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Impunity, Human Rights, and Democracy
Chile and Argentina, 1990-2005
University of Texas Press
This in-depth study highlights the unique, precedent-setting approach taken by Argentina and Chile to empower human rights advocates while prosecuting the perpetrators of crimes against humanity, whose rise to power during the 1970s and 1980s once appeared unstoppable.
The Casa del Deán
New World Imagery in a Sixteenth-Century Mexican Mural Cycle
University of Texas Press
Extensively illustrated with new color photographs, this pioneering study of a masterpiece of colonial Latin American art reveals how a cathedral dean and native American painters drew on their respective visual traditions to promote Christian faith in th
Mario Vargas Llosa
A Life of Writing
University of Texas Press
In this first comprehensive intellectual biography of the prolific Nobel laureate, a preeminent scholar of Hispanic studies examines Mario Vargas Llosa’s multifaceted literary career, spanning the polemics of the Latin American literary boom through five
Foodways and Daily Life in Medieval Anatolia
A New Social History
University of Texas Press
Bringing to life an overlooked aspect of the dawn of the Ottoman empire, this illuminating study uses the prism of food—from farming to mealtimes, religious rituals, and commerce—to understand how Anatolian society gave rise to a superpower.
The Ethos of Romance at the Turn of the Century
University of Texas Press
In this study, William J. Scheick seeks to recover the place of romance in fin-de-siècle England and America; to distinguish among its subgenres of eventuary, aesthetic, and ethical romance; and to reinstate ethical romance as a major mode of artistic exp
Folk Practices in North Mexico
Birth Customs, Folk Medicine, and Spiritualism in the Laguna Zone
By Isabel Kelly
University of Texas Press
Folk customs of the mid-twentieth century in a village in Coahuila.
Dictionary of the Alabama Language
University of Texas Press
This analytical dictionary of a member of the Muskogean language family contains over 8,000 entries of roots, stems, and compounds in the Alabama-English section, followed by a thorough English-Alabama finder list that functions as a full index to the def
Mexico and the Spanish Cortes, 1810–1822
Eight Essays
Edited by Nettie Lee Benson
University of Texas Press
These eight essays trace the establishment and implementation of the Mexican electoral system, both national and municipal, and of reforms in the economic, journalistic, religious, and military systems.
Kurdish Awakening
Nation Building in a Fragmented Homeland
Edited by Ofra Bengio
University of Texas Press
Kurdish Awakening is a comprehensive examination of the sweeping developments in “Greater Kurdistan” over the past few decades, analyzing the growth of this nationalistic yet fragmented movement and illuminating its geopolitical implications.
Domestic Disturbances
Re-Imagining Narratives of Gender, Labor, and Immigration
By Irene Mata
University of Texas Press
Domestic Disturbances examines the treatment of the traditional immigrant narrative in popular culture, illuminating the possibilities of alternative stories by reading Chicana/Latina-produced texts through a new interpretation of the immigrant paradigm.
Children of Afghanistan
The Path to Peace
Edited by Jennifer Heath and Ashraf Zahedi
University of Texas Press
A sweeping examination of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable individuals and the myriad of problems that confront them, Children of Afghanistan not only explores the host of crises that has led the United Nations to call the country “the worst place on earth t
Beyond the Forest
Jewish Presence in Eastern Europe, 2004–2012
University of Texas Press
This evocative photo essay explores how Jewish communities in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic are reclaiming their history, rebuilding their communities, and revivifying their Jewish identity following the Holocaust and decades of Soviet
This Is Jerusalem Calling
State Radio in Mandate Palestine
University of Texas Press
This history of the long-overlooked Palestine Broadcasting Service (1936–1948) examines the role of government-sponsored radio in shaping Arab political and social life in the wake of British colonialism.
Discovering the Olmecs
An Unconventional History
University of Texas Press
This lively history of seven decades of archaeological exploration in the Olmec region of Mexico tells the fascinating backstory of how archaeological discoveries are made while offering an exceptional overview of this ancient civilization.
Americans in the Treasure House
Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire
By Jason Ruiz
University of Texas Press
Through extensive engagement with archival sources, this book traces the history of travel to Mexico during the Porfiriato and the Revolution, exploring how travelers’ representations created an image of Mexico as a country requiring foreign intervention
The Flatlanders
Now It's Now Again
University of Texas Press
Spotlighting three legends of American music—Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock, The Flatlanders recounts the band’s epic forty-year journey from a living room in Lubbock, Texas, to the release of their extraordinary long-lost demo, The Odess
Aaron Siskind
Another Photographic Reality
By Aaron Siskind; Introduction by Charles Traub
University of Texas Press
The first true retrospective of a towering figure in American photography and the only book on Aaron Siskind currently in print, this volume features important, rarely published work and an authoritative text by noted photo historian Gilles Mora.
The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez
By Frederick Luis Aldama; Introduction by Charles Ramírez Berg
University of Texas Press
With insightful analysis of films ranging from El Mariachi to Spy Kids 4 and Machete Kills, as well as a lively interview in which the filmmaker discusses his career, here is the first scholarly overview of the work of Robert Rodriguez, the most successful U.S. Latino filmmaker today.
Texas on the Table
People, Places, and Recipes Celebrating the Flavors of the Lone Star State
University of Texas Press
One of Texas’s leading cookbook authors presents 150 recipes that showcase the state’s bounty of locally grown meats and produce, artisanal cheeses, and award-winning wines, along with fascinating stories of the people who are enriching the flavors of Texas.
Queer Beirut
University of Texas Press
Queer Beirut paves the way for a timely anthropological conversation about gender and queer identities in both Middle Eastern studies and urban studies.
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