{"product_id":"the-rain-gods-rebellion-james-m-taggart-9781607329503","title":"The Rain Gods' Rebellion: The Cultural Basis of a Nahua Insurgency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rain Gods' Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e 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 understanding of water and weather in stories. As Taggart shows, Nahua tales of the rain gods' rebellion anticipated the actual 1977 land invasion in Huitzilan, in which some 200-300 Nahua were killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rain Gods' Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how local culture evolves from the expression of unrest to organized insurgency and then into collective memory. Taggart records a tradition of storytelling in which Nahuas radicalized themselves through recounting the rain gods' stories--stories of the gods organizing and striking with bolts of lightning the companion spirits of autocratic local leaders who worked closely with mestizos. The tales are part of a tradition of resisting the friars' efforts to convert the Nahuas, Totonacs, Otomi, and Tepehua to Christianity and inspiring nativistic movements against invading settlers.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a rare longitudinal look at the cultural basis of this grassroots insurgency, \u003ci\u003eThe Rain Gods' Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e offers rare insight into the significance of oral history in forming Nahua collective memory and, by extension, culture. It will be of significance to scholars of Indigenous studies, anthropology, oral history, and violence studies, as well as linguistic anthropologists and sociolinguists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James M. Taggart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1607329506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607329503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"James M. Taggart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978386145535,"sku":"9781607329503","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8579b1a9-cbfa-4665-9c0b-048c8fe6a0bf.jpg?v=1683241264","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rain-gods-rebellion-james-m-taggart-9781607329503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}