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On Anger
Race, Cognition, Narrative
By Sue J. Kim
University of Texas Press
Opening a stimulating dialogue between cognitive studies and cultural studies, On Anger uses narratives such as the film Crash, Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior, and the HBO series The Wire to argue that race is central to our conceptions and experiences of anger.
Drawing with Great Needles
Ancient Tattoo Traditions of North America
Edited by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Carol Diaz-Granados
University of Texas Press
Leading authorities provide the first state-of-the-art study of the history, meaning, and significance of Native American tattooing in the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains.
Califia Women
Feminist Education against Sexism, Classism, and Racism
University of Texas Press
A dynamic exploration of the Califia Community, a long-running Los Angeles-based grassroots alternative education group formed in the mid-1970s, whose richly diverse membership offered a compelling array of responses to feminism’s key issues.
Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches
Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822
University of Texas Press
Writing Brazilian women back into history, this book presents the first comprehensive study in English of how women experienced and understood their lives within the society created by the Portuguese imperial government and the colonial era Roman Catholic
The Ecology of the Barí
Rainforest Horticulturalists of South America
University of Texas Press
The first book-length study of the human ecology of the Barí, drawing on more than forty years of field research to examine relations with natural and social environments, reactions to depredations and warfare, and belief in the possibility that a child can have dual paternity.
Dream West
Politics and Religion in Cowboy Movies
University of Texas Press
With paradigm-shifting readings of dozens of Westerns, from Gunfight at the O.K. Corral to No Country for Old Men, this book challenges us to rethink the genre as a supposed purveyor of conservative political and religious values.
Authentic Texas
People of the Big Bend
University of Texas Press
Interviews with several dozen residents of the Big Bend offer the most complete, contemporary portrait of life in this remote region where authentic Texans still exemplify the state’s independence and community spirit.
Waltercio Caldas
By Waltercio Caldas, Blanton Museum of Art, Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, Richard Shiff, and Robert Storr; Introduction by Simone Wincha
University of Texas Press
Lavishly illustrated with more than eighty works, including drawings and sculptures, objects and installations, this catalog of the first U.S. retrospective exhibition of Waltercio Caldas offers insight into his entire artistic production to date, one of
Two Prospectors
The Letters of Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark
University of Texas Press
A compelling portrait of a complex, decades-long friendship, these deeply honest letters and candid family photographs offer the most intimate glimpse we will ever get into the life, personal philosophy, and creative process of America’s leading dramatist.
On Story - Screenwriters and Their Craft
Edited by Barbara Morgan and Maya Perez; By Austin Film Festival
University of Texas Press
Renowned, award-winning screenwriters, including John Lee Hancock, Peter Hedges, Lawrence Kasdan, Whit Stillman, Robin Swicord, and Randall Wallace, discuss their craft from concept to completion in these lively conversations transcribed from the acclaime
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