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Making Ecuadorian Histories
Four Centuries of Defining Power
University of Texas Press
This pathfinding book investigates how archaeological knowledge is used for both maintaining and contesting nation-building and state-hegemony in Ecuador.
Latin American Law
A History of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America
By M. C. Mirow
University of Texas Press
This book offers the first comprehensive introduction in either English or Spanish to private law in Spanish Latin America from the colonial period to the present.
History Films, Women, and Freud's Uncanny
University of Texas Press
In this book, Linville offers a sustained critique of the history film and its reduction of women to figures of ambivalence or absence.
From Walt to Woodstock
How Disney Created the Counterculture
University of Texas Press
Douglas Brode overturns the idea of Disney as a middlebrow filmmaker by detailing how Disney movies played a key role in transforming children of the Eisenhower era into the radical youth of the Age of Aquarius.
Contemporary Theatre in Mayan Mexico
Death-Defying Acts
University of Texas Press
Tamara Underiner draws on fieldwork with theatre groups in Chiapas, Tabasco, and Yucatán to observe the Maya peoples in the process of defining themselves through theatrical performance.
Ancient Cuzco
Heartland of the Inca
University of Texas Press
This landmark book undertakes the first general overview of the prehistory of the Cuzco region from the arrival of the first hunter-gatherers (ca. 7000 B.C.) to the fall of the Inca Empire in A.D. 1532.
The Summer of Her Baldness
A Cancer Improvisation
University of Texas Press
In this irreverent and moving memoir, Lord draws on the e-mail correspondence of her online persona Her Baldness to offer an unconventional look at life with breast cancer and the societal space occupied by the seriously ill.
The River Has Never Divided Us
A Border History of La Junta de los Rios
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive history of La Junta de los Rios, from the formation of the Mexico-Texas border in the mid-19th century to the 1997 ambush shooting of teenage goatherd Esquiel Hernandez by U.S. Marines performing drug interdiction in El Polvo, Texas.
Julie Speed
Paintings, Constructions, and Works on Paper
University of Texas Press
To bring Speed’s mysterious and compelling work to a wider audience, this beautifully illustrated volume presents one hundred color plates of her oil paintings, constructions and works on paper.
Gender and the Boundaries of Dress in Contemporary Peru
University of Texas Press
Why people wear clothes, why people make art, and why those things matter in a war-torn land.
From Cuenca to Queens
An Anthropological Story of Transnational Migration
By Ann Miles
University of Texas Press
This anthropological story of an Ecuadoran man's migration and its effects on his life and the lives of his parents and siblings adds a crucial human dimension to statistics about immigration and the macro impact of transnational migration on the global e
Fatal Future?
Transnational Terrorism and the New Global Disorder
University of Texas Press
This groundbreaking book examines the evolution of terrorism in the context of the new global disorder.
American Flintknappers
Stone Age Art in the Age of Computers
University of Texas Press
Avid knapper and professional anthropologist John Whittaker offers an insider's view of the knapping community.
Vietnam Veteranos
Chicanos Recall the War
By Lea Ybarra; Introduction by Edward James Olmos
University of Texas Press
To spotlight and preserve some of their stories, this book presents substantial interviews with Chicano Vietnam veterans and their families that explore the men’s experiences in combat, the war’s effects on the Chicano community, and the veterans’ postwar
Saddam's War of Words
Politics, Religion, and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
University of Texas Press
The first in-depth investigation of how Saddam Hussein used Islam and Arab nationalism to legitimate his invasion of Kuwait in the eyes of fellow Muslims and Arabs, while delegitimating the actions of the U.S.-led coalition and its Arab members.
Romancing the Maya
Mexican Antiquity in the American Imagination, 1820-1915
University of Texas Press
An exploration of why nineteenth-century Americans felt entitled to appropriate Mexico's cultural heritage as the United States' own.
Israeli and Palestinian Postcards
Presentations of National Self
University of Texas Press
Tim Jon Semmerling explores how Israelis and Palestinians have recently used postcards and greeting cards to present images of the national self, to build national awareness and reinforce nationalist ideologies, and to gain international acceptance.
Derek Jarman and Lyric Film
The Mirror and the Sea
University of Texas Press
This pathfinding book places Derek Jarman in the tradition of lyric film and offers incisive readings of all eleven of his feature-length films, from Sebastiane to Blue.
Anthropologists in the Public Sphere
Speaking Out on War, Peace, and American Power
Edited by Roberto J. González
University of Texas Press
This anthology collects over fifty commentaries by noted anthropologists such as Margaret Mead, Franz Boas, and Marshall Sahlins who seek to understand and explain the profound repercussions of U.S. involvement in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin
The Maya and Teotihuacan
Reinterpreting Early Classic Interaction
Edited by Geoffrey E. Braswell
University of Texas Press
The contributors to this volume present extensive new evidence from archaeology, iconography, and epigraphy to offer a more nuanced understanding of the interaction between the Early Classic Maya and Teotihuacan.
No Gifts from Chance
A Biography of Edith Wharton
University of Texas Press
A biography of the noted author, tracing her evolution from shy debutante to the social chronicler of her age.
Native North American Armor, Shields, and Fortifications
University of Texas Press
David E. Jones offers the first systematic comparative study of the defensive armor and fortifications of aboriginal Native Americans.
Harder than Hardscrabble
Oral Recollections of the Farming Life from the Edge of the Texas Hill Country
Edited by Thad Sitton
University of Texas Press
A firsthand view of Texas farming life before World War II.
Death and the Emperor
Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius
University of Texas Press
The role of monuments in the Roman imperial cult.
Becoming Neighbors in a Mexican American Community
Power, Conflict, and Solidarity
University of Texas Press
Focusing on the Mexican-origin, working-class city of La Puente in Los Angeles County, California, this book examines Mexican Americans’ everyday attitudes toward and interactions with Mexican immigrants—a topic that has so far received little serious stu
The Poetics of Appearance in the Attic Korai
By Mary Stieber
University of Texas Press
A fresh look at the Athenian korai—sculptures of beautiful young women presenting offerings to the goddess Athena that stood on the Acropolis.
The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross
Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil
By Laura de Mello e Souza; Translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty
University of Texas Press
Originally published in Brazil as O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz, this translation from the Portuguese analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Stories, Myths, Chants, and Songs of the Kuna Indians
By Joel Sherzer; Illustrated by Olokwagdi de Akwanusadup
University of Texas Press
The Kuna Indians of Panama, probably best known for molas, their colorful appliqué blouses, also have a rich literary tradition of oral stories and performances; this book contains the texts of many such works.
Nature, Culture, and Big Old Trees
Live Oaks and Ceibas in the Landscapes of Louisiana and Guatemala
By Kit Anderson
University of Texas Press
A vibrant portrait of the relationship between people and trees in Louisiana and Guatemala.
Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru
University of Texas Press
The first wide-ranging, systematic study of the Moche portraits, three-dimensional ceramic vessels formed in the likeness of people's heads.
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