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Witchcraft and Welfare
Spiritual Capital and the Business of Magic in Modern Puerto Rico
University of Texas Press
A masterful ethnography of Puerto Rican brujos, who advise their clients not only in consultation with the spirits but also in compliance with state laws and new economic opportunities.
Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Political Organizations
Choosing Issues, Taking Sides
University of Texas Press
This book sheds new light on the process of political identity formation through a study of the identity politics practiced by four major Mexican American political organizations.
Baetica Felix
People and Prosperity in Southern Spain from Caesar to Septimius Severus
University of Texas Press
An analysis of what factors made a Roman province prosperous.
Maya Palaces and Elite Residences
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Edited by Jessica Joyce Christie
University of Texas Press
This book brings together state-of-the-art data and analysis regarding the occupants, ritual and residential uses, and social and cosmological meanings of Maya palaces and elite residences.
Demosthenes, Speeches 50-59
Translated by Victor Bers
University of Texas Press
This set of ten law court speeches gives a vivid sense of public and private life in fourth-century BC Athens.
Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture
University of Texas Press
How dance was depicted in Near Eastern Neolithic artifacts.
Concept and Controversy
Sixty Years of Taking Ideas to Market
By W. W. Rostow
University of Texas Press
In this thought-provoking memoir, W. W. Rostow takes a retrospective look at eleven key policy problems with which he has been involved to show how ideas flow into concrete action and how actions taken or not taken in the short term actually determine the
Arab-American Faces and Voices
The Origins of an Immigrant Community
University of Texas Press
The experiences of Arab Americans (Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians), both Christians and Muslims, who immigrated to the Americas between 1880 and 1915, and their descendants.
Alex and the Hobo
A Chicano Life and Story
By José Inez Taylor and James M. Taggart
University of Texas Press
In this innovative ethnography, anthropologist James Taggart collaborates with author Joe Taylor to explore how the story "Alex and the Hobo" sprang from Taylor's life experiences and how it presents an insider's view of Mexicano culture and its construct
Women in Contemporary Mexican Politics
University of Texas Press
In this book, Victoria Rodríguez offers the first comprehensive analysis of how Mexican women have taken advantage of new opportunities to participate in the political process through elected and appointed office, nongovernmental organizations, and grassr
The Rise of Cable Programming in the United States
Revolution or Evolution?
By Megan Mullen
University of Texas Press
A study of the first half-century of cable television and why it never achieved its promise as a radically different means of communication.
The Global Environment and International Law
University of Texas Press
How international law has been used -- successfully and otherwise -- to protect the global environment.
The Contemporáneos Group
Rewriting Mexico in the Thirties and Forties
University of Texas Press
Salvador Oropesa offers original readings of the works of five Contemporáneos--Salvador Novo, Xavier Villaurrutia, Agustín Lazo, Guadalupe Marín, and Jorge Cuesta--and their efforts to create a Mexican literature that was international, attuned to the rea
Reading between Designs
Visual Imagery and the Generation of Meaning in The Avengers, The Prisoner, and Doctor Who
By Piers D. Britton and Simon J. Barker
University of Texas Press
An analytical study of scenic and costume design in three 1960s television drama series.
Postethnic Narrative Criticism
Magicorealism in Oscar "Zeta" Acosta, Ana Castillo, Julie Dash, Hanif Kureishi, and Salman Rushdie
University of Texas Press
This book seeks to redeem and refine the theory of magical realism in U.S. multiethnic and British postcolonial literature and film.
Las Tejanas
300 Years of History
University of Texas Press
This groundbreaking book is at once a general history and a celebration of Tejanas' contributions to Texas over three centuries.
Imagining Identity in New Spain
Race, Lineage, and the Colonial Body in Portraiture and Casta Paintings
University of Texas Press
Using an interdisciplinary approach that also considers legal, literary, and religious documents of the period, Magali Carrera focuses on eighteenth-century portraiture and casta paintings to understand how the people and spaces of New Spain were conceptu
Horton Foote
A Literary Biography
University of Texas Press
This literary biography thoroughly investigates how Horton Foote's life and worldview have shaped his works for stage, television, and film.
Felix Longoria's Wake
Bereavement, Racism, and the Rise of Mexican American Activism
By Patrick J. Carroll; Foreword by José E. Limón
University of Texas Press
How a controversy over a slain Mexican American soldier contributed to the rise of Mexican American activism.
