Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond by Brandes, Stanley

2008. 4rd edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xi, 217 pp., 16 pp. plates : ill. (some col.), 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pp. 195-210) and index. Contents; The Day of the Dead, problems and paradoxes -- The sweetness of death -- Skulls and skeletons -- Tourism and the state -- The poetics of death -- The Day of the Dead and Halloween -- Teaching the Day of the Dead -- Creativity and community -- Mexican views of death. Subjects; All Souls' Day. Mexico. Religious life and customs.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New. * A fascinating look at the Day of the Dead - Mexico's version of All Souls' Day - when Mexicans clean, decorate, and maintain vigil over relatives' graves. * Dispels myths about the rituals, which have been misconstrued as morbid or morose.

Wiley-Blackwell, 2007-01-08. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Blackwell Publishing , pp. 232 Index. Hardback. New.

Blackwell Pub, 2006. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 217 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.75 inches.