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

by João José Reis

Book Overview

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807827738
• ISBN13: 9780807827734
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"