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Book Celebrating Day of the Dead

Download or read book Celebrating Day of the Dead written by Marisa Orgullo and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Day of the Dead is a very important holiday in Latin America. It is sometimes incorrectly thought of as a morbid holiday, or a Mexican version of Halloween. While the word "dead" or "muertos" is in the name, this holiday is the way that the people of Mexico honor the lives of ancestors, celebrate the joy of life, and connect with their Mexican heritage. Young readers will enjoy the amazing, colorful photographs of the Day of the Dead celebration, and a supportive glossary helps expand their vocabularies along with their cultural awareness.

Book The Day of the Dead

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jean Moss
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 2010-09-16
  • ISBN : 0486480267
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book The Day of the Dead written by Jean Moss and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of historical engravings depicting costumed skeletons representing the Mexican celebration of of Dia de los Muertos.

Book   Printing the Revolution

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  • Author : Claudia E. Zapata
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2020-12
  • ISBN : 0691210802
  • Pages : 326 pages

Download or read book Printing the Revolution written by Claudia E. Zapata and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printing and collecting the revolution : the rise and impact of Chicano graphics, 1965 to now / E. Carmen Ramos -- Aesthetics of the message : Chicana/o posters, 1965-1987 / Terezita Romo -- War at home : conceptual iconoclasm in American printmaking / Tatiana Reinoza -- Chicanx graphics in the digital age / Claudia E. Zapata.

Book Modern Loss

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rebecca Soffer
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2018-01-23
  • ISBN : 006249922X
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Modern Loss written by Rebecca Soffer and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning," this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices, accompanied by gorgeous two-color illustrations and wry infographics. At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it’s clear we are navigating new terrain without a road map. Let’s face it: most of us have always had a difficult time talking about death and sharing our grief. We’re awkward and uncertain; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit. Enter Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner, who can help us do better. Each having lost parents as young adults, they co-founded Modern Loss, responding to a need to change the dialogue around the messy experience of grief. Now, in this wise and often funny book, they offer the insights of the Modern Loss community to help us cry, laugh, grieve, identify, and—above all—empathize. Soffer and Birkner, along with forty guest contributors including Lucy Kalanithi, singer Amanda Palmer, and CNN’s Brian Stelter, reveal their own stories on a wide range of topics including triggers, sex, secrets, and inheritance. Accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and witty "how to" cartoons, each contribution provides a unique perspective on loss as well as a remarkable life-affirming message. Brutally honest and inspiring, Modern Loss invites us to talk intimately and humorously about grief, helping us confront the humanity (and mortality) we all share. Beginners welcome.

Book The Skeleton at the Feast

Download or read book The Skeleton at the Feast written by Elizabeth Carmichael and published by . This book was released on 1992-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique work, the authors explore both the historic origins of the Day of the Dead and its colorful present-day celebrations in Mexico and the United States.

Book Death and the Idea of Mexico

Download or read book Death and the Idea of Mexico written by Claudio Lomnitz and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Mexico's fearless intimacy with death--the elevation of death to the center of national identity. Death and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Examining the history of death and of the death sign from sixteenth-century holocaust to contemporary Mexican-American identity politics, anthropologist Claudio Lomnitz's innovative study marks a turning point in understanding Mexico's rich and unique use of death imagery. Unlike contemporary Europeans and Americans, whose denial of death permeates their cultures, the Mexican people display and cultivate a jovial familiarity with death. This intimacy with death has become the cornerstone of Mexico's national identity. Death and Idea of Mexico focuses on the dialectical relationship between dying, killing, and the administration of death, and the very formation of the colonial state, of a rich and variegated popular culture, and of the Mexican nation itself. The elevation of Mexican intimacy with death to the center of national identity is but a moment within that history--within a history in which the key institutions of society are built around the claims of the fallen. Based on a stunning range of sources--from missionary testimonies to newspaper cartoons, from masterpieces of artistic vanguards to accounts of public executions and political assassinations--Death and the Idea of Mexico moves beyond the limited methodology of traditional historiographies of death to probe the depths of a people and a country whose fearless acquaintance with death shapes the very terms of its social compact.

Book Day of the Dead

Download or read book Day of the Dead written by Tony Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes a Mexican family preparing for and celebrating the Day of the Dead.

Book D  a de Los Muertos

    Book Details:
  • Author : Angela Charmaine Craig
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2010-12
  • ISBN : 9780982855409
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book D a de Los Muertos written by Angela Charmaine Craig and published by . This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient spirit grapples with the new spirit of youth and greed for control over the season of the dead. A woman and her lover take a romantic trip to Mexico where she learns that both love and death are more than she believes. And a dead writer discovers an opportunity for the ultimate revenge. Featuring the work of Dru Pagliassotti, Ron Savage, Gerri Leen and others, Dia de los Muertos provides 29 tales based on the days of the dead, that time of year when the dead are permitted to return to walk again amongst the living.

