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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 SerdaÌn, Mexico. Forty years of fieldwork traces the sociopolitical role of rain gods-human and divine forms-hundreds of years explaining connections between social expe...

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Main Author: Taggart, James M., 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rain gods.
Nahuas > Social life and customs.
Nahuas.
Nahua mythology.
Land use, Rural.
Insurgency.
HISTORY > General.
Nahua (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Dieux de la pluie > Mexique.
Utilisation agricole du sol > Mexique > Puebla (État)
Revoltes > Mexique > Puebla (État) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Nahua (Indiens) > Mexique > Puebla (État) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Rain gods > Mexico.
Land use, Rural > Mexico > Puebla (State)
Insurgency > Mexico > Puebla (State) > History > 20th century.
Nahuas > Mexico > Puebla (State) > History > 20th century.
Mexico > Puebla (State)
Mexico.
History.
Electronic books.
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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 SerdaÌn, 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:9781607329565
Access:Open Access

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