The skeleton at the feast : the Day of the Dead in Mexico / Elizabeth Carmichael, Chlo� Sayer Softcover - 1991

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 M�ndez, la congregaci�n del Taj�n, state of Veracruz -- Juan Simbr�n, la congregaci�n del Taj�n, state of Veracruz -- Froylan Mart�nez Cuenca, Huaquechula, State of Puebla -- Candido Reyes Castillo, Huaquechula, State of Puebla -- Luis Vivanco, San Salvador Huixcolotla, State of Puebla -- Consuelo Garc�a Urrutia, Toluca, State of Mexico -- Wenceslao R�vas Contreras, Toluca, State of Mexico -- Mar�a Antonieta S�nchez de Escamilla, Puebla City -- V�ctor Fosado, V�quez, 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.