
Death Is a Festival (English, João José Reis | H. Sabrina Gledhill)
by João José Reis | H. Sabrina Gledhill
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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…
ISBN: 9780807854457
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