads and meals to remember friends and family members who have died. Encourage understanding of diverse cultures. Featuring full-page illustrations, these beautiful editions look at the history and customs associated with various holidays and present early readers with high-interest offerings. |
| día de muertos historia: La fiesta de la muerte Héctor Luis Zarauz López, 2004 México es considerado, por el autor, un país mestizo y festivo por excelencia y la muerte es una de las tradiciones que se celebran y recrean en una festividad en la que se mezclan diversos elementos prehispánicos, coloniales y contemporáneos que se manifiestan a través de la música, ofrendas, bailes, ferias, cantos, juegos, comidas vestuario y arte popular dando origen a la Fiesta de la muerte. El escritor se ha dedicado ha investigar el origen, significado e historia de esta tradición, explicando en su libro algunos temas como: El hombre antes de la muerte, la concepción de la muerte en las culturas egipcia, griega, romana, hindú y persa; La muerte azteca, los entierros y ritos funerarios, la literatura luctuosa en la sociedad prehispánica, las celebraciones y los rituales; las ofrendas; la muerte en la plástica, y la celebración anglosajona del Día de Muertos. |
| día de muertos historia: Historia de la muerte en México Carlos Manuel Cruz Meza, 2024-10-16 A diferencia de otros países, en México la muerte no es un concepto incómodo, sino una amiga entrañable. Esta obra intenta, además de establecer la relación del mexicano con el final de la existencia, contar historias sobre la manera en que los difuntos forman parte de esta cultura. Aquí protagonizan, además de la muerte, los muertos. Los mexicanos conviven todo el tiempo con los cadáveres: les toman fotografías, los visten, se los comen, los desentierran, los exhiben en museos destinados a ese fin, los convierten en juguetes, los conservan e incluso los criminales envían mensajes utilizando restos humanos y llegando a hacer verdaderas instalaciones cadavéricas. A caballo entre la investigación histórica, la biografía, el ensayo y la crónica, este libro pretende demostrar un hecho fundamental: ayer, hoy y mañana, los muertos en México están más vivos que nunca. |
| día de muertos historia: Uncle Monarch and the Day of the Dead Judy Goldman, 2008 When the monarch butterflies return to the Mexican countryside where Lupita lives, she knows Da de Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is near. Lupita's uncle reminds her that she should never capture or hurt a monarch because they are believed to be the souls of the departed. Full color. |
| día de muertos historia: La Llorona Joe Hayes, 2004 A retelling, in parallel English and Spanish text, of the traditional tale told in the Southwest and in Mexico of how the beautiful Maria became a ghost. |
| día de muertos historia: El Día de Muertos Ivar Da Coll, 2004 Cada año, el día 2 de noviembre el pueblo mexicano realiza una de las conmemoraciones más coloridas y singulares de su cultura, el Día de los muertos. Esta festividad, arraigada en la historia y la sensibilidad de México, es el tema de este entretenido libro que, además, tiene la particularidad de haber sido escrito en verso y con rima. Con la llegada del 2 de noviembre la abuela viene a casa de sus familiares para celebrar la fiesta y, a través de sus entretenidas historias, todos aprenden acerca del sentido de esta fiesta, de su rica tradición y del profundo sentido que tiene para quienes, generación tras generación, participan de su festejo en México. Incluye detalles como la ornamentación, la preparación de comidas y la construcción de altares especiales en honor de los seres queridos que ya han partido. |
| día de muertos historia: The Day of the Dead Déborah Holtz, Juan Carlos Mena, 2024-09-17 A tribute to Mexico’s most important holiday, this extraordinary and definitive volume documents the immense creativity displayed by this popular annual celebration. While there have been other books about the Day of the Dead, most are long out of print and aridly academic. This book features both exceptional “traditional” Indigenous material—such as vibrant folk art and crafts, flamboyant costumes and masks, special food and drink—but also a much more funky, modern approach that blends lively music and dance, colorful parades, cutting-edge contemporary street art, and a festive atmosphere that engages all of the senses with handmade altars, flowers, painted skulls, toys, paintings, murals, and other art objects. Featuring hundreds of specially commissioned photographs and voluminous in-depth research, the book is lavishly illustrated and designed with an aesthetic that draws on both traditional material as well as Mexico’s contemporary street art style. Blending visual elements inspired by the country’s pre-Hispanic heritage, European influences, and modern art trends, the book explores the evolution of the Day of the Dead and the special role it plays. This book is the definitive, authentic resource for all things Day of the Dead. |
