Day of the Dead

El Dia de los Muertos

Books

These are some of the best books available on the topic of The Day of the Dead; most of them are available in the Boeckmann Center in Doheny Library at USC. Use Homer on USCInfo to obtain additional titles, and also to find out which books are available and their loan period.

Ancona, George. Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead. New York: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard, 1993.
Boeckmann Center F1210.A745 1993

Annual El Dia de los Muertos Celebration. San Francisco: Mission Cultural Center, 1989.
Boeckmann Center GT4995.A4A55 1989

Beezley, William H., et al. Rituals of Rule, Rituals of Resistance: Public Celebration and Popular Culture in Mexico. Wilmington: SR Books, 1994.
Doheny GT4814.A2R57 1994

Carmichael, Elizabeth. The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead in Mexico. Austin: U of Texas Pr, 1992.
Boeckmann Center GT4995.A437

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Chicago: Mexican Fine Arts Center,1990.
Boeckmann Center

Garcia, Yolanda Ramos. Dos ofrendas de Dia de Muertos en el estado de Tlaxcala. Col. Roma: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 1992.
Boeckmann Center

Gonzalez-Crussi, F. The Day of the Dead: And Other Mortal Reflections. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1993.
Doheny R726.G68 1993

Green, Judith Strupp. Laughing Souls: The Days of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico. San Diego: San Diego Museum of Man, 1969.
Boeckmann Center

Greenleigh, John. The Days of the Dead: Mexico's Festival of Communion with the Departed. San Francisco: Collins, 1991.
Boeckmann Center GT4995.A4G74

Hernandez, Joanne Farb, and Samuel R. Hernandez. The Day of the Dead: Tradition and Change in Contemporary Mexico. Santa Clara: Triton Gallery of Art, 1979.
Boeckmann Center GR115.H47

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Day of the Dead: A Mexican-American Celebration. New York: Holiday House, 1994.
Boeckmann Center GT4995.A4H69 1994

Kalish, Richard A. Death and Dying: Views From Many Cultures. Farmingdale: Baywood, 1980.
Doheny; Gerontology GT3150.D4 1980

Lane, Sarah. Los Dias de los Muertos=The Days of the Dead. Wellesley: World Eagle, 1991.
Boeckmann Center GT4995.A4C37 1992

Lechuga, Ruth D. Fiestas in Mexico: Complete Guide to Celebrations Throughout the Country. Mexico: D.F., 1978.
Boeckmann Center GT4814.A2F53 1978

Leon, Imelda de. Calendario de Fiestas Populares. Mexico: SEP, 1988.
Boeckmann GT4814.A2L46 1988

Martinez, Carlos E. Garcia. Dia de muertos antologia . San Angel: Direccion General de Cultural Populares, 1992.
Boeckmann Center

Martinez, Pilar. La Muerte en la Vida y Libros de Mexico. S.L.: Martinez, 1982.
Doheny PM4068.M37 1982

Masuoka, Susan M. En Calavera: The Papier-Mache Art of the Linares Family . Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1994.
Boeckmann Center NK8555.5.M64L562

Mexican Museum. Ritual and el Dia de los Muertos: A Day of the Dead Curriculum Handbook for Teachers. San Francisco: The Museum, 1988.
Boeckmann Center GT4995.A4R58 1988

Moctezuma, Eduardo Matos. Life and Death in the Templo Mayor; translated by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano, Thelma Ortiz de Montellano. Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1995.
Boeckmann Center

Moctezuma, Eduardo Matos. Vida y Muerte en el Templo Mayor . Mexico: Ediciones Oceana, 1986.
Doheny F1219.1.M5M3

Nutini, Hugo G. Todos Santos in Rural Tiaxcala: A Syncretic, Expressive, and Symbolic Analysis of the Cult of the Dead. Princeton: Princeton U Pr, 1988.
Doheny F1221.N3N895 1988

Pimeria Alta Historical Society. Respect and Continuity: The Arts of Death in a Border Community. Nogales: The Society, 1985.
Boeckmann Center

The Ritual Art of the Child Death=El arte ritual de la muerte Nina . San Antonio: Instituto Cultural Mexican, 1992.

Ruiz, Efrain Cortes, et al. Los Dias de Muertos una Costumbre Mexicana. Mexico: Garcia Valades, 1992.
Boeckmann Center GT4995.A4D53 1986

Ruiz, Efrain Cortes, et al. The Days of the Dead: A Mexican Tradition. Mexico: Grupo Cultural Especializado, 1991.
Boeckmann Center GT4995.A4D53 1991

Salinas, Bobbi. Indo-Hispanic Folk Art Traditions II: The Day of the Dead.Auburn Hills: Pinata Pubs, 1988.
Boeckmann Center

Santino, Jack. Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life. Knoxville: U of Kentucky Pr, 1994.
Doheny; Leavey GT4995.A4M49 1994

Sayer, Chloe. The Mexican Day of the Dead. Boston: Shambhala Redstone, 1994.
Doheny; Leavey GT4995.A4M49 1994

Secretaria de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte. Celebraciones de "Dia de Muertos en Mexico." Durango: Secretaria de Educacion, 1994.
Boeckmann Center GT4995.A4C45 1994

Tinker, Edward L. Corridos & Calaveras. Austin: U of Texas Pr, 1961.
Boeckmann Center; Doheny PQ7260.T5 1961

Westheim, Paul, et. al. Jose Guadalupe Posada: 50 anniversario de su muerte. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1963.


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