Days of Death, Days of Life Ritual in the Popular Culture of Oaxaca

Name: Days of Death, Days of Life Ritual in the Popular Culture of Oaxaca
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ISBN: 9780231136891

ISBN-10: 0231136897

ISBN-13: 9780231136891

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kristin Norget

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This is a detailed ethnographic study of the practice and meanings of death rituals in the popular culture of poor urban neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. It includes vivid descriptions of Day of the Dead rituals.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 12/13/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Kristin Norget is associate professor of anthropology at McGill University.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Prologue: Salesman


Introduction



Ferd



""My Rhodes Scholarship""



""Willing to Be Lucky""



See It Now



Friendly and Murrow



Encounter with McCarthyism



Aftermath



CBS Reports



Camelot



News President



At the Top of His Game



Vietnam



Resignation



Policy Maker



Professor



PBL



PBS



The Press and the Bar



Seminar



Last Years



Friendlyvision


Notes


Index