Becoming an Ancestor : The Isthmus Zapotec Way of Death

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Summary

A striking look at the death rituals of an indigenous community in North America.

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List of Maps	p. ix
List of Plates	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Note on Isthmus Zapotec Orthography	p. xxi
Preface	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
The First Forty Days	p. 25
Artists of Bread, Flowers, Prayers, and Music	p. 53
Tending to the Dead: Home Altars and Cemeteries	p. 73
Flowers: The Water of Life and of Death	p. 99
The Day of the Dead-XanduÆ	p. 115
The Way of the Cross	p. 137
Nabaana Ro: Roman Catholic Liturgy and Zapotec Practice	p. 147
Nabaana Ro: Invitations from the Departed	p. 179
Becoming an Ancestor	p. 199
Epilogue	p. 209
Glossary of Isthmus Zapotec and Spanish Terms	p. 211
References	p. 217
Index	p. 221
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