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Stanley Brandes received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1974. He is the author of numerous publications on religion, society, and culture in Spain and Mexico, including, most recently, Staying Sober in Mexico City (2002).
| List of Figures and Plates | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| The Day of the Dead, Problems and Paradoxes | |
| Historical Foundations | |
| The Sweetness of Death | |
| Skulls and Skeletons | |
| Contemporary Transformations | |
| Tourism and the State | |
| The Poetics of Death | |
| The Day of the Dead and Halloween | |
| North of the Border | |
| Teaching the Day of the Dead | |
| Creativity and Community | |
| Conclusion | |
| Mexican Views of Death | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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