James M. Taggart
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The Rain Gods' Rebellion
The Cultural Basis of a Nahua Insurgency
University Press of Colorado
Providing a rare longitudinal look at the cultural basis of this grassroots insurgency, The Rain Gods’ Rebellion offers rare insight into the significance of oral history in forming Nahua collective memory and, by extension, culture.
- Copyright year: 2019
The Bear and His Sons
Masculinity in Spanish and Mexican Folktales
University of Texas Press
How two men tell common Hispanic folktales, and how their stories present different ways of being a man in their respective cultures.
- Copyright year: 1997
Remembering Victoria
A Tragic Nahuat Love Story
University of Texas Press
An anthropological account of a Nahuat Mexican community that broke down into violence and fratricide following the destruction of its property by the Mexican army, told in the words of a Nahuat husband grieving for his murdered wife.
- Copyright year: 2007
Alex and the Hobo
A Chicano Life and Story
By José Inez Taylor and James M. Taggart
University of Texas Press
In this innovative ethnography, anthropologist James Taggart collaborates with author Joe Taylor to explore how the story "Alex and the Hobo" sprang from Taylor's life experiences and how it presents an insider's view of Mexicano culture and its construct
- Copyright year: 2003
Nahuat Myth and Social Structure
University of Texas Press
This book brings together an important collection of modern-day Aztec Indian folktales and vividly demonstrates how these tales have been shaped by the social structure of the communities in which they are told.
- Copyright year: 1997
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