Title: Death and the idea of Mexico
Description: "Death 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." "Based on a stunning range of sources - from missionary testimonies to newspaper cartoons, from masterpieces of artistic vanguards to accounts of public executions and political assassinations - Death and the Idea of Mexico moves beyond the limited methodology of traditional historiographies of death to probe the depths of a people and a country whose fearless acquaintance with death shapes the very terms of its social compact."--Jacket.
Subjects: Aspectos sociales, Cultura popular, Death, Death in art, Death in literature, Death in popular culture, Historia, History, Muerte, Muerte en el arte, Muerte en la literatura, Politics and government, Política y gobierno, Social aspects of Death, Social life and customs, Vida social y costumbres, Death, social aspects, Mexico, history, Mexico, politics and government, Mexico, social life and customs, Social aspects
Places: Mexico, México