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And Let the Earth Tremble at Its Centers
University of Texas Press
At last available in English—the acclaimed Mexican novel whose protagonist, like a contemporary Leopold Bloom, takes a day-long tour of his city, exploring magnificent landmarks and grimy bars in pursuit of an elusive history.
Fritz Henle
In Search of Beauty
By Fritz Henle
University of Texas Press
The catalogue of the first major retrospective exhibition of the life and career of master photographer Fritz Henle staged by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin in honor of the centennial of Henle’s birth.
Vital Enemies
Slavery, Predation, and the Amerindian Political Economy of Life
University of Texas Press
A pioneering study of the enslavement of Amerindians by Amerindians in tropical America, outside the realm of colonial agents.
Toward a Latina Feminism of the Americas
Repression and Resistance in Chicana and Mexicana Literature
University of Texas Press
A comparative reading of literature by Mexicanas and Chicanas, including Sandra Cisneros, Laura Esquivel, Carmen Boullosa, and Helena María Viramontes, that raises compelling questions about the very nature of cultural constructs in literature.
To Be Like Gods
Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization
University of Texas Press
Drawing on a wealth of evidence from epigraphy, iconography, style, and architectural analysis, Looper offers the first extensive interpretation of the role of dance in ancient Maya society.
The Hogg Family and Houston
Philanthropy and the Civic Ideal
University of Texas Press
The stirring story of the legendary Hogg family’s philanthropic contributions to Texas, and the pivotal trends of urban growth and civic support exemplified in their lives.
Sex Work and the City
The Social Geography of Health and Safety in Tijuana, Mexico
University of Texas Press
A revealing study of the sex trade in Tijuana (where approximately one thousand registered prostitutes work quasi-legally) and its effects on public health, economics, and the local culture of sexuality.
Remarkable Plants of Texas
Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives
University of Texas Press
Going well beyond typical field guides, this extensively illustrated book presents the remarkable natural and cultural history of eighty of Texas’s most fascinating native plants.
Hijos del Pueblo
Gender, Family, and Community in Rural Mexico, 1730-1850
University of Texas Press
An extraordinary window into the colonial world of Mexico’s Tenango del Valle, bringing to life the daily interactions of a fascinating rural community.
Guns, Drugs, and Development in Colombia
University of Texas Press
A provocative, interdisciplinary examination of Colombia’s devastating drug trade, with data-driven recommendations for other countries facing violent insurgencies.
Greek Sport and Social Status
By Mark Golden
University of Texas Press
A noted authority on ancient sport discusses various ways in which the ancient Greeks, as well as people today, used sports to achieve social status.
Death and the Classic Maya Kings
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive study of ancient Maya death rites in twenty years.
Art and Archaeology of Challuabamba, Ecuador
University of Texas Press
An important baseline study of ceramics and material culture in southern Ecuador, which establishes the region’s artistic and trade connections with better-known areas of the prehistoric Andes.
Walls of Empowerment
Chicana/o Indigenist Murals of California
University of Texas Press
The first book-length study of its kind, charting recurrent imagery of a fragmented past in Chicana/o murals throughout Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego.
The Art and Archaeology of the Moche
An Ancient Andean Society of the Peruvian North Coast
Edited by Steve Bourget and Kimberly L. Jones
University of Texas Press
A state-of-the-art overview of prehistoric Moche culture by an international, multidisciplinary team of scholars who are at the forefront of Moche research.
Temples of the Earthbound Gods
Stadiums in the Cultural Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires
University of Texas Press
In this groundbreaking tale of two cities, a geography scholar and soccer aficionado delivers a fascinating tour of the sport's hallowed grounds.
Neo-Confederacy
A Critical Introduction
University of Texas Press
An interdisciplinary team examines the mainstreaming of the New Dixie movement, whose calls range from full secession to the racist exaltation of “Celtic” Americans and whose advocates can be found far north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Native Speakers
Ella Deloria, Zora Neale Hurston, Jovita Gonzalez, and the Poetics of Culture
University of Texas Press
The first book-length comparative analysis of three intellectual women of color working in the academic mainstream in the early twentieth century.
Kiowa Ethnogeography
University of Texas Press
An enlightening study of more than 300 place names and geographical features that reveal a rich trove of findings related to Kiowa culture and history.
Israeli Culture between the Two Intifadas
A Brief Romance
By Yaron Peleg
University of Texas Press
An intriguing portrait of Israel’s “Generation X,” and the perceived decline in Zionism among contemporary urban Israeli youth between the Palestinian uprisings that began in 1987 and 2000
Border Bandits
Hollywood on the Southern Frontier
University of Texas Press
An examination of how major Hollywood films exploit the border between Mexico and the United States to tell a story about U.S. dominance in the Western hemisphere.
William Wayne Justice
A Judicial Biography
University of Texas Press
Now in paperback—the acclaimed biography of one of Texas’s most influential and controversial judges, with a new epilogue that traces William Wayne Justice’s impact and legacy.
The Tira de Tepechpan
Negotiating Place under Aztec and Spanish Rule
University of Texas Press
An interpretive analysis of a sixteenth-century Aztec painted history from a provincial city in Central Mexico.
