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Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion
Modernist Visions and the Invisible Indian
University of Texas Press
This book offers a new way of understanding the Zapatista conflict as a counteraction to the forces of modernity and globalization that have rendered indigenous peoples virtually invisible throughout the world.
The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel
University of Texas Press
The first complete analytical and critical overview of the Spanish American novel throughout the entire twentieth century, now available in paperback.
The Culture of Migration in Southern Mexico
University of Texas Press
This book explores the complex constellation of factors that cause rural Oaxacans to migrate, the historical and contemporary patterns of their migration, the effects of migration on families and communities, and the economic, cultural, and social reasons
Reading Palestine
Printing and Literacy, 1900-1948
By Ami Ayalon
University of Texas Press
Addressing an exciting aspect of Middle Eastern history as well as the power of the printed word itself, Reading Palestine describes how the sudden rise of literacy in Palestine intensified the role of literacy in every sphere of community life.
Torah Today
A Renewed Encounter with Scripture
By Pinchas H. Peli; Introduction by Harold M. Schulweis
University of Texas Press
Newly reissued—an acclaimed volume of commentaries on the Torah by one of the twentieth century’s leading teachers of Judaism.
The Last Jews in Baghdad
Remembering a Lost Homeland
By Nissim Rejwan; Introduction by Joel Beinin
University of Texas Press
In this beautifully written memoir, Nissim Rejwan recalls the lost Jewish community of Baghdad, in which he was a child and young man from the 1920s through 1951.
Rise and Fall of the Cosmic Race
The Cult of Mestizaje in Latin America
University of Texas Press
This study charts the history of Latin America’s experience of mestizaje through the prisms of literature, the visual and performing arts, social commentary, and music.
Rio Grande
Edited by Jan Reid
University of Texas Press
Rio Grande explores the ecology, history, culture, and politicization of the river.
Mayas in the Marketplace
Tourism, Globalization, and Cultural Identity
University of Texas Press
Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork, Walter Little presents the first ethnographic study of Maya handicraft vendors in the international marketplace.
Maya Political Science
Time, Astronomy, and the Cosmos
University of Texas Press
Rice builds a new model of Classic lowland Maya (AD 179–948) political organization and political geography.
Mary, Mother and Warrior
The Virgin in Spain and the Americas
University of Texas Press
This wide-ranging and highly readable book explores the veneration of the Virgin Mary in Spain and the Americas from the colonial period to the present.
Hispanic Spaces, Latino Places
Community and Cultural Diversity in Contemporary America
Edited by Daniel D. Arreola
University of Texas Press
Sixteen geographers and two sociologists map the regional and cultural diversity of the Hispanic/Latino population of the United States.
Early Spanish American Narrative
University of Texas Press
To give everyone interested in contemporary Spanish American fiction a broad understanding of its literary antecedents, this book offers an authoritative survey of four centuries of Spanish American narrative.
Disobedience, Slander, Seduction, and Assault
Women and Men in Cajamarca, Peru, 1862-1900
University of Texas Press
Drawing on the trial transcripts of Cajamarca, a northern Peruvian province, from more than a century ago, this book shares eye-opening details about life among this community, in which reputation could determine a woman’s chances of survival.
Creole Economics
Caribbean Cunning under the French Flag
University of Texas Press
Browne draws on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork and interview data from all socioeconomic sectors to question the common understanding of informal economies as culture-free, survival strategies of the poor.
Coming Attractions
Reading American Movie Trailers
By Lisa Kernan
University of Texas Press
Starting from the premise that movie trailers can be considered a film genre, this pioneering book explores the genre’s conventions and offers a primer for reading the rhetoric of movie trailers.
Ancient Maya Commoners
Edited by Jon C. Lohse and Fred Valdez
University of Texas Press
This pathfinding book marshals a wide array of archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic evidence to offer the fullest understanding to date of the lifeways of ancient Maya commoners.
Alexander Watkins Terrell
Civil War Soldier, Texas Lawmaker, American Diplomat
University of Texas Press
Alexander Terrell’s career placed him at the center of some of the most pivotal events in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history, ranging from the Civil War to Emperor Maximilian’s reign over Mexico and an Armenian genocide under the Ottoman Empi
Sabine Pass
The Confederacy's Thermopylae
University of Texas Press
A meticulously researched account of a Civil War battle where a handful of Texans prevented a much larger Union military force from occupying Sabine Pass.
Relatos y relaciones de Hispanoamérica colonial
Edited by Otto Olivera
University of Texas Press
This anthology of foundational sixteenth-century Spanish-language texts presents the European side of the discovery and colonization of the New World.
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