The rain gods' rebellion the cultural basis of a Nahua insurgency

"Examines Nahua oral narratives to illuminate the cultural basis of the 1977-1984 rebellion against Hispanic elite in Huitzilan de Serda̹n, Mexico. Forty years of fieldwork traces the sociopolitical role of rain gods-human and divine forms-hundreds of years explaining connections between socia...

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Main Author: Taggart, James M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Louisville University Press of Colorado [2020], 2020
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"Examines Nahua oral narratives to illuminate the cultural basis of the 1977-1984 rebellion against Hispanic elite in Huitzilan de Serda̹n, Mexico. Forty years of fieldwork traces the sociopolitical role of rain gods-human and divine forms-hundreds of years explaining connections between social experiences and water/weather"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:1607329565