Reis, João José.

Death is a festival funeral rites and rebellion in nineteenth-century Brazil / [electronic resource] : João José Reis ; translated by H. Sabrina Gledhill. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003. - xiv, 386 p. : ill., maps 25 cm. - Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução .

"Revised edition of a book that was originally published in Brazil in 1991 as A morte é uma festa"--P. [xiii].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-371) and index.


Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2003.
Available via World Wide Web.
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080786272X (electronic bk.)


Funeral rites and ceremonies--History--Brazil--19th century.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--History--Brazil--Salvador--19th century.
Cemeteries--History.--Brazil--Salvador
Insurgency--Brazil--Salvador.


Salvador (Brazil)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Brazil--Social life and customs--19th century.


Electronic books.

GT3233.A2 / R4513 2003eb

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