Research Catalog

Title

This world, other worlds : sickness, suicide, death, and the afterlife among the vaqueiros de alzada of Spain / María Cátedra ; translated by William A. Christian, Jr.

Author

Cátedra Tomás, María.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992.

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Details

Description

xii, 389 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Muerte y otros mundos. English

Alternative Title

Muerte y otros mundos.

Subject

• Funeral rites and ceremonies > Spain > Asturias
• Cowboys > Spain > Asturias
• Death > Religious aspects
• Death > Folklore
• Traditional medicine > Spain > Asturias
• Death > Psychological aspects
• Folklore
• Funeral rites and ceremonies
• Religion
• Attitude to Death
• Folklore
• Funeral Rites
• Medicine, Traditional
• Religion
• funerals
• religion (discipline)
• folklore (culture-related concept)
• Death > Psychological aspects
• Cowboys
• Death
• Death > Religious aspects
• Funeral rites and ceremonies
• Manners and customs
• Traditional medicine
• Dood
• Vaqueiros de Alzada (volk)
• Deuil > Coutumes > Espagne > Asturies (Espagne)
• Mort > Aspect religieux
• Médecine populaire > Espagne > Asturies (Espagne)
• Asturias (Spain) > Social life and customs
• Spain
• Spain > Asturias
• Asturies (Espagne) > Moeurs et coutumes

Genre/Form

Folklore

Note

• Translation of: La muerte y otros mundos. 1988.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-379) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Path to Death -- 1. Sickness and the Vaqueiro Cosmology -- Pt. 2. Death -- Introduction: Kinds of Death -- 2. Natural Death -- 3. Violent Death: Suicide. Conclusion: Kinds of Death and the House -- 4. Burial -- Pt. 3. Afterlife -- Introduction: The Second Funeral -- 5. Spirits -- 6. Saints. Conclusion: The Long Way of the Dead -- Epilogue: Between Beasts and Saints.

ISBN

• 0226097153
• 9780226097152
• 0226097161
• 9780226097169

LCCN

92021044

OCLC

• ocm26132699
• 26132699
• SCSB-1973031

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library