Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-314) and index.
Contents
Death Is a festa : the historical development of a spirit idiom in Brazilian society -- Death and the dead as literary motifs in Brazil and beyond -- The carnivalesque defunto in Memorias postumas de Bras Cubas. -- Jorge Amado : imagining a good death -- Voices of the unburied dead.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.