| día de muertos historia: Historia y vida ceremonial en las comunidades mesoamericanas Johanna Broda, Catharine Good Eshelman, 2004 |
| día de muertos historia: Day of the Dead - Día de Los Muertos Marisa Boan, 2021-04 Day of the Dead - El Día de Muertos is a holiday for celebrating the lives of departed family and friends. Altars are decorated with sugar skulls and marigolds. Breads and sweets are ready to eat. After there will be music, dancing and parades! Learn all about the traditions of Day of the Dead - Día de los Muertos with this bilingual book which highlights the customs and traditions of this festive holiday. The festivities are described in brief, easy to read text, presented in both Spanish and English. Come join in these joyful and vibrant festivities that are a tradition in Mexico, the United States, and throughout Latin America. Continue the celebration with 10 bonus pages for children to color on their own! |
| día de muertos historia: Keepsake Stories Citlali and the Day of the Dead Berta De Llano, 2019-11-19 GRADES PK–3: This 32 page storybook follows Citlali through her Day of the Dead celebration. Readers will get a glimpse of the festivities and traditions associated with the important holiday. CULTURAL STORYTELLING: This traditional Hispanic folktale with original illustrations, told in bold English and Spanish, captures a child's interest while engaging them with a story that fosters reading and cultural literacy. FEATURES: With English and Spanish translations, this storybook is a great resource for strengthening reading skills and foreign language comprehension. FAMILY STORYTIME: Reading together is a great way to bond with your child while also fostering communication, understanding, and a lifelong love for reading. BUILD A LIBRARY: Collect every title from the Keepsake Stories collection to create the perfect library that will enchant readers time and time again! |
| día de muertos historia: Growing Up in Mexico Peggy Brown Balderrama, 2009-09 In Growing up in Mexico, Peggy Brown Balderrama tells the story of her family's life in Mexico. She describes trips through various cities and towns in the country with interesting details, and as a bonus, she gives humorous descriptions of several trips through Europe and South America that she took with her family. The author arrived in Mexico with her parents from England when she was seven years old, and relates, with wit, the impressions she formed of Mexico and its people when she was that age. Growing up in a very peaceful Mexico City in the forties, contrasts with the Mexico City of today. Her life in the American High School, her various boyfriends, and her eventual marriage to a Mexican physician, tell a different tale from a girl who might have grown up in England or the United States or even in the Mexico City of today. |
| día de muertos historia: Libros e historia Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Rosalba Alcaraz Cienfuegos, 1997 |
| día de muertos historia: Celebrate Halloween and the Day of the Dead with Cristina and Her Blue Bunny F. Isabel Campoy, Alma Flor Ada, 2006 It's Halloween but Cristina is very sad and doesn't feel like putting on a costume and going trick-or-treating because she's lost her toy bunny. During the celebration of the Day of the Dead, her parents teach her about a unique way to deal with the pain for the loss of a loved one. Contains an informative section about Halloween and the Day of the Dead. |
| día de muertos historia: Love Letters to the Dead Ava Dellaira, 2014-04-01 “Dear Ava, I loved your book.” —Award-winning actress Emma Watson For fans of Kathleen Glasgow and Amber Smith, Ava Dellaira writes about grief, love, and family with a haunting and often heartbreaking beauty in this emotionally stirring, critically acclaimed debut novel, Love Letters to the Dead. It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more—though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was—lovely and amazing and deeply flawed—can she begin to discover her own path. |
| día de muertos historia: Día de muertos Guadalupe Ríos, Edelmira Ramírez, Marcela Suárez, 1995 |
| día de muertos historia: Historia sociolingüística de México. Rebeca Barriga Villanueva, Pedro Martín Butragueño, 2010-02-26 La riqueza y la complejidad lingüística que se dan en el vasto territorio mexicano son de suyo una incitante invitación al análisis y a la historia. Tal es el objetivo final de esta Historia sociolingüística de México: narrar desde varias perspectivas la historia de las lenguas y, en especial, la historia de los hablantes en México a lo largo de los siglos, tanto en términos de consenso como de conflicto. Múltiples miradas convergen en esta Historia en torno a los diversos procesos, que han imbricado lenguas y hablantes en el paradójico México pluriétnico. Este volumen 1 recorre un largo trayecto que va del México prehispánico a las postrimerías del México colonial. |
