About the book
This award-winning social history of death and funeral rites during the early decades of Brazil’s independence from Portugal focuses on the Cemiterada movement in Salvador, capital of the province of Bahia. The book opens with a lively account of the popular riot that ensued when, in 1836, the government condemned the traditional burial of bodies inside Catholic church buildings and granted a private company a monopoly over burials.
This episode is used by Reis to examine the customs of death and burial in Bahian society, explore the economic and religious conflicts behind the move for funerary reforms and the maintenance of traditional rituals of dying, and understand how people dealt with new concerns sparked by modernization and science. Viewing culture within its social context, he illuminates the commonalities and differences that shaped death and its rituals for rich and poor, men and women, slaves and masters, adults and children, foreigners and Brazilians.
This translation makes the book, originally published in Brazil in 1993, available in English for the first time.
Editions of Death Is a Festival
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807827734
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780807854457
- EBook
- ISBN 9780807862728
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890869746
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This award-winning social history of death and funeral rites during the early decades of Brazil’s independence from Portugal focuses on the Cemiterada movement in Salvador, capital of the province of Bahia. The book opens with a lively account of the popular riot that ensued when, in 1836, the government condemned the traditional burial of bodies inside Catholic church buildings and granted a private company a monopoly over burials.
This episode is used by Reis to examine the customs of death and burial in Bahian society, explore the economic and religious conflicts behind the move for funerary reforms and the maintenance of traditional rituals of dying, and understand how people dealt with new concerns sparked by modernization and science. Viewing culture within its social context, he illuminates the commonalities and differences that shaped death and its rituals for rich and poor, men and women, slaves and masters, adults and children, foreigners and Brazilians.
This translation makes the book, originally published in Brazil in 1993, available in English for the first time.
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What is Death Is a Festival about?
This award-winning social history of death and funeral rites during the early decades of Brazil’s independence from Portugal focuses on the Cemiterada movement in Salvador, capital of the province of Bahia. The book opens with a lively account of the popular riot that ensued when, in 1836, the government condemned the traditional burial of bodies inside Catholic church buildings and granted a private company a monopoly over burials.
This episode is used by Reis to examine the customs of death and burial in Bahian society, explore the economic and religious conflicts behind the move for funerary reforms and the maintenance of traditional rituals of dying, and understand how people dealt with new concerns sparked by modernization and science. Viewing culture within its social context, he illuminates the commonalities and differences that shaped death and its rituals for rich and poor, men and women, slaves and masters, adults and children, foreigners and Brazilians.
This translation makes the book, originally published in Brazil in 1993, available in English for the first time.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Death Is a Festival?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
Where can I read a sample of Death Is a Festival?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780807827734
How long is Death Is a Festival and how many pages does it have?
Death Is a Festival has 400 page(s)
Is Death Is a Festival part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Latin America in Translation/en Traducción/em Tradução
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Death Is a Festival?
João José Reis
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Death Is a Festival is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807827734) and paperback(ISBN 9780807854457) and ebook(ISBN 9780807862728) and pdf(ISBN 9798890869746)
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