Day of the Dead in the USA [electronic resource] : the migration and transformation of a cultural phenomenon / Regina M. Marchi.

By: Contributor(s): Series: LatinidadPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.Description: xi, 192 p., [12] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 394.2660973 22
LOC classification:
  • GT4995.A4 M36 2009eb
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Contents:
An ancient and modern festival -- Mexico's special relationship with Day of the Dead -- Day of the Dead in the United States -- Ritual communication and community building -- U.S. Day of the Dead as political communication : a moral economy -- Day of the Dead in the U.S. media : the celebration goes mainstream -- The expanding hybridity of an already hybrid tradition -- The commoditization of a death ritual.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-184) and index.

An ancient and modern festival -- Mexico's special relationship with Day of the Dead -- Day of the Dead in the United States -- Ritual communication and community building -- U.S. Day of the Dead as political communication : a moral economy -- Day of the Dead in the U.S. media : the celebration goes mainstream -- The expanding hybridity of an already hybrid tradition -- The commoditization of a death ritual.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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