{"product_id":"becoming-an-ancestor-anya-peterson-royce-9781438436777","title":"Becoming an Ancestor: The Isthmus Zapotec Way of Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA striking look at the death rituals of an indigenous community in North America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful and beautifully written, this is the story of the Isthmus Zapotecs of southern Mexico and their unbroken chain of ancestors and collective memory over the generations. Mortuary beliefs and actions are collective and pervasive in ways not seen in the United States, a resonant deep structure across many domains of Zapotec culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropologist Anya Peterson Royce draws upon forty years of participant research in the city of Juchitán to offer a finely textured portrait of the vibrant and enduring power of death in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec of Mexico. Focusing especially on the lives of Zapotec women, Becoming an Ancestor highlights the aesthetic sensibility and durability of mortuary traditions in the past and present. An intricate blending of Roman Catholicism and indigenous spiritual tradition, death through beliefs and practices expresses a collective solidarity that connects families, binds the living and dead, and blurs the past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA model of ethnographic research and presentation, Becoming an Ancestor not only reveals the luminescent heart of Zapotec culture but also provides important clues about the cultural power and potential of mortuary traditions for all societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anya Peterson Royce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438436777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438436777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012","brand":"Anya Peterson Royce","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088255627519,"sku":"9781438436777","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0aaa11bd-e834-4bcb-ad7d-b16a0eca39d7.jpg?v=1769103897","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-an-ancestor-anya-peterson-royce-9781438436777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}