Todos Santos in Rural Tlaxcala: A Syncretic, Expressive, and Symbolic Analysis of the Cult of the Dead

by Hugo G. Nutini

Book Overview

The cult of the dead, centered on Todos Santos, the All Saints Day-All Souls Day celebration, is one of the most important aspects of Mesoamerican Indian and mestizo religion. Focusing on rural Tlaxcala, in Mexico, Hugo Nutini presents a thorough description and analysis of the cult in its syncretic, structural, and expressive dimensions and describes its development from the original confrontation of pre-Hispanic polytheism and Spanish Catholicism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691605785
• ISBN13: 9780691605784
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"