The Rain Gods' Rebellion: The Cultural Basis of a Nahua Insurgency

by James M. Taggart

The Rain Gods' Rebellion examines Nahua oral narratives to illuminate the cultural basis of the 1977-1984 rebellion against the local Hispanic elite in Huitzilan de Serd n, Mexico. Drawing from forty years of fieldwork in the region, James M. Taggart traces the sociopolitical role of Nahua rain gods--who took both human and divine forms--back hundreds of years and sheds new light on the connections between social experiences and the Nahua...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607329506
• ISBN13: 9781607329503
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up