| día de muertos historia: Día de muertos Jermán Argueta, 2005 Artículos, recetas, danza macabra, y otros rituales relacionados con el Día de los Muertos. |
| día de muertos historia: Story of a Cockroach Carmen Gil, 2012-03-01 Winner at the 2012 International Latino Book Awards. A superbly illustrated original story about the power of loving yourself and finding happiness. This is the story of Anastasia, a cockroach who dreamed of being accepted and becoming famous and important like her distant relatives the Egyptian beetles, sacred insects that everybody treated like royalty. Although it may seem impossible to believe, in another life Anastasia was a princess, transformed by a wave of the magic wand of Fairy Brunhilda, who was determined to sow good wherever she went. But being a princess is not an easy task... Soon Anastasia began to feel out of place. She didn’t like life in the palace too much, and after following exciting adventures, Anastasia came to understand that being a ordinary, everyday cockroach wasn’t such a bad thing after all. Especially when, moved by her great heart, she managed to save the lives of an entire family of humans, everything without getting a hair out of place! What prize did Fairy Brunhilda have in store for her as a reward for her generous actions? Read the first pages of Story of a cockroach here below: |
| día de muertos historia: Historia general del Cristianismo Alfonso Ropero, 2011-05-01 He aquí una obra imprescindible para todo estudiante y toda persona culta que quiera estar bien informada sobre la historia y desarrollo del cristianismo a lo largo de los siglos. Gracias a un lúcida labor de síntesis los autores ofrecen un vasto panorama de todos los hechos relevantes del cristianismo que partiendo de Galilea llega hasta nuestro días. Se dedica una especial atención al siglo XX, ya que ha sido uno de los más radicales y transcendentes de todos los tiempos, no sólo en el campo eclesiástico y teológico, sino también en el científico y cultural. Estos últimos cien años han significado un reto continuo a las estructuras de las Iglesias, a sus creencias y modos de vivir la fe, pues en ellos se han producido cambios de tal magnitud que han modificado la concepción del mundo tal manera que ya nada puede seguir igual. El ecumenismo y el integrismo; la teología de la liberación y las cuestiones sociales; los fundamentalismos religiosos; el secularismo y el terrorismo el nombre de la religión; el ateísmo y el renacer de la religiosidad; el crecimiento del carismatismo a nivel mundial; el fenómeno de los nuevos mártires; los retos de la ciencia y la tecnología, todo esto y mucho más interactúa en la vida de las iglesias modernas, cuya historia es preciso conocer para enfrentar el futuro sin alarmismos ni falso optimismo, conociendo por la revelación y habiendo aprendido suficientemente por la historia el carácter ambiguo de la acción humana en contraste a la perdurabilidad del mensaje cristiano. |
| día de muertos historia: Días de muertos Manuel Quintáns López, 2009 |
| día de muertos historia: ghostgirl Tonya Hurley, 2008-08-01 Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And if I should die before I awake, I pray the popular attend my wake. Charlotte Usher feels practically invisible at school, and then one day she really is invisible. Even worse: she's dead. And all because she choked on a gummy bear. But being dead doesn't stop Charlotte from wanting to be popular; it just makes her more creative about achieving her goal. If you thought high school was a matter of life or death, wait till you see just how true that is. In this satirical, yet heartfelt novel, Hurley explores the invisibility we all feel at some times and the lengths we'll go to be seen. Praise for ghostgirl: * Polished dark-and-deadpan humor, it's a natural fit with Gen Y, too. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) * [Tonya] beats out witty teen-speak like a punk-band drummer, keeping the narrative fast-paced and fun yet thought-provokingly heartwarming. Goofy, ghastly, intelligent, electrifying. --Kirkus (starred review) *Tim Burton and Edgar Allan Poe devotees will die for this fantastic, phantasmal read. --School Library Journal (starred review) * Readers with a taste for black humor and satire will feast on Hurley's crisp, wise dialogue. Anticipate a well deserved cult following. --VOYA (starred review) Written with deadpan wit...this is a 'Wonderful Life'-like tale. -New York Post A sincere (and humorous) exploration of how we all feel invisible at one time or another...perfect read. -CosmoGirl |
| día de muertos historia: El conocimiento antropológico e histórico sobre Guerrero Rubén Manzanilla López, Georganne Weller Ford, Anne Warren Johnson, Jesús Guzmán Urióstegui, Patricia Hernández Espinoza, 2022-06-30 Con el propósito de incentivar los estudios sobre el estado de Guerrero, a partir del 2004 se celebraron de manera bianual mesas redondas guerrerenses, todas con resultados espléndidos. Este primer volumen ofrece 42 de los trabajos que se presentaron en la primera reunión, las áreas que se abordaron fueron arqueología, lingüística, antropología física, antropología social, historia y etnohistoria. |
