Convenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality by Monaghan, John

Convenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780806131924)

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Convenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality by Monaghan, John

Convenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality

$24.95
Convenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality by Monaghan, John

Convenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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In this book, John Monaghan explores the culture of the Mixtecs, today one of the largest Native American groups in Mexico. Focusing on the community of Santiago Nuyoo, located in the mountainous Mixteca Alta region, he describes Nuyooteco marriage practices, gift exchange, kinship systems, land tenure, cosmology, ritual, and feasting.



Author: John Monaghan
ISBN-10: 0806131926
ISBN-13: 9780806131924
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/1999
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d

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