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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.
De León, a Tejano Family History
University of Texas Press
Combining the storytelling flair of a novelist with a scholar's concern for the facts, Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm here recounts the history of three generations of the de León family, one of the founding families of Texas.
Conversations with Isabel Allende
Revised Edition
Edited by John Rodden; Introduction by Isabel Allende
University of Texas Press
A collection of interviews with the famous Chilean-American author.
Vergil, Philodemus, and the Augustans
University of Texas Press
The essays in this book offer a new baseline for understanding the effect of Philodemus and Epicureanism on both the thought and poetic practices of Vergil, Horace, and other Augustan writers.
Queer Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema
University of Texas Press
Highly perceptive queer readings of fourteen key films to demonstrate how these cultural products promote the principles of an antiheterosexist stance while they simultaneously disclose how homophobia enforces the norms of heterosexuality.
Homeric Responses
By Gregory Nagy
University of Texas Press
A series of essays that further elaborate the author's theories regarding the oral composition and evolution of the Homeric epics.
Birds of Belize
By H. Lee Jones; Illustrated by Dana Gardner
University of Texas Press
Birds of Belize provides the first complete guide to the identification of all currently known species--574 in all.
Women's Lives in Colonial Quito
Gender, Law, and Economy in Spanish America
University of Texas Press
In this provocative study, Kimberly Gauderman undermines the long-accepted patriarchal model of colonial society by uncovering the active participation of indigenous, mestiza, and Spanish women of all social classes in many aspects of civil life in sevent
The Devil's Book of Culture
History, Mushrooms, and Caves in Southern Mexico
University of Texas Press
In this highly original ethnography, Benjamin Feinberg investigates how different understandings of Mazatec identity and culture emerge through talk that circulates within and among various groups, including Mazatec-speaking businessmen, curers, peasants,
Straddling the Border
Immigration Policy and the INS
By Lisa Magaña
University of Texas Press
Why a profound disconnection between national-level policymaking and local-level policy implementation prevents the INS from effectively fulfilling either its enforcement or its service mission.
Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies
Shahrazad Tells Her Story
University of Texas Press
The author applies a variety of western critical theories, including Marxism, colonial discourse, feminism, and narrative theory, to the autobiographies of several Arab women to demonstrate what these critical methodologies can reveal about Arab women's w
Natives, Europeans, and Africans in Sixteenth-Century Santiago de Guatemala
University of Texas Press
The society, culture, and economy of a colonial Spanish American city.
Lightning Warrior
Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua
University of Texas Press
Using epigraphic, iconographic, and stylistic analyses, this study explores the integrated political-religious meanings of Quirigua’s monumental sculptures during the eighth-century A.D.
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