Death and dying in New Mexico
By: Martina Will de Chaparro.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780826341631
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- New Mexico -- History; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Mexico -- History; Cemeteries -- Social aspects -- New Mexico -- History; Cemeteries -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- History; Burial -- Social aspects -- New Mexico -- History; Burial -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- History; New Mexico -- Social life and customs; Mexico -- Social life and customs; New Mexico -- History -- To 1848; Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The good death; title: Releasing worldly and spiritual concerns; title: Rituals to aid the soul; title: Treating the physical remains; title: Exiling the dead; title: Epilogue: Transformations in the second half of the nineteenth century.