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The Rain Gods' Rebellion The Cultural Basis of a Nahua Insurgency / James M. Taggart.

By: Taggart, James M, 1941- [author.]Contributor(s): Project Muse [distributor]Material type: TextTextPublisher: University Press of Colorado, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource)ISBN: 9781607329565Subject(s): Nahuas -- Social life and customs | Nahua mythology | Rain gods -- Mexico | Land use, Rural -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) | Insurgency -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- History -- 20th century | Nahuas -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: The rain gods' rebellionDDC classification: 972/.48 LOC classification: F1221.N3Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
Rebellions in the Sierra Norte -- San Miguel -- "The Rain God" 1975 -- "The President and the Priest" 1975 -- "The President of Hueytalpan" 1978 -- "The Water in Ixtepec" 1978 -- "A Humble Man's Predicament" 1978 -- "Malintzin" 1978 -- "The Land Transaction" -- After the UCI -- "The Storm".
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Rebellions in the Sierra Norte -- San Miguel -- "The Rain God" 1975 -- "The President and the Priest" 1975 -- "The President of Hueytalpan" 1978 -- "The Water in Ixtepec" 1978 -- "A Humble Man's Predicament" 1978 -- "Malintzin" 1978 -- "The Land Transaction" -- After the UCI -- "The Storm".

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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