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008			230511s20052005nyca 000 u eng d
020			_a9781890951535
082	1		_aLAS 306.9 LOM _2
100	1		_aLomnitz, Claudio
245	1	0	_aDeath and the idea of Mexico _c/ :Claudio Lomnitz
260			_aNew York _b: Zone Books _c, 2005
300			_a581 p. _b: illus. _c; 24 cm
500			_aIndex included
504			_aBibliographical reference included
520			_aDeath 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.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aDeath _x-Sociological aspects
650		4	_aDeath in art
650		4	_aLiterature
651		4	_aMexico _x-History
651		4	_aMexico _x-Politics and government
651		4	_aMexico _x-Social life and customs
942			_cMO
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