Crafting Tradition
The Making and Marketing of Oaxacan Wood Carvings
University of Texas Press
The first in-depth look at the international trade in Oaxacan wood carvings, including their history, production, marketing, and cultural representations.
We're the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mill
An Oral History
By Jean A. Boyd
University of Texas Press
An oral history of one of the most long-lived bands in America.
We Came Naked and Barefoot
The Journey of Cabeza de Vaca across North America
By Alex D. Krieger; Edited by Margery H. Krieger; Introduction by Thomas R. Hester; Afterword by Thomas R. Hester
University of Texas Press
In this book, Alex D. Krieger correlates the accounts in two primary sources with his own extensive knowledge of the geography, archaeology, and anthropology of southern Texas and northern Mexico to plot out stage by stage the most probable route of the 2
The Native Americans of the Texas Edwards Plateau, 1582-1799
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive ethnohistory of the Native groups that inhabited the Texas Edwards Plateau and surrounding areas during most of the Spanish colonial era.
The French in Texas
History, Migration, Culture
Edited by François Lagarde
University of Texas Press
Original articles that explore the French presence and influence on Texas history, arts, education, religion, and business.
Shadowed Ground
America’s Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy
University of Texas Press
How and why Americans have memorialized—or not—the sites of tragic and violent events spanning three centuries of history and every region of the country.
Portraits of the Ptolemies
Greek Kings as Egyptian Pharaohs
University of Texas Press
In this book, Paul Edmund Stanwick undertakes the first complete study of Egyptian-style portraits of the Ptolemies.
Golden Wings and Other Stories about Birders and Birding
By Pete Dunne
University of Texas Press
Forty-one engrossing essays by a well-known birder.
The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II
University of Texas Press
Drawing on interviews with all surviving members of the Comanche Code Talkers, their original training officer, and fellow soldiers, as well as military records and news accounts, William C. Meadows follows the group from their recruitment and training to
Texas Earthquakes
By Cliff Frohlich and Scott D. Davis
University of Texas Press
This entertaining, yet authoritative book covers "all you really need to know" about earthquakes in general and in Texas specifically.
Texas Cemeteries
The Resting Places of Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Interesting Texans
By Bill Harvey
University of Texas Press
Visiting cemeteries from every era and all regions of the state, Bill Harvey recounts the histories of famous, infamous, and just plain interesting Texans who lie at rest in Texas cemeteries.
New Art of Cuba
Revised Edition
University of Texas Press
A comprehensive look at the works of the first generation of Cuban artists completely shaped by the 1959 revolution.
El Narcotraficante
Narcocorridos and the Construction of a Cultural Persona on the U.S.–Mexico Border
University of Texas Press
This multilayered ethnography takes a wide-ranging look at the persona of the narcotrafficker and how it has been shaped by Mexican border culture, socioeconomic and power disparities, and the transnational music industry.
Culture of Empire
American Writers, Mexico, and Mexican Immigrants, 1880–1930
University of Texas Press
In this stimulating history, Gilbert G. González traces the development of the culture of empire and its effects on U.S. attitudes and policies toward Mexican immigrants.
The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual
Devotional Practices of Pakistan and India
By Shemeem Burney Abbas; Introduction by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
University of Texas Press
The first in-depth study to examine women's participation in Sufi rituals in Pakistan and India.
The Cast of Character
Style in Greek Literature
By Nancy Worman
University of Texas Press
In this book, Nancy Worman investigates the development and evolution of ideas about style in archaic and classical literature through a study of representations of Odysseus and Helen.
Indigenous Movements, Self-Representation, and the State in Latin America
Edited by Kay B. Warren and Jean E. Jackson
University of Texas Press
Case studies of indigenous movements in Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil.
Career Movies
American Business and the Success Mystique
By Jack Boozer
University of Texas Press
An analysis of the career/business film as a genre.
Black-Brown Relations and Stereotypes
University of Texas Press
Offering some of the first in-depth analyses of how African Americans and Hispanics perceive and interact with each other, this pathfinding study looks at black-brown relations in Houston, Texas, one of the largest U.S. cities with a majority ethnic popul
Screen Couple Chemistry
The Power of 2
University of Texas Press
An examination of what sets the synergistic couple apart from other onscreen pairings, plus extended discussions of four enduring screen couples--Maureen O'Sullivan/Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Loy/William Powell, Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers, and Katharine He
Saving Migrant Birds
Developing Strategies for the Future
By John Faaborg
University of Texas Press
An evaluation of efforts to conserve migrant bird populations.
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