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The rain gods' rebellion : the cultural basis of a Nahua insurgency
"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 Serdán, 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…
- Edition
- edision 12
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781607329503
- Collation
- ix. ;241 p. ;ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 972.48.
Tales of darkness and light: Soso Tham's the old days of the Khasis
Soso Tham (1873–1940), the acknowledged poet laureate of the Khasis of northeastern India, was one of the first writers to give written poetic form to the rich oral tradition of his people. Poet of landscape, myth and memory, Soso Tham paid rich and poignant tribute to his tribe in his masterpiece The Old Days of the Khasis. Janet Hujon’s vibrant new translation presents the English reader…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781783744701
- Collation
- 83 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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- -
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- 895.93 THA t
Icelandic folklore and the cultural memory of religious change
This book attempts to understand the origins and development of religious belief in Iceland and greater Scandinavia through the lenses of five carefully selected Icelandic folktales collected in Iceland during the nineteenth century. Each of these five stories has a story of its own: a historical and cultural context, a literary legacy, influences from beliefs of all kinds (orthodox and heterod…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781641893763
- Collation
- VII, 162 p.
- Series Title
- Borderlines,
- Call Number
- 398 BRY i
The mythology in our language
In 1931 Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous Remarks on Frazer’s “Golden Bough.". At that time, anthropology and philosophy were in close contact—continental thinkers drew heavily on anthropology’s theoretical terms, like mana, taboo, and potlatch, in order to help them explore the limits of human belief and imagination. Now the book receives its first translation by an anthropologist, …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780990505068
- Collation
- IX, 250 p.
- Series Title
- -
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- 201.3 WIT m
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