9.01.2002

Day of the Dead- A Selected Bibliography

       

Day of the Dead = Día de los muertos: A Selected Bibliography compiled by Laura D. Shedenhelm

Ancona Daz, Jorge. Pablo recuerda: la fiesta del Día de los Muertos. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1993. During the three-day celebration of the Days of the Dead, a young Mexican boy and his family make elaborate preparations to honor the spirits of the dead. Athens-Clarke County Library: JFL 393.9 ANCONA. Also available in English as Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead by George Ancona. Athens-Clarke County Library: JNF 393.9 ANCONA.

Blade, Bonnie. "'The Dead are Coming': Mixtec Day of the Dead and the Cultivation of Community." In Proceedings of the 1995 and 1996 Latin American Symposia: "Death, Burial, and the Afterlife", "Landscapes and Mindscapes of the Ancient Maya", edited by Alana Cordy-Collins and Grace Johnson, editors, 7-20. San Diego, CA: San Diego Museum of Man, 1997. (San Diego Museum papers ; no. 34) UGA Main Library: F2230.1 .M6 L38 1995.

Butler, Ron. Dancing Alone in Mexico: From the Border to Baja and Beyond. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c2000. Includes a chapter titled "The Day of the Dead," 88-94. UGA Main Library: F1216 .B87 2000.

Carmichael, Elizabeth, and Chloë Sayer. The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead in Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992. UGA Main Library: GT4995 .A4 C37 1992.
Día de los muertos: A Celebration of This Great Mexican Tradition Featuring Articles, Artwork, and Documentation from Mexico, Across the United States and Chicago. Chicago, IL: Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, c1991. Art exhibitions that have been organized by and shown at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (MFACM) from 1987-1990. René H. Arceo Frutos, exhibition curator. UGA Main Library: Folio GT4995 .A4 D52 1991.

Fernández, Roberta. "Filomena." In Intaglio: A Novel in Six Stories: 63-87. Houston, Tex.: Arte Público Press, c1993. The author notes that this story is integrally connected to the Días de los Muertos in Michoacán. (The Spanish version of the story appears in Fronterizas: una novela en seis cuentos, Arte Público Press, 2001) UGA Main Library: PS3556 .E72425 I58 1993.

Freschet, Gina. Beto and the bone dance. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, c2001. Beto searches all day for something all his own to put on his grandmother's grave for the Day of the Dead. Athens-Clarke County Library: JE FRESCHET.

Garciagodoy, Juanita. Digging the Days of the Dead: A Reading of Mexico's días de muertos. Niwot, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, c1998. UGA Main Library: GT4995 .A4 G37 1998. Also available through GALILEO netLibrary as an electronic book.

González, Rigoberto. So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until It Breaks: Poems. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1999. Includes the poems "Day of the Dead" and "In the Week of the Dead, Masked." UGA Main Library: PS3557 .O4695 S6 1999.

Gould, Janice. Earthquake Weather: Poems. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1996. Includes the poem "The Day of the Dead." (Sun tracks ; v. 33) UGA Main Library: PS501 .S85 v.33.

Greenleigh, John, photographs, and text by Rosalind Rosoff Beimler. The Days of the Dead: Mexico's Festival of Communion with the Departed = Los días de muertos: un Festival de Comunión con los Muertos en México. Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate, c1998. Originally published: San Francisco, CA: Collins Publishers San Francisco, 1991. UGA Main Library: GT4995 .A4 G74 1998.

Griffith, James S. Respect & Continuity: The Arts of Death in a Border Community. Nogales, Ariz.: Pimeria Alta Historical Society; Tucson, Ariz.: Southwest Folklore Center, University of Arizona, c1985. Describes many of the crafts and foods used during the Day of the Dead celebrations. UGA Main Library: GT3390.5 .M6 R47 1985.

Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Day of the Dead: A Mexican-American Celebration. Photographs by Lawrence Migdale. New York: Holiday House, c1994. Age level: 8-12; grade level: 4-6. UGA Libraries, Curriculum Material Center, Aderhold 2nd floor: GT4995 .A4 H69 1994.

Lasky, Kathryn. Days of the Dead. Photographs by Christopher G. Knight. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, c1994. UGA Libraries, Curriculum Material Center, Aderhold 2nd floor: GT4995 .A4 L37 1994.

Lok, Rossana. Gifts to the Dead and the Living: Forms of Exchange in San Miguel Tzinacapan, Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico. Leiden, The Netherlands: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University, 1991. (CNWS publications, no. 4) UGA Main Library: F1221 .N3 L65 1991.

Luenn. Nancy. A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead = Un regalo para Abuelita: en celebración del Día de los Muertos. Story illustrated by Robert Chapman. Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon, c1998. After her beloved grandmother dies, Rosita hopes to be reunited with Abuelita as she prepares a gift to give her when her family celebrates the Day of the Dead. UGA Libraries, Curriculum Material Center, Aderhold 2nd floor: Juv PZ73 .L814 1998.

Olmedo, Dolores. 40 años de ofrendas. México: Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño, 1996. UGA Main Library: NK846 .O44 A4 1996.

Sayer, Chloë, editor. The Mexican Day of the Dead: An Anthology. Boston: Shambhala Redstone Editions, 1994. Previously published as Mexico, the Day of the Dead, 1993. UGA Main Library: GT4995 .A4 M49 1994.

Troncoso, Sergio. The Last Tortilla & Other Stories. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c1999. Includes a story titled "The Day of the Dead," 179-204. UGA Main Library: PS3570 .R5876 L37 1999.

Tunnell, Curtis, and Enrique Madrid. "Coronas para los muertos: The Fine Art of Making Paper Flower." In Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts, edited by Joe S. Graham, 131-145. Denton, Tex.: University of North Texas Press, c1991. Describes the art of making paper flower crowns to decorate the graves, especially during the Day of the Dead celebrations. UGA Main Library: GR1 .T4 no.50.

Turner, Kay, and Pat Jasper. "Day of the Dead: The Tex-Mex Tradition." In Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life, edited by Jack Santino, 133-151. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c1994. Compares and contrasts the celebrations in south Texas and in Mexico. UGA Main Library: GT4965 .H32 1994.

West, John O. "Celebrations of the Dead: Merging Traditions in the Spanish Southwest." In Hoein' the Short Rows, edited by Francis Edward Abernethy, 56-71. Dallas, Tex.: Southern Methodist University Press, c1987. Looks at the merging traditions surrounding Halloween, All Saints' Day and All Souls Day, comparing cultural differences and similarities, including those from the southwestern U.S. and Puerto Rico. UGA Main Library: GR1 .T4 no.47.

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