Ritual and Sacrifice in the Corrida: The Saga of César Rincón

by Allen Josephs

"Myth, ritual, and sacrifice--the corrida investigated from within."--Michael Wigram, author of 6 Toros 6 "Brilliant, flowing prose makes the often unknown and misunderstood spectacle of bullfighting comprehensible, vibrant and even impassioned to a general readership. . . . With this tremendous and impressive investigative work, Josephs' contribution to the true cause of bullfighting will be far greater than even Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813024625
• ISBN13: 9780813024622
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.7"