| día de muertos historia: Felina's New Home Loran Wlodarski, 2010-03-10 Felina the Florida panther loved growing up in her forest home--until the forest started to shrink. Learn whether Felina and the other forest animals adapt to the new human presence and what children can do to keep wild animals safe, happy, and healthy. Includes For Creative Minds section |
| día de muertos historia: Funny Bones Duncan Tonatiuh, 2015-08-25 Funny Bones tells the story of how the amusing calaveras—skeletons performing various everyday or festive activities—came to be. They are the creation of Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852–1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons, much to the amusement of the local population but not the politicians. He continued to draw cartoons throughout much of his life, but he is best known today for his calavera drawings. They have become synonymous with Mexico’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival. Juxtaposing his own art with that of Lupe’s, author Duncan Tonatiuh brings to light the remarkable life and work of a man whose art is beloved by many but whose name has remained in obscurity. The book includes an author’s note, bibliography, glossary, and index. |
| día de muertos historia: Humanities Lawrence Boudon, 2002-08-01 Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and research under way in specialized areas. The Handbook of Latin American Studies is the oldest continuing reference work in the field. Lawrence Boudon became the editor in 2000. The subject categories for Volume 58 are as follows: Electronic Resources for the Humanities Art History (including ethnohistory) Literature (including translations from the Spanish and Portuguese) Philosophy: Latin American Thought Music |
| día de muertos historia: México--la cultura, el arte y la vida cotidiana Carlos Arturo Flores Villela, 1990 |
| día de muertos historia: La historia y el laberinto Javier Rico Moreno, 2013-09-30 Un recorrido a través de la relación entre la escritura de la historia, la vida de Octavio Paz y la visión de México –lúcida y poética–, que nos legó en su ensayo capital de la segunda mitad del siglo XX: El laberinto de la soledad. Al cabo de la intuición y del saber historiográfico de Javier Rico Moreno, la lectura develará los elementos de la trayectoria filosófica, histórica y literaria de Octavio Paz, reunidos para trazar la arquitectónica de este logrado laberinto de ideas acerca de lo mexicano y de su historia (de la historia). El análisis que se despliega sobre la escisión y el reencuentro entre la creación poética y la escritura de la historia reivindica el vínculo originario entre estos saberes y, en este punto, el autor alcanza su mayor aportación a la crítica historiográfica al proponer y dilucidar una estética del devenir en la obra del poeta. |
| día de muertos historia: Historia Universal 1 , 2001 |
| día de muertos historia: Historia 2o Caridad Ramírez, 2001 |
| día de muertos historia: Off the Map Peter Roop, Connie Roop, 2015-05-05 A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People: The tale of the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark, condensed from their own eight-volume journals for young historians Lewis and Clark’s famous 1804 expedition was told with great detail by the explorers themselves in an eight-volume account. Now young historians have the opportunity to learn the thrills, challenges, and adventures in a version accessible for them. Two years’ worth of entries are condensed into a flowing account that maintains the historical essence of the original. With a fact-filled prologue and epilogue, young readers can relive the adventurous eight-thousand-mile journey across uncharted wilderness. |
| día de muertos historia: Massacre in Mexico Elena Poniatowska, 1975 Now available in paper is Elena Poniatowska's gripping account of the massacre of student protesters by police at the 1968 Olympic Games, which Publishers Weekly claimed makes the campus killings at Kent State and Jackson State in 1970 pale by comparison. |
| día de muertos historia: Día de Muertos Gerardo Villalobos Aguilar, 2018-10-12 Día de Muertos: Entrevista con La Catrina es un libro de conocimiento folklórico, con tintes burlescos de humor negro y atiborrado de elementos icónicos del México contemporáneo. ¿Qué tanto sabes de ella? ¿Cuánto sabes del día de muertos? ¿Cómo debe estructurarse un altar a nuestros difuntos? La Catrina tiene la respuesta, es un poco quisquillosa, malandrina y casi todos los mexicanos le caen mal, así que, lector el que lo lea. |
| día de muertos historia: Leyendas de antaño e Historias de ogaño Berta Lastarría Cavero, 1918 |
