Death and the idea of Mexico / Claudio Lomnitz.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-552) and index.

Pt. 2. Death and the origin of popular culture. The domestication of mortuary ritual and the origins of popular culture, 1595-1790. Purgatory, Miserables, and the formation of an ideal of organic solidarity ; Death ritual and class identity in the Baroque era ; Death ritual, food offerings, and familial solidarity ; Popular confraternities and the consolidation of the corporate structure ; Mortuary ritual and intervillage competition ; Popular culture and the reciprocal connections between the living and the dead ; Conclusion -- Modern and macabre : the explosion of death imagery in the public sphere, 1790-1880. Death and the Mexican enlightenment ; Historicizing the "popular versus elite" distinction ; Tensions in Baroque representations of death ; Modernization and the macabre ; Market forces -- Elite cohabitation with the popular fiesta in the nineteenth century. Why the urban fiesta continued to grow in the nineteenth century ; Evolution of the Paseo de Todos los Santos ; National reconciliation and progress : Zenith and decline of the Paseo de las �Animas ; Conclusion : death and the origin of popular culture --0 Pt. 3. Death and the biography of the nation. Body politics and popular politics. Nationalization of the dead ; Death and popular opinion ; Independence and the body politic ; The Caudillo`s remains in the transition from the colonial to the national period ; Rise of popular politics ; The spectral revolution ; National relics in the classical age of Caudillismo ; Community appropriations of the dead -- Death and the Mexican revolution. The resistance of the souls during the Porfiriato ; Revolutionary violence ; Death, social contract, and the cultural revolution ; Death, revolution, and negative reciprocity ; Death and revolutionary hegemony, 1920-60 -- The political travails of the skeleton, 1923-85. Death and the invention of Mexican modern art ; The decline of the dead in the public sphere, 1920-60s ; Repression, democracy, and the rebirth of the Days of the Dead in the public sphere, 1968-82 ; The decline of "Posada imagery" as political critique ;- The depreciation of life in Mexico`s transition into "the crisis," 1982-86 -- Death in the contemporary ethnoscape. Dos de Noviembre No Se Olvida ; Incorporation and integration of Halloween ; Mexican death in contemporary ideascapes ; Death and healing in contemporary Mexico ; Natural death, massified death -- Conclusion. The untamable one. 0 Death Social aspects Mexico. 0 Death in popular culture Mexico. 0 Death in art. 0 Death in literature. 0 Mexico History. 0 Mexico Politics and government. 0 Mexico Social life and customs. 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg0 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default pc16 2004-11-30 to SSCD sf10 2004-12-01 (rev. sf09) sf12 2004-12-02 sf04 2004-12-03 to Dewey sf04 2006-05-09 Z-CipVer sf04 2006-05-09 to BCCD aa20 2004-12-06 ps04 2006-05-01 2 copies rec`d., to CIP ver. 1 04410 CUGL General

Pt. 3. Death and the biography of the nation. Body politics and popular politics. Nationalization of the dead ; Death and popular opinion ; Independence and the body politic ; The Caudillo`s remains in the transition from the colonial to the national period ; Rise of popular politics ; The spectral revolution ; National relics in the classical age of Caudillismo ; Community appropriations of the dead -- Death and the Mexican revolution. The resistance of the souls during the Porfiriato ; Revolutionary violence ; Death, social contract, and the cultural revolution ; Death, revolution, and negative reciprocity ; Death and revolutionary hegemony, 1920-60 -- The political travails of the skeleton, 1923-85. Death and the invention of Mexican modern art ; The decline of the dead in the public sphere, 1920-60s ; Repression, democracy, and the rebirth of the Days of the Dead in the public sphere, 1968-82 ; The decline of "Posada imagery" as political critique ;- The depreciation of life in Mexico`s transition into "the crisis," 1982-86 -- Death in the contemporary ethnoscape. Dos de Noviembre No Se Olvida ; Incorporation and integration of Halloween ; Mexican death in contemporary ideascapes ; Death and healing in contemporary Mexico ; Natural death, massified death -- Conclusion. The untamable one. 0 Death Social aspects Mexico. 0 Death in popular culture Mexico. 0 Death in art. 0 Death in literature. 0 Mexico History. 0 Mexico Politics and government. 0 Mexico Social life and customs. 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg0 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default pc16 2004-11-30 to SSCD sf10 2004-12-01 (rev. sf09) sf12 2004-12-02 sf04 2004-12-03 to Dewey sf04 2006-05-09 Z-CipVer sf04 2006-05-09 to BCCD aa20 2004-12-06 ps04 2006-05-01 2 copies rec`d., to CIP ver. 1 04410 CUGL General

Pt. 3. Death and the biography of the nation. Body politics and popular politics. Nationalization of the dead ; Death and popular opinion ; Independence and the body politic ; The Caudillo`s remains in the transition from the colonial to the national period ; Rise of popular politics ; The spectral revolution ; National relics in the classical age of Caudillismo ; Community appropriations of the dead -- Death and the Mexican revolution. The resistance of the souls during the Porfiriato ; Revolutionary violence ; Death, social contract, and the cultural revolution ; Death, revolution, and negative reciprocity ; Death and revolutionary hegemony, 1920-60 -- The political travails of the skeleton, 1923-85. Death and the invention of Mexican modern art ; The decline of the dead in the public sphere, 1920-60s ; Repression, democracy, and the rebirth of the Days of the Dead in the public sphere, 1968-82 ; The decline of "Posada imagery" as political critique ;- The depreciation of life in Mexico`s transition into "the crisis," 1982-86 -- Death in the contemporary ethnoscape. Dos de Noviembre No Se Olvida ; Incorporation and integration of Halloween ; Mexican death in contemporary ideascapes ; Death and healing in contemporary Mexico ; Natural death, massified death -- Conclusion. The untamable one. 0 Death Social aspects Mexico. 0 Death in popular culture Mexico. 0 Death in art. 0 Death in literature. 0 Mexico History. 0 Mexico Politics and government. 0 Mexico Social life and customs. 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg0 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default pc16 2004-11-30 to SSCD sf10 2004-12-01 (rev. sf09) sf12 2004-12-02 sf04 2004-12-03 to Dewey sf04 2006-05-09 Z-CipVer sf04 2006-05-09 to BCCD aa20 2004-12-06 ps04 2006-05-01 2 copies rec`d., to CIP ver. 1 04410 CUGL General