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Border Renaissance
The Texas Centennial and the Emergence of Mexican American Literature
University of Texas Press
A watershed revision in the history of Mexican American literature and culture, revealing the crucial role played by the Texas Centennial of 1936 in crystallizing a new, politicized ethnic identity.
Big River, Rio Grande
University of Texas Press
Acclaimed photographer Laurence Parent and former Texas Parks & Wildlife editor David Baxter create a masterful portrait of one of the world’s most beautiful, ecologically diverse, and increasingly endangered rivers.
Adoring the Saints
Fiestas in Central Mexico
University of Texas Press
A comprehensive study of two intimately linked patron saint fiestas in Central Mexico.
A Tortilla Is Like Life
Food and Culture in the San Luis Valley of Colorado
University of Texas Press
An innovative portrait of a small Colorado town based on a decade’s worth of food-centered life histories from nineteen of its female residents.
Masterpieces of Classical Art
University of Texas Press
This richly illustrated book highlights 180 of the most stunning and important ancient Greek and Roman objects in the collections of the British Museum.
The Other Side of the Fence
American Migrants in Mexico
University of Texas Press
A remarkable examination of U.S. citizens, particularly retirees, who migrate to Mexican towns such as San Miguel de Allende and reverse the conventional wisdom about immigration and identity.
Shooting Stars of the Small Screen
Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present
By Douglas Brode; Introduction by Fess Parker
University of Texas Press
An enjoyable, must-have sourcebook for fans as well as scholars, this is the first encyclopedia that covers every star and many prominent character actors in TV Westerns from the late 1940s until today.
Republic of Barbecue
Stories Beyond the Brisket
University of Texas Press
Whether you believe the best comes from Kansas City, Memphis, the Carolinas, or Texas, if you love barbecue, Republic of Barbecue offers a richly satisfying journey into the world of barbecue as food and culture, filled with first-person stories from pit
On Art, Artists, Latin America, and Other Utopias
By Luis Camnitzer; Edited by Rachel Weiss
University of Texas Press
The first collection of writings in English by the acclaimed Uruguayan artist and curator whose work, after years of marginalization, has achieved international recognition, including exhibition in the Whitney Biennial and Documenta 11.
First Available Cell
Desegregation of the Texas Prison System
University of Texas Press
Two of Texas’s leading experts in criminal justice chronicle the evolution of the Texas prison system from one of the most racially segregated prison systems in America to one of the most desegregated places in American society.
Fireflies
Photographs of Children
By Keith Carter
University of Texas Press
A superb collection of previously unpublished portraits of children and a selection of iconic images from Keith Carter’s books Mojo, Heaven of Animals, Holding Venus, and The Blue Man.
Drug War Zone
Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez
University of Texas Press
Gripping firsthand accounts of the drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border from drug traffickers and law enforcement officials.
Boxing Shadows
University of Texas Press
As dramatically intense as the Clint Eastwood film Million Dollar Baby, this compelling biography chronicles Anissa “The Assassin” Zamarron’s victory over mental illness to become a two-time world champion in women’s boxing.
A User's Guide to Postcolonial and Latino Borderland Fiction
University of Texas Press
A deep exploration of the ways in which postcolonial narrative fiction both acts on and is acted upon by the modern world.
Cinema of Solitude
A Critical Study of Mexican Film, 1967-1983
University of Texas Press
A study of el Nuevo Cine (the New Cinema) and its films presenting alienated characters caught in a painful transition period in which old family, gender, and social roles have ceased to function without being replaced by viable new ones.
Together, Alone
A Memoir of Marriage and Place
University of Texas Press
In this beautifully written memoir, the author of the popular China Bayles mystery series meditates on what it means to be married—to a person and a place—while also needing to be alone and experience silence and solitude.
Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory
A Novel
By Emma Pérez
University of Texas Press
The story of a Tejana lesbian cowgirl after the fall of the Alamo as she journeys through her own Brokeback Mountain.
Venomous Snakes of Texas
A Field Guide
University of Texas Press
A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Price’s Poisonous Snakes of Texas.
The Seduction of Brazil
The Americanization of Brazil during World War II
University of Texas Press
A fascinating study of how the Roosevelt administration used mass media, including films by such luminaries as John Ford, Walt Disney, and Orson Wells, to promote the American way of life to Brazilians and how Brazilians actively interpreted, negotiated, and reconfigured this effort at cultural seduction.
Princess, Priestess, Poet
The Sumerian Temple Hymns of Enheduanna
By Betty De Shong Meador; Introduction by John Maier
University of Texas Press
The first collection of original translations of all forty-two temple hymns of Enheduanna, the world’s earliest known writer.
Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia
Edited by Giovanni Casadio and Patricia A. Johnston
University of Texas Press
An anthology of important discoveries exploring the “mystery religions” of the classical world.
The Mexican Petroleum Industry in the Twentieth Century
Edited by Jonathan C. Brown and Alan Knight
University of Texas Press
This book seeks to explain the impact of the oil sector on Mexico's economic, political, and social development.
Joyce's Web
The Social Unraveling of Modernism
University of Texas Press
In this revolutionary work, Margot Norris proposes that Joyce’s art critiques modernism’s fundamental concept of the artist as martyr to bourgeois sensibilities by revealing an awareness of the artist’s connections to and constraints within bourgeois soci
Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America
The Passerines
By Robert S. Ridgely and Guy Tudor
University of Texas Press
Drawn from The Birds of South America: The Oscine Passerines and The Birds of South America: The Suboscine Passerines—including full accounts of nearly 2,000 species and more than 400 new bird paintings, for a total of more than 1,500 species illustrations—this is the definitive field guide to South American songbirds.
