Nutini Todos Santos in Rural Tlaxcala

A Syncretic, Expressive, and Symbolic Analysis of the Cult of the Dead
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5925-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 887, 494 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Nutini, Hugo Gino

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
List of Illustrations, pg. vii
Preface, pg. ix
Introduction, pg. 2
1. Syncretic Background of Todos Santos: The Spanish- Catholic Component, pg. 38
2. Syncretic Background of the Cult of the Dead: The Pre-Hispanic Component, pg. 53
3. The Syncretic Transformation of Todos Santos: Structure and Process, pg. 77
4. Traditional Structure and the Ritual and Propitiatory Specialization of the Cult of the Dead, pg. 114
5. The Celebration of Todos Santos: From All Saints Day to the Octava of All Souls Day, pg. 144
6. Offerings to the Dead and the Household Altar, pg. 169
7. Physical Forms and Symbolic Meanings of the Ofrenda, pg. 197
8. The Decoration of the Graves in the Cemetery: Expressive Display and Symbolic Meaning, pg. 236
9. Public Aspects and Sociological Implications of the Cult of the Dead, pg. 275
10. The Ideology and Belief System of the Cult of the Dead, pg. 301
11. Provenance and Amalgamation of Elements in the Syncretic Process, pg. 343
12. The Transformation of the Cult of the Dead since i960, pg. 359
13. The Expressive Approach, pg. 377
Conclusions, pg. 398
Notes, pg. 417
Glossary, pg. 436
References, pg. 445
Index, pg. 455