Book

Death Is a Festival

A historical study centered on the 1836 Bahian riot against the displacement of customary burial practices, examining death ritual and popular religion in nineteenth-century Brazil.

Author: Joao Jose Reis
Type: Book
Written: 1991
Edition: 2003
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill)
Language: English
Tradition: African Diaspora
Identifiers: ISBN9780807854457 (paperback, 080785445X); 9780807827734 (hardcover), OCLC53932470