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For Huastecan Nahuas, water is a symbolic reference. This book describes the multiple values attached to water through the practice of tale telling in this society. It analyzes several local tales about water manifestations such as floodings, thunderstorms, and waterlords, and explores what these mean to Huastecan Nahuas in their present socio-cultural context. The author shows how tales about this element represent and discuss current themes like the village's right to exist, social cohesion among villagers, the need to show respect towards nature, and life and death. The book reveals how the

Water --- Group identity --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Water (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Huasteca Region (Mexico) --- Huasteca (Mexico) --- Huastecas Region (Mexico) --- La Huasteca (Mexico) --- Las Huastecas (Mexico) --- Social life and customs. --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Amerindian literature --- Mexico: West

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Can we address the issue of nationalism without polemics and restore it to the domain of social science? Claudio Lomnitz-Adler takes a major step in that direction by applying anthropological tools to the study of national culture. His sweeping and innovative interpretation of Mexican national ideology constructs an entirely new theoretical framework for the study of national and regional cultures everywhere.

Nationalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Ethnicity --- Mexico --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural diversity --- Diversity, Cultural --- Diversity, Religious --- Ethnic diversity --- Pluralism (Social sciences) --- Pluralism, Cultural --- Religious diversity --- Culture --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- History --- 20th century --- Morelos (Mexico) --- Huasteca Region (Mexico) --- Huasteca (Mexico) --- Huastecas Region (Mexico) --- La Huasteca (Mexico) --- Las Huastecas (Mexico) --- Estado de Morelos (Mexico) --- Morelos, Mexico. --- Etat du Morelos (Mexico) --- Anáhuac --- Estados Unidos Mexicanos --- Maxico --- Méjico --- Mekishiko --- Meḳsiḳe --- Meksiko --- Meksyk --- Messico --- Mexique (Country) --- República Mexicana --- Stany Zjednoczone Meksyku --- United Mexican States --- United States of Mexico --- מקסיקו --- メキシコ --- Civilization --- Civilization. --- Morelos (Mexico : State) --- 20th century mexico. --- anthropology books. --- anthropology students. --- cultural identity. --- cultural studies. --- ethnographic analysis. --- history of mexico. --- huasteca. --- latin america. --- latin american history. --- latin american studies. --- mexican anthropology. --- mexican culture. --- mexican history. --- mexican ideology. --- mexican nationalism. --- mexican nationality. --- mexican politics. --- mexican village life. --- mexico ethnography. --- mexico studies. --- morelos. --- nation state. --- national culture. --- racial ideology. --- regional cultures. --- social science.