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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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