Regulation in the White House
The Johnson Presidency
University of Texas Press
An examination of regulatory policy and its development in the Johnson administration.
Veiled Brightness
A History of Ancient Maya Color
By Stephen D. Houston, Claudia Brittenham, Cassandra Mesick, Alexandre Tokovinine, and Christina Warinner
University of Texas Press
The first systematic study of how the ancient Maya peoples perceived and used color.
Trees of Paradise and Pillars of the World
The Serial Stelae Cycle of "18-Rabbit–God K," King of Copan
University of Texas Press
This ambitious study argues that Maya stelae were erected not only to support a ruler's temporal claims to power but more importantly to express the fundamental connection in Maya worldview between rulership and the cosmology inherent in their vision of c
Red, Black, and Jew
New Frontiers in Hebrew Literature
By Stephen Katz
University of Texas Press
The first English book-length study of its kind: A fascinating examination of American Jewish immigrants whose literary legacy included messages of freedom for all marginalized populations, particularly Native Americans and those with African ancestry.
Ballads of the Lords of New Spain
The Codex Romances de los Senores de la Nueva Espana
University of Texas Press
An authoritative transcription, translation, and commentary on a sixteenth-century Nahuatl codex that is one of only two principal sources of Aztec song and a key document in the study of Aztec life in the century after conquest.
A Young Palestinian's Diary, 1941–1945
The Life of Sami 'Amr
By Kimberly Katz; Introduction by Salim Tamari
University of Texas Press
A new perspective on life in British Mandate Palestine during the last four years of World War II, captured through the eyes of a young civil servant whose rare diary, accompanied by insightful historical commentary, addresses fundamental aspects of the region’s recent history.
The Colombian Novel, 1844-1987
University of Texas Press
An overview of seventeen major authors and more than one hundred works spanning the years 1844 to 1987.
Your Brain on Latino Comics
From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive exploration of Latino representations in comics, from Marvel superheroes to creations by Latino masters such as Richard Dominguez.
The Master Showmen of King Ranch
The Story of Beto and Librado Maldonado
By Betty Bailey Colley, Jane Clements Monday, and Beto Maldonado; Introduction by Stephen J. “Tio” Kleberg
University of Texas Press
A lifelong King Ranch employee recalls his and his father’s adventures in showing the ranch’s famed Santa Gertrudis cattle at venues around the world.
Social Stratification in Central Mexico, 1500-2000
By Hugo G. Nutini and Barry L. Isaac
University of Texas Press
Based on fifty years of ethnographic fieldwork, as well as extensive archival research, this is the most complete study of the historical evolution of Mexico’s class system currently available.
Viewpoints
Visual Anthropologists at Work
Edited by Mary Strong and Laena Wilder
University of Texas Press
A broad study of the innovations, obligations, and new possibilities in the field of visual anthropology.
The Wrecking of La Salle's Ship Aimable and the Trial of Claude Aigron
By Robert S. Weddle; Translated by François Lagarde
University of Texas Press
A detailed account of the wrecking—and legal aftermath—of La Salle’s ship Aimable in 1685.
Private Women, Public Lives
Gender and the Missions of the Californias
University of Texas Press
A study of three women’s lives in colonial California and what they reveal about gendered colonial relations and power hierarchies.
Postnationalism in Chicana/o Literature and Culture
University of Texas Press
Offering a new interpretation of cultural nationalism in Chicana/o identity, this provocative work examines the relationship between globalization and the rise of feminism and gay/lesbian activism.
Filming Difference
Actors, Directors, Producers, and Writers on Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Film
Edited by Daniel Bernardi
University of Texas Press
Reflecting diverse voices in film and television, more than a dozen industry professionals explore how their works represent complex identities.
Dividing the Isthmus
Central American Transnational Histories, Literatures, and Cultures
University of Texas Press
The first comparative study in English of transnational Central American literatures and cultures.
Blockading the Border and Human Rights
The El Paso Operation that Remade Immigration Enforcement
University of Texas Press
The first book-length study of Operation Blockade and its impact on human rights in the border region.
Morning Star
surrealism, marxism, anarchism, situationism, utopia
By Michael Löwy; Introduction by Donald LaCoss
University of Texas Press
The luminary critical theorist dismisses the limited notion of surrealism as a purely artistic movement, repositioning surrealism as a force in radical political ideologies.
Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents
The Public Sculpture of El Tajín
By Rex Koontz
University of Texas Press
The first extensive treatment in over thirty years of the iconography displayed on public monuments in an important Mesoamerican city in Veracruz, Mexico.
Hollywood's Tennessee
The Williams Films and Postwar America
University of Texas Press
A vibrant examination of Tennessee Williams’s role beyond the stage and the lasting impact of his films in postwar American culture.
Healing Dramas
Divination and Magic in Modern Puerto Rico
University of Texas Press
An ethnographic study of Puerto Rican brujería and the capacity of people to experience the transcendental in corporeal ways.
Golondrina, why did you leave me?
A Novel
University of Texas Press
A powerful story of losses, triumphs, and the strong ties that bind a working-class Tejano family in the Texas panhandle.
Walking Nature Home
A Life's Journey
University of Texas Press
A beautifully written, moving memoir about how the diagnosis of a terminal illness led to a perilous journey of self-awareness that not only restored the author’s health but also taught her the healing power of love and of our connection to the natural wo
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