Garciagodoy, Juanita  , 1952- <br/><br/>
Digging the Days of the Dead  : a reading of Mexico's Días de muertos 
/ Juanita Garciagodoy 
 - Niwot, Colo.  : University Press of Colorado  , c1998. 
 - xviii, 333 p.  : ill.  ; 24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-328) and index. 
<br/><br/> A study of the annual Mexican celebration in which the dead are the guests of honor. Garciagodoy (Spanish, Macalester College) depicts various aspects of the celebration--including Prehispanic and Spanish Catholic traces on its development--and describes its changing place in contemporary Mexico. She also looks in detail at differences in attitudes towards death in Mexico and the US. Includes 96 b&w photographs and a 16 page-color insert. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780870815904 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98028489 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>All Soul's Day----Mexico
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mexico---Social life and customs
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GT4995.A4  / G37 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>LAS 394.266 GAR