Book Day of the Dead

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  • Author : Sylvia Ji
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-09
  • ISBN : 9780993337413
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Day of the Dead written by Sylvia Ji and published by . This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sylvia Ji's haunting, seductive and psychedelically tinged portrayals of women offer a whole new slant on femininity, and blur the line between high and lowbrow art. The dominant influence on her work is La Calavera Catrina, the iconic skeleton dame of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, and her macabre, yet glamorous, take on the Sugar Skull tradition. This retrospective monograph offers a lavish overview of an artist who draws inspiration from life and death to create highly charged and darkly exotic work.

Book We Stand on the Shoulders of Those Who Came Before Us

Download or read book We Stand on the Shoulders of Those Who Came Before Us written by Samierra A. Jones and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beginning of a legacy to never be forgotten. It is the starting point of who you are. It is the examination of where you come from. Composed of characters, personalities, a climax or two... you know the things that explain why y'all, as a family, think the way y'all think and act the way y'all act. This is your story. Your family's story.

Book Day of the Dead   D  a de los Muertos

Download or read book Day of the Dead D a de los Muertos written by Kerrie Logan Hollihan and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Day of the Dead is an important celebration in Latin American culture. Readers will learn about the history and the colorful and endearing traditions that take place to honor loved ones who have passed away.

Book Woman of the Dead

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  • Author : Bernhard Aichner
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2015-08-25
  • ISBN : 147677563X
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Woman of the Dead written by Bernhard Aichner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 international bestseller praised as “one of the most arresting thrillers I’ve read in years” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner), Woman of the Dead is the darkly thrilling tale of Brünhilde Blum, a successful undertaker whose happiness is dashed by a tragedy that sets her on a path of revenge. For the past eight years, Blum has had a good life—a life that masks the terrible secrets of her past. She is a successful undertaker, a doting mother, and the loving wife of a decorated police officer. Then in one devastating moment, a hit-and-run changes everything. As Blum’s grief over the death of her husband, Mark, overwhelms her, only her two little girls can drag her back to the land of the living. Time passes quietly until while packing up Mark’s office, Blum discovers a recorded conversation from a case he was investigating. She soon learns Mark’s death was no accident—it was murder—and Blum dives headfirst into the abyss to find out why and have her revenge. Woman of the Dead, the first book in a trilogy, is an unforgettable thriller about the lengths one passionate woman will go to for vengeance and the tug-of-war between good and evil that exists in all of us. Vivid, tense, and written with breakneck narration, this novel introduces Bernhard Aichner as a rising star in crime fiction.

Book Keepsake Stories Citlali and the Day of the Dead

Download or read book Keepsake Stories Citlali and the Day of the Dead written by Berta De Llano and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GRADES PK–3: This 32 page storybook follows Citlali through her Day of the Dead celebration. Readers will get a glimpse of the festivities and traditions associated with the important holiday. CULTURAL STORYTELLING: This traditional Hispanic folktale with original illustrations, told in bold English and Spanish, captures a child's interest while engaging them with a story that fosters reading and cultural literacy. FEATURES: With English and Spanish translations, this storybook is a great resource for strengthening reading skills and foreign language comprehension. FAMILY STORYTIME: Reading together is a great way to bond with your child while also fostering communication, understanding, and a lifelong love for reading. BUILD A LIBRARY: Collect every title from the Keepsake Stories collection to create the perfect library that will enchant readers time and time again!

Book Human Slices

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gloria Bowman
  • Publisher : Xlibris
  • Release : 2001-04
  • ISBN : 9780738844466
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Human Slices written by Gloria Bowman and published by Xlibris. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Slices is a love story about a woman who is happily childfree. It's her natural choice. She spells her name S-A-L-M but pronounces it Sam. "The l is silent," she says. It's her way of combining her given name, Samantha, with her father's nickname for her, Little Salmon. It's the late 1980s in Chicago, and she and her friends, all in their thirties, are thinking about what's next in their lives and how, and if, they're going to determine their own destinies. On a promising spring day, Salm visits the Museum of Science and Industry and makes her way to the human slices exhibit. It's always been one of her favorite displays, a series of cross-sections of the human body, real flesh and bones. She is fascinated by the thought that the same shapes and forms are stacked inside her own body, influencing her moves and decisions. When a tall, intriguing man approaches the exhibit, Salm makes a natural choice: She follows him.

Book Day of the Dead Dia de Los Muertos

Download or read book Day of the Dead Dia de Los Muertos written by Kwei-Lin Lum and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artfully and accurately rendered in the tradition of the Mexican holiday, this whimsical bilingual gallery features 2 paper dolls and 15 ornate costumes, a variety of altar offerings, and a bonus sticker poster.

Book Day Of The Dead Dia de Los Muertos Stained Glass Coloring Book

Download or read book Day Of The Dead Dia de Los Muertos Stained Glass Coloring Book written by Marty Noble and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen line-art interpretations of this festive event find their inspiration in papel picado, a traditional Mexican folk art involving paper-cutting, and the images of Mexican cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada. Includes bilingual text.

Book The Crafty Chica Creates

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kathy Cano Murillo
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2022-01-04
  • ISBN : 0760372187
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book The Crafty Chica Creates written by Kathy Cano Murillo and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Queen of Latina Style, Kathy Cano Murillo, is back with fantastic art and craft projects—including brand-new ideas and previous favorites—in The Crafty Chica Creates.