El corazón de la muerte
Subtitle: altars and offerings for days of the dead
By: introduction by Rafael Jesús González ; additional text by Chiori Santiago, with contributions by Bea Carrillo Hocker and Barbara Henry.
Contributors: González, Rafael Jesús.; Santiago, Chiori.; Oakland Museum of California.
Publisher: Heyday Books; Oakland Museum of California
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif; Oakland, Calif
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: All Souls' Day -- Exhibitions.; Altars -- Exhibitions.; Votive offerings -- Exhibitions.; United States -- Religious life and customs.; Latin America -- Religious life and customs.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "In side-by-side Spanish and English text, El Corazón de la Muerte offers readers a look inside ancient rituals and new expressions reclaiming the tradition in contemporary times, featuring dazzling full-color photographs of the altars and of the celebrations themselves. With reverence and humor, festivity and loss, this book of art exemplifies the very traditions it chronicles."--Amazon.

En lado a lado español y el texto inglés, El Corazón de la Muerte ofrece a los lectores una mirada al interior de los rituales antiguos y nuevas expresiones que reclaman la tradición en la época contemporánea, con deslumbrantes fotografías a todo color de los altares y de las propias celebraciones. Con reverencia y el humor, la fiesta y la pérdida, este libro de arte ejemplifica las mismas tradiciones relata.
Notes: Texts in English and Spanish.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Oakland Museum of California.