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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Becoming an Ancestor
- Contents
- Maps
- Plates
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Isthmus Zapotec Orthography
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The First Forty Days
- 3. Artists of Bread, Flowers, Prayers, and Music
- 4. Tending to the Dead
- 5. Flowers
- 6. The Day of the Dead�Xandu�
- 7. The Way of the Cross
- 8. Nabaana Ro
- 9. Nabaana Ro: Invitations from the Departed
- 10. Becoming an Ancestor
- Epilogue
- Glossary of Isthmus Zapotec and Spanish Terms
- References
- Index
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