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Women Embracing Islam
Gender and Conversion in the West
Edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk
University of Texas Press
Ten essays by leading historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and theologians that probe Western women's motivations for converting to Islam.
The Politics of Sentiment
Imagining and Remembering Guayaquil
University of Texas Press
A multi-faceted exploration of the inhabitants of Guayaquil, Ecuador, through the lenses of politics, race relations, labor movements, Modernism, and the poetry of Medardo Angel Silva.
Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture
University of Texas Press
A pioneering analysis of Moche visual iconography that sheds new light on this ancient Peruvian society's beliefs about sex, death, and the afterlife.
Palaces and Power in the Americas
From Peru to the Northwest Coast
Edited by Jessica Joyce Christie and Patricia Joan Sarro
University of Texas Press
A wide-ranging look at the relationship between political power and architecture in the Americas.
Outsider in the Promised Land
An Iraqi Jew in Israel
University of Texas Press
A revealing collection of published and unpublished writings on Israel's struggle to become a nation, as documented by a young Jewish journalist recently arrived from Iraq.
Leavin' a Testimony
Portraits from Rural Texas
University of Texas Press
Eloquent photographs and oral histories of the last generation, black and white, who grew up in the segregated South.
Caesar in Gaul and Rome
War in Words
University of Texas Press
A fresh interpretation of Julius Caesar's Gallic War that focuses on Caesar's construction of national identity and his self-presentation.
Amazigh Arts in Morocco
Women Shaping Berber Identity
University of Texas Press
An unprecedented examination of the relationships of art, gender, and identity among the Amazigh (Berber) people of Morocco.
Who Guards the Guardians and How
Democratic Civil-Military Relations
Edited by Thomas C. Bruneau and Scott D. Tollefson
University of Texas Press
An in-depth study of current civil-military relations in democratic countries worldwide.
Unlearning the Language of Conquest
Scholars Expose Anti-Indianism in America
Edited by Four Arrows (Don Trent Jacobs)
University of Texas Press
Seventeen sages respond to the destruction of Native American populations as evidenced in a variety of arenas--from law and literature to ecology and education.
The Potbellied Virgin
By Alicia Yánez Cossío; Translated by Amalia Gladhart
University of Texas Press
A funny, focused portrait of Ecuadorian life in the twentieth century.
The Memory of Bones
Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya
University of Texas Press
Three leading experts offer a new, standard-setting interpretation of how the Classic Maya experienced and thought about the human body.
The Maya Tropical Forest
People, Parks, and Ancient Cities
University of Texas Press
The fascinating story of how the ancient and modern Maya peoples have utilized and defended the natural resources of their rainforest home.
raúlrsalinas and the Jail Machine
My Weapon Is My Pen
By Raúl Salinas; Edited by Louis G. Mendoza
University of Texas Press
A chronicle of one man's journey from "social criminal" to political activist and noted Chicano poet.
Etruscan Myths
By Larissa Bonfante and Judith Swaddling
University of Texas Press
An introduction to the world of the Etruscans and their mythology, plentifully illustrated from the vast collection of the British Museum and other international museums.
Cinemachismo
Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film
University of Texas Press
The first in-depth analysis of how Mexican cinema has both supported and subverted the construction of a gendered and sexualized national identity.
American Indian Constitutional Reform and the Rebuilding of Native Nations
Edited by Eric D. Lemont
University of Texas Press
Tribal leaders, academics, and legal practitioners offer a comprehensive overview of American Indian nations' governmental reform opportunities and challenges at the turn of the millennium.
Contemporary Maya Spirituality
The Ancient Ways Are Not Lost
University of Texas Press
A perceptive ethnography that describes the present-day practice of spiritual beliefs and rituals that have formed the core of Maya identity and worldview since prehistoric times.
Voices from the Global Margin
Confronting Poverty and Inventing New Lives in the Andes
University of Texas Press
A senior anthropologist investigates how forces such as modernization, globalization, poverty, and Shining Path terrorism have radically altered the lifeways of peasants in the Peruvian Andes.
Lethal Injection
Capital Punishment in Texas during the Modern Era
University of Texas Press
An in-depth examination of the policies that have led Texas to execute more prisoners than any other state in the country.
Hispanic Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists in Texas
By Paul Barton
University of Texas Press
A comparative history of Mexican-American Protestants that describes how they have created a truly indigenous, authentic, and empowering faith tradition in the Mexican-American community.
Women Writing Plays
Three Decades of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
University of Texas Press
A comprehensive overview of women's playwriting in English and a celebration of the most respected award given to women playwrights.
Return to the Center
Culture, Public Space, and City Building in a Global Era
University of Texas Press
A groundbreaking look at what cities built in the Hispanic tradition can teach us about effectively using central public spaces to foster civic interaction, neighborhood identity, and a sense of place.
