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Moon and Henna Tree
By Ahmed Toufiq; Translated by Roger Allen
University of Texas Press
Morocco’s Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments explores the abuse of power and its effects in this award-winning novel that opens a fascinating window into Amazigh (Berber) culture.
Living with Oil
Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast
University of Texas Press
This insightful study examines Mexico’s oil crisis and the communities affected by the decline of Cantarell, the nation’s aging supergiant offshore oilfield
Living with Lupus
Women and Chronic Illness in Ecuador
By Ann Miles
University of Texas Press
Enriched with ethnographic stories of Ecuadorian women who struggle with the autoimmune disorder, lupus erythematosus, this book is one of the first to explore the meanings and experiences of medically managed chronic illness in the developing world.
Independence in Latin America
Contrasts and Comparisons
University of Texas Press
Extensively revised to incorporate the latest interpretations and address issues of race and gender as well as of economic interest, this is the only book that in such a short space covers the causes, events, and consequences of the wars of independence (1810–1825) in all of Latin America.
Dancing the New World
Aztecs, Spaniards, and the Choreography of Conquest
University of Texas Press
Analyzing the extensive accounts of Aztec dance practices in colonial-era European chronicles, histories, letters, and travel books, this volume reveals the surprising and crucial role that dance played in the European conquest and colonization of the Ame
Anay's Will to Learn
A Woman's Education in the Shadow of the Maquiladoras
University of Texas Press
This ethnographic case study provides a personal view of a maquiladora worker’s struggles with factory labor conditions, poverty, and violence as she journeys toward education, financial opportunity, and, ultimately, empowerment.
James M. Cain and the American Authors' Authority
By Richard Fine
University of Texas Press
The history of a short-lived professional writers' organization.
A Favored Place
San Juan River Wetlands, Central Veracruz, A.D. 500 to the Present
University of Texas Press
A history of land use in a wetland environment in Mexico.
The American Jewish Story through Cinema
University of Texas Press
By analyzing select mainstream films from the beginning of the sound era until today, this groundbreaking study uses the medium of cinema to provide an understanding of the American Jewish experience over the last century.
Mojo Hand
The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins
University of Texas Press
Through vivid oral histories backed by extensive research, Mojo Hand tells the story of one of America’s greatest bluesmen, whose deeply authentic songs and unique style of guitar playing indelibly shaped modern roots, blues, rock ’n’ roll, singer-songwri
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