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9780807854457

Death Is a Festival: Funeral Rites and Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century Brazil

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807854457

  • ISBN10:

    080785445X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-06-01
  • Publisher: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS

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Originally published in Brazil in 1993, this award-winning book explores the traditions and beliefs--African, Portuguese, and Brazilian--surrounding death and burial in early 19th century Brazil.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction. The Cemiterada 3(12)
Setting of the Cemiterada
15(24)
Brotherhoods and Baroque Catholicism
39(27)
The Hour of Death: Means of Dying Well
66(25)
The Hour of the Dead: Household Funeral Rites
91(26)
The Pageantry of Death: Traditional Funeral Corteges
117(36)
Sacred Space of the Dead: The Place of Burial
153(34)
Bound for Glory: Funeral Masses and Divine Advocates
187(29)
Civilizing Customs (I): The Medicalization of Death
216(27)
Civilizing Customs (II): Legislated Death
243(19)
Commercializing Death: Provincial Law 17
262(17)
The Resistance against the Cemetery
279(27)
Epilogue. After the Revolt 306(7)
Appendix. Death as a Business: Funerary Income and Expenses 313(12)
Notes 325(30)
Bibliography 355(18)
Index 373

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