Becoming an Ancestor : The Isthmus Zapotec Way of Death,9781438436784

Becoming an Ancestor : The Isthmus Zapotec Way of Death

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ISBN13: 9781438436784
ISBN10: 1438436785
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Pub. Date: 2012-07-02
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary

A striking look at the death rituals of an indigenous community in North America.

Author Biography

Anya Peterson Royce is Chancellor's Professor of Anthropology and of Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington. Her books include Anthropology of the Performing Arts: Artistry, Virtuosity, and Interpretation in a Cross-Cultural Perspective and The Anthropology of Dance.

Table of Contents

List of Mapsp. ix
List of Platesp. xi
Acknowledgmentsp. xv
Note on Isthmus Zapotec Orthographyp. xxi
Prefacep. xxiii
Introductionp. 1
The First Forty Daysp. 25
Artists of Bread, Flowers, Prayers, and Musicp. 53
Tending to the Dead: Home Altars and Cemeteriesp. 73
Flowers: The Water of Life and of Deathp. 99
The Day of the Dead-XanduÆp. 115
The Way of the Crossp. 137
Nabaana Ro: Roman Catholic Liturgy and Zapotec Practicep. 147
Nabaana Ro: Invitations from the Departedp. 179
Becoming an Ancestorp. 199
Epiloguep. 209
Glossary of Isthmus Zapotec and Spanish Termsp. 211
Referencesp. 217
Indexp. 221
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