The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher
Voices from the Ottoman Harem
University of Texas Press
Three women who lived in the Ottoman imperial harem between 1876 and 1924 describe the lifeways of the imperial family, dispelling Western stereotypes of harem debauchery.
Islamism in the Shadow of al-Qaeda
By François Burgat; Translated by Patrick Hutchinson
University of Texas Press
A provocative rethinking of the war on terror that exposes the dangers of Western blindness to colonial Middle Eastern history and breaks the deadlock of geopolitics and religious identity.
Harry Huntt Ransom
Intellect in Motion
By Alan Gribben
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive biography of the visionary university chancellor who propelled the University of Texas at Austin to lasting levels of stature and established one of the world’s finest cultural archives, the Harry Ransom Center.
Gabriel García Moreno and Conservative State Formation in the Andes
University of Texas Press
A new political history that addresses five major themes of nineteenth-century Latin American history through the life and times of Ecuador’s most controversial politician.
For Glory and Bolívar
The Remarkable Life of Manuela Sáenz
By Pamela S. Murray; Introduction by Fredrick B. Pike
University of Texas Press
A sweeping biography of Simón Bolívar’s most passionate revolutionary, the Colombian precursor to Eva Perón.
Conquistadores de la Calle
Child Street Labor in Guatemala City
University of Texas Press
A stirring ethnography of Guatemala City’s juvenile street vendors and the surprising economies of power they construct.
Understanding Indian Movies
Culture, Cognition, and Cinematic Imagination
University of Texas Press
A cultural-cognitive analysis of Indian cinema intended to increase understanding and appreciation of Indian films in the English-speaking world.
The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata
Myth, Memory, and Mexico's Twentieth Century
By Samuel Brunk
University of Texas Press
A vivid, comprehensive examination of the monumental Zapata legacy, incorporating new archival research and wide-ranging cultural issues.
Land Arts of the American West
By Chris Taylor and Bill Gilbert
University of Texas Press
A wide-ranging exploration of human interactions with the land over thousands of years, as well as a model for teaching art and design in the field.
Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna
By Alison Rose
University of Texas Press
The first broad examination of the role of Jewish women in Viennese society at the turn of the twentieth century, incorporating perspectives from within the Austrian Jewish community of that era.
Exodus/Éxodo
University of Texas Press
Just in time for the 2008 election and the national immigration debate, this searing documentary of the largest single transnational migration in history forces us to face the tremendous human cost of a failed Mexican state and a relentlessly globalizing
Brazil Imagined
1500 to the Present
University of Texas Press
A sweeping survey of Brazilian representations—encompassing literature, art, propaganda, mass media, and other realms—across five centuries of evolving identity, brimming with powerful photographs.
Spare Time in Texas
Recreation and History in the Lone Star State
University of Texas Press
A first-ever history of recreation in Texas that shows how our pastimes reveal our characters.
Notes on Blood Meridian
Revised and Expanded Edition
By John Sepich; Introduction by Edwin T. Arnold
University of Texas Press
Now back in print with a new preface and two new essays—the essential guide and companion to Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy’s acclaimed novel of the Old West that has been compared to the work of Dante, Homer, Melville, and Faulkner.
Kilgore Rangerettes
University of Texas Press
In this portrait of an American icon—the Kilgore College Rangerettes dance drill team—O. Rufus Lovett contributes to a body of work by internationally acclaimed photographers, including Elliot Erwitt and Annie Leibovitz, who have been fascinated by the ‘R
A Procession of Them
University of Texas Press
One of the world’s foremost documentary photographers offers an unflinching look at the inhuman conditions suffered by the mentally ill and disabled in many countries.
Water in Texas
An Introduction
University of Texas Press
An authoritative overview of water issues in Texas for a general readership.
Violence and Activism at the Border
Gender, Fear, and Everyday Life in Ciudad Juarez
University of Texas Press
A timely analysis of the disturbing murders that have taken the lives of nearly 400 Mexican women in El Paso's twin city.
Surrealism in Greece
An Anthology
University of Texas Press
A first-of-its-kind anthology of English translations of the key texts of Greek surrealism from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Imagining the Turkish House
Collective Visions of Home
University of Texas Press
An engaging discussion of how the concept of home inhabits the Turkish memory and imagination, becoming a muse that shapes personal and national identities.
Heraldry for the Dead
Memory, Identity, and the Engraved Stone Plaques of Neolithic Iberia
University of Texas Press
A groundbreaking interpretation of the engraved stone plaques found in southwestern Portugal and Spain, with important implications for anthropological thought on the origins of writing and recording systems, the role of memory in the creation of social i
Fragmented Lives, Assembled Parts
Culture, Capitalism, and Conquest at the U.S.-Mexico Border
University of Texas Press
A compelling ethnographic examination of global capitalism's impact, colonial and post-colonial, in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez.
Branding Texas
Performing Culture in the Lone Star State
University of Texas Press
An intriguing study of how plays, films, television shows, museums, historical sites, and battle reenactments—that is, performances—have created “Texan” identity.
Food for the Few
Neoliberal Globalism and Biotechnology in Latin America
Edited by Gerardo Otero
University of Texas Press
The first empirically based, interdisciplinary assessment of the socioeconomic and political impact of agricultural biotechnology in Latin America.
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