Becoming an ancestor :: the Isthmus Zapotec way of death /

"[The author] draws upon forty years of participant research in the city of Juchitán to offer a finely textured portrait of the vibrant and enduring power of death in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec of Mexico. Focusing especially on the lives of Zapotec women, Becoming an ancestor hightlights the a...

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Main Author: Royce, Anya Peterson
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"[The author] draws upon forty years of participant research in the city of Juchitán to offer a finely textured portrait of the vibrant and enduring power of death in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec of Mexico. Focusing especially on the lives of Zapotec women, Becoming an ancestor hightlights the aesthetic sensibility and durability of mortuary traditions in the past and present. An intricate blending of Roman Catholicism and Indigenous spiritual tradition, death through beliefs and practices expresses a collective solidarity that connects families, binds the living and dead, and blurs the past and present."--Page [4] - Cover
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 232 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781438436791
1438436793

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