| día de muertos historia: Sacagawea Peter Roop, Connie Roop, 2015-05-05 Sacagawea, the Shoshoni woman who helped guide Lewis and Clark on their famed expedition, tells her life story When Sacagawea’s son asks her about her life, she isn’t sure where to begin. Does she start with her birth as a Shoshoni? Her kidnapping by an enemy tribe at age eleven? Or her role as the famous guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition? She’s seen and experienced more in her young life than most people ever will. Told from Sacagawea’s point of view, this historical novel shares the ordeals of her youth along with the memory of her long, arduous journey west with Lewis and Clark. She shares her love of nature and explains how her loyalties have changed over time. This story of Sacagawea goes beyond the legend to reveal the flesh-and-blood woman who she really was. |
| día de muertos historia: Los otomies su lengua y su historia Yolanda Lastra, 2023-08-18 En 1981 hice el primer trabajo de campo en zona otomí. Esto fue en San Andrés Cuexcontitlán, municipio de Toluca, con el propósito de recoger materiales para el Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México que publica El Colegio de México. Después de algunos años tuve curiosidad de ver qué tan diferente sería el otomí de Ixtenco (Tlaxcala), que era muy poco conocido. Como resultó ser muy diferente, le dediqué varios años. Posteriormente me empecé a interesar en la variación dialectal de la lengua y así fue como me di cuenta de que los otomíes de una región no tenían idea de la existencia de los demás. La gran mayoría sabe que se habla otomí en el Mezquital, pero ahí no saben que se habla en Tlaxcala, por ejemplo. Después tuve curiosidad de saber si conocían algo de su historia antigua. ¿Habrán oído hablar del reino otomí de Xaltocan? ¿Sabrán algo de la importancia de la provincia de Xilotepec? Las respuestas fueron negativas y entonces decidí que era necesario que los otomíes de todas las regiones de la República conocieran la extensión actual de su territorio y del mismo modo la extensión del territorio en épocas antiguas. |
| día de muertos historia: Historia de las creencias Fernand Nicolaÿ, 1904 |
| día de muertos historia: Los Días de muertos Efraín C. Cortés Ruiz, 1986 Historia y costumbres de varias partes de México. |
| día de muertos historia: Appointments with Heaven Reggie Anderson, Jennifer Schuchmann, 2013 When Dr. Reggie Anderson is present at the bedside of a dying patient, something miraculous happens. Sometimes as he sits vigil and holds the patient's hand . . . he can experience what they feel and see as they cross over. Because of these God-given glimpses of the afterlife--his appointments with heaven--Reggie knows beyond a doubt that we are closer to the next world than we think. Join him as he shares remarkable stories from his life and practice, including the tragedy that nearly drove him away from faith forever. He reveals how what he's seen, heard, and experienced has shaped what he believes about living and dying; how we can face the passing of our loved ones with the courage and confidence that we will see them again; and how we can each prepare for our own appointment with heaven. Soul-stirring and hope-filled, Appointments with Heaven is a powerful journey into the questions at the very core of your being: Is there more to life than this? What is heaven like? And, most important: Do I believe it enough to let it change me? |
| día de muertos historia: Death and the Idea of Mexico Claudio Lomnitz, 2008 The history of Mexico's fearless intimacy with death--the elevation of death to the center of national identity. Death and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Examining the history of death and of the death sign from sixteenth-century holocaust to contemporary Mexican-American identity politics, anthropologist Claudio Lomnitz's innovative study marks a turning point in understanding Mexico's rich and unique use of death imagery. Unlike contemporary Europeans and Americans, whose denial of death permeates their cultures, the Mexican people display and cultivate a jovial familiarity with death. This intimacy with death has become the cornerstone of Mexico's national identity. Death and Idea of Mexico focuses on the dialectical relationship between dying, killing, and the administration of death, and the very formation of the colonial state, of a rich and variegated popular culture, and of the Mexican nation itself. The elevation of Mexican intimacy with death to the center of national identity is but a moment within that history--within a history in which the key institutions of society are built around the claims of the fallen. Based on a stunning range of sources--from missionary testimonies to newspaper cartoons, from masterpieces of artistic vanguards to accounts of public executions and political assassinations--Death and the Idea of Mexico moves beyond the limited methodology of traditional historiographies of death to probe the depths of a people and a country whose fearless acquaintance with death shapes the very terms of its social compact. |
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