Death and the idea of Mexico
Lomnitz, Claudio
Death and the idea of Mexico / :Claudio Lomnitz - New York : Zone Books , 2005 - 581 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
Index included
Bibliographical reference included
Death and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Examining the history of death and of the death sign from sixteenth-century holocaust to contemporary Mexican-American identity politics, anthropologist Claudio Lomnitz's innovative study marks a turning point in understanding Mexico's rich and unique use of death imagery. Unlike contemporary Europeans and Americans, whose denial of death permeates their cultures, the Mexican people display and cultivate a jovial familiarity with death. This intimacy with death has become the cornerstone of Mexico's national identity.
English
9781890951535
Death---Sociological aspects
Death in art
Literature
Mexico---History
Mexico---Politics and government
Mexico---Social life and customs
LAS 306.9 LOM
Death and the idea of Mexico / :Claudio Lomnitz - New York : Zone Books , 2005 - 581 p. : illus. ; 24 cm
Index included
Bibliographical reference included
Death and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Examining the history of death and of the death sign from sixteenth-century holocaust to contemporary Mexican-American identity politics, anthropologist Claudio Lomnitz's innovative study marks a turning point in understanding Mexico's rich and unique use of death imagery. Unlike contemporary Europeans and Americans, whose denial of death permeates their cultures, the Mexican people display and cultivate a jovial familiarity with death. This intimacy with death has become the cornerstone of Mexico's national identity.
English
9781890951535
Death---Sociological aspects
Death in art
Literature
Mexico---History
Mexico---Politics and government
Mexico---Social life and customs
LAS 306.9 LOM
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