Covenants with Earth and Rain Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Society

Name: Covenants with Earth and Rain Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Society
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ISBN: 9780806131924

ISBN-10: 0806131926

ISBN-13: 9780806131924

Edition: N/A

Authors: John D. Monaghan

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Book details

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 9/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface


Acknowledgments


Notes on Orthography


Abbreviations Used in the Text


Introduction: Community in Mesoamerican Ethnology



Nuyoo as an Association of Households



Love and Care in Domestic Life



Marriage and Renewal



Gifting



Fertility, Renewal, and the Sacred in Nuyooteco Sociality



Earth and Rain



Jesus, the Sun



Tachi, the Wind



The Mountain of Tinu



The Community as a Great House



Blood, Milk, and Semen



Sacrifice and Kinship



Commensality and Community



Cargo and the Human Condition



Revelation and History



Corporate Holdings and Liberal Reforms



Gift Exchange and Privatization



A New Saint, a New Beginning



The Indio de Nuyoo


Summary and Conclusion


Bibliography


Index