TY - CHAP
T1 - The Cactus Metaphor
AU - Yetman, David
PY - 2011/4/20
Y1 - 2011/4/20
KW - Cacti of importance to Mesoamericans - barrel cacti-genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus
KW - Cochineal industry development - at the time of the Spanish arrival in the Americas
KW - Early Europeans arriving in the Americas - finding a bewildering proliferation of cacti
KW - Indigenous Mexicans with less historical influence - raising cacti to iconic significance
KW - Mexico's tricolored flag - its most prominent symbol of national unity
KW - Narcoculture and rise of popular religious cults - like Santa Muerte (Holy Death), a claim to material cultural landscape of nation
KW - Pre-Columbian medical practitioners - fluency in use of nopal and tunas, for treating disorders
KW - Pre-Columbian peoples, finding cacti of immense significance - as cultural icons
KW - Prickly pear cactus - symbolizing the role that cacti plays in Mesoamerica
KW - The cactus metaphor
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U2 - 10.1002/9781444340600.ch6
DO - 10.1002/9781444340600.ch6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84882107006
SN - 9781405190572
SP - 131
EP - 142
BT - A Companion to Mexican History and Culture
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
ER -