Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond

Acknowledgments.

Part 1 Introduction.

1. The Day of the Dead, Problems and Paradoxes.

Part 2 Historical Foundations.

2. The Sweetness of Death.

3. Skulls and Skeletons.

Part 3 Contemporary Transformations.

4. Tourism and the State.

5. The Poetics of Death.

6. The Day of the Dead and Halloween.

Part 4 North of the Border.

7. Teaching the Day of the Dead.

8. Creativity and Community.

Part 5 Conclusion.

9. Mexican Views of Death.

References.

Index