Death and the Dead in Latin America

Conference on Latin American History 18
Friday, January 7, 2022: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Bayside Ballroom B (Sheraton New Orleans, 4th Floor)
Chairs:
Juan Jose Ponce Vazquez, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Bethany Wade, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Papers:
Walking with the Dead: Remains, Ghosts, and Memory in 15th-Century Spanish–Taí­no Encounters
Lauren MacDonald, Idaho State University
Counting the Dead: Records of the Deceased in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, 1666–76—A Preliminary Analysis
Juan Jose Ponce Vazquez, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Quarantining the Dead: Bodiless Funerals in the 19th-Century Caribbean
Bethany Wade, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Lovingly Caring for the Dead: Postmortem Examinations, Decomposition, Cadaveric Fauna, and Violence in Colombia
Julia Alejandra Morales Fontanilla, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
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