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The Virgin's children : life in an Aztec village today

Title
The Virgin's children : life in an Aztec village today / William Madsen.
Author
Madsen, William
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, 1960.

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Description
248 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Nahuas > Social life and customs
  • Indians of Mexico > Mexico > Mexico, Valley of
  • Indians of Mexico > Social life and customs
  • Aztecs
  • 73.06 ethnography
  • Indians of Mexico
  • Manners and customs
  • Azteken
  • Mexico > Social life and customs
  • Mexico
  • Mexico > Valley of Mexico
Note
  • "An absorbing account of the descendants of the ancient Aztecs and of the survival of their culture today in the Valley of Mexico is presented in this fascinating volume. Focusing on San Francisco Tecospa--a village of some eight hundred Indian who still speak Nahuatl, whose lives are dominated by supernaturalism, and who observe with only slight modification much of their Aztec heritage--this story bears out the anthropological principle that innovations are most likely to be accepted when they are useful, communicable, and compatible with established tradition"--Jacket.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
LCCN
60009516
OCLC
  • ocm00480968
  • 480968
  • SCSB-185555
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library