The blood of the serpent [electronic resource] : Mexican lives / Robert Joe Stout.

The blood of the serpent [electronic resource] : Mexican lives / Robert Joe Stout.

0875862152 (soft cover : alk. paper)
0875862160 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780875862156
9780875862316 (e-book)

New York : Algora Pub., c2003.

English

viii, 301 p.

HN113.5 .S76 2003eb

306/.0972

Today's Mexico is presented through the experiences, opinions and adventures of hundreds of Mexicans from all walks of life: not politics, nor statistics, but the personality of a nation grafted onto deep, indigenous roots by a European invader that still was entwined in feudal customs and superstitions. This narration takes readers through Mexico City, through its suburbs rich and poor, into its ceremonies--Christian and pre-Christian--and on journeys with reformers, rebels, manipulators, workers. It unravels "The Imaginary State of Petroleo," explores the landed estates of northeastern Mexico and the deserts where ancient cave paintings mark lost cultures and where drug dealers have hidden landing strips. From Tarahumara villages in the northwest through Tijuana and life on the US-Mexican border, and from Baja and the cultivated coastal plains to the changing rhythms of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Yucatan, Stout brings Mexico to life.

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