Author

Publication

1999-09-01 - University of Oklahoma Press

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100806131926
  • ISBN-139780806131924
  • Goodreads993394
  • OCLC Control Number173080703
  • Better World Books9780806131924
and 1 more

Description

"Interesting ethnography explores how Nuyootecos create community through a social life based on fictional relationships that mimic family ties"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

First Sentence

"INDIAN peasant community" (like that other famous triad, corn, beans, and squash) has long epitomized Mesoamerica for anthropologists.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Covenants With Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality (Civilization of the American Indian, Vol 219)PaperbackUniversity of Oklahoma Press1999-09-01

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