Judith strupp green (11 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 28 page center stapled paperback with illustrations (27 figures - drawings and photographs). Popular Series No. 1, May 1969. Very light wear - good to very good condition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. LAUGHING SOULS: THE DAYS OF THE DEAD IN OAXACA, MEXICO, Judith Strupp Green, softcover with 2-staple binding, probable first edition, illustrated, 1969. ITEM CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition, with no tears, dog ears, or marks. No bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The wraps are in near fine condition (original bookstore price tag affixed to back cover). 11 x 8 ½, 25 pages, 6 ounces XX [From inside the front cover] Does the thought of eating lunch in a cemetery shock you? What about playing Monopoly with your friends on a lonely tombstone, or buying a piece of candy that turns out to be a miniature skull made of sugar? If such suggestions do give you a slight jolt, it is because you have been taught by your culture to treat the subject of death with the utmost solemnity and half-fearful seriousness. Modern technology has shrunk the earth to a point that everyone is familiar with the fact that cultures differ greatly. People in various parts of the world feel and behave toward the same human experiences—birth, marriage, death or whateve—in quite distinct ways. To understand the customs surrounding the Days of the Dead in Oaxaca, and why the Mexican Indian seems to be on more familiar, accepting, and even humorous terms with death, we must glance back into the historical past. The era of pre-Conquest Mexico, before the Spanish arrived to end it, was a time when many true civilizations came into being, flourished, and some expired violently. A few clues about life in Mexico's past are being gleaned from the earth by archaeologists, and from ancient manuscripts by the ethnohistorians.…

paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Some wear to covers, otherwise text clean and tight; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages.

Paperback. First edition. Very Good minus paperback with a touch of shelf wear, light stress marks at the spine, and a price sticker to the back cover; interior clean and bright. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. Compiled with text by Judith Strupp Green. Staple-bound, stiff covers; unpaginated [28 pages]; 29 b&w text illustrations; 8.5 x 11 inches. Bibliography. San Diego Museum of Man Popular Series No. 1. Surveys the history and current practices associated with The Days of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico. From the collection of illustrator and educator Steven Guarnaccia with his blind-stamp to the first page. …

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good- in wraps. Rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Bump and a few smal scratches to exterior at rear panel. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 11 X 8.40 X 0.50 inches; 148 pages.

Wrappers. Condizione: Near Fine. 28 pages. Slim exhibition catalogue. Text in English. Mild shelf and handling wear to the edges and corners. Still, the binding is tight, and interior is clean and unmarked. Staple bound with stiff illustrated paper covers.

Paperback.