El Corazon de la Muerte

“This is an art museum catalogue that starts with a description of some of the pre-Columbian ways that Day of the Dead was observed. Then it gets into the ways it has been observed in California, where Chicanos first began to publicly celebrate the festival in the 1970s. The photos are gorgeous, and the book is written in English and Spanish, so each page allows readers to follow in the language of their choice. The book focuses on altar exhibitions at the Oakland Museum of California. These exhibitions show how the concept of remembering the dead remains strong in US Latino communities, but the ways in which they celebrate are often very different here than in Latin America.” Read more...

The best books on The Day of The Dead

Regina Marchi, Social Scientist