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Record Nr.

UNINA9910393958403321

Autore

Taggart James M. <1941->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Louisville : , : University Press of Colorado, , [2020]

©[2020]

ISBN

1-60732-956-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Disciplina

972/.48

Soggetti

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 century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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".

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--