Realer Than Reel
Global Directions in Documentary
University of Texas Press
A state-of-the-art overview of global documentary programming ranging from independent films to "reality" TV shows such as Big Brother and Survivor.
Farming, Hunting, and Fishing in the Olmec World
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive study of Olmec foodways and subsistence patterns and their relation to the development of institutionalized leadership.
Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice
Voices from El Barrio
University of Texas Press
Oral histories of that recount Chicanas' experiences with the U.S. criminal justice system and the impact that the war on drugs is having on their lives.
Water and Ritual
The Rise and Fall of Classic Maya Rulers
University of Texas Press
A pathbreaking investigation of how water and the rituals that invoked an abundant supply of rain were the keys to political power among the ancient Maya.
Texas Monthly On . . .
Texas Women
By editors of Texas Monthly; Introduction by Evan Smith
University of Texas Press
From the pages of Texas Monthly, a collection of articles by notable writers that celebrate the diversity and strength of Texas women.
Spilling the Beans in Chicanolandia
Conversations with Writers and Artists
University of Texas Press
Lively, thought-provoking interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicano/a poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights.
La Vida Brinca
University of Texas Press
Iconic images of Hispanic life that tell an allegorical and deeply personal story of Mexican history and spirituality.
In the Eyes of God
A Study on the Culture of Suffering
By Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo; Translated by Jessica C. Locke
University of Texas Press
One of Mexico's leading intellectuals offers a major treatise on the history and meaning of suffering and how the idea of suffering helps to shape contemporary political thought.
Guatemaltecas
The Women's Movement, 1986–2003
University of Texas Press
The first history of the Guatemalan women's movement and how it has responded to the forces of democratization and globalization.
Growing Up in a Culture of Respect
Child Rearing in Highland Peru
By Inge Bolin
University of Texas Press
A beautifully written ethnography that reveals how villagers in one of the world's most rugged and poverty-stricken regions rear their children to be exceptionally respectful, well-adjusted, and academically talented.
Experiencing Nature
The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution
University of Texas Press
The never-before-told story of how Spain helped initiate the modern scientific era by collecting empirical data in order to commodify and control the natural resources of its American empire.
Between Heaven and Texas
By Wyman Meinzer; Introduction by Sarah Bird
University of Texas Press
One of Texas's most distinguished landscape photographers captures the drama and power of the Texas sky, accompanied by reflections on skies, clouds, and our own internal weather from some of the state's finest writers.
A Hanging in Nacogdoches
Murder, Race, Politics, and Polemics in Texas's Oldest Town, 1870-1916
University of Texas Press
The story of a legal lynching in the heart of East Texas.
The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine
The Illustrated Note-Book of Henry O. Gusley
Edited by Edward T. Cotham
University of Texas Press
A rare diary illustrated with previously unpublished period drawings that records some of the most important naval campaigns of the Civil War.
The Religion of the Etruscans
Edited by Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon
University of Texas Press
A major, first-time-in-English overview of Etruscan religion, which was the distinguishing characteristic of this ancient Italian civilization.
The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy
By Casey Dué
University of Texas Press
A study of captive women's laments that shows how classical dramatists used empathy to pierce the barrier between the Greek and barbarian worlds.
Performing Women and Modern Literary Culture in Latin America
Intervening Acts
By Vicky Unruh
University of Texas Press
The first multi-country study of Latin American women writers of the 1920s and 1930s, a key period that paved the way for the "Boom" generation of the 1960s and 1970s.
Diodorus Siculus, Books 11-12.37.1
Greek History, 480-431 BC—the Alternative Version
Translated by Peter Green
University of Texas Press
A new English translation of Diodorus' history of the Greek world during the Periclean era, and an iconoclastic reappraisal of this undervalued historian by one of the world's leading Classicists.
Whose School Is It?
Women, Children, Memory, and Practice in the City
University of Texas Press
The story of a new community charter school, told by one of its founders.
White Metropolis
Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841-2001
University of Texas Press
The first history of race relations in Dallas from its founding until today.
The Primacy of Vision in Virgil's Aeneid
University of Texas Press
A fresh look at one of the masterpieces of Latin literature and how it contributes to a new visual culture and a new mythology of imperial Rome.
The Geometry of Modernism
The Vorticist Idiom in Lewis, Pound, H.D., and Yeats
University of Texas Press
A fresh, engaging study of one of modernism's most pivotal movements.
The Director and Other Stories from Morocco
University of Texas Press
New stories about modern Morocco and its people by critically acclaimed author Leila Abouzeid.
The Chronicles of Panchita Villa and Other Guerrilleras
Essays on Chicana/Latina Literature and Criticism
University of Texas Press
A series of wide-ranging essays on the growth--and marginalization--of Chicana/Latina literature, criticism, and art.
Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil
1500–1600
University of Texas Press
A historically rich account of how “go-betweens”--individuals who could bridge indigenous and European cultures--helped shape Brazilian society in the sixteenth century.
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