Saturday, November 15, 2025

The Day of the Dead: Art, Inspiration & Counter Culture

The Day of the Dead: Art, Inspiration & Counter Culture 
by Russ Thorne 
Language: English 
London: Flame Tree Publishing, 2015. 
191 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 x 30 cm. 
ISBN: 9781783616091, 9781783619283, 1783616091, 1783619287 
Summary: The Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is a festival of culture and youth, a feast of the senses and celebration of life in death. Originating in Mexico and the Latin American countries, it began as a way of remembering departed relatives, as a means of embracing rather than fearing death. The rituals, the sugar skulls, the costumes and the festivities have grown into a massive counter culture across the Western world. Art, movies, cartoons and literature have been consumed by the brilliant power of the Day of the Dead, tendered here in this lively book.

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