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Rituals of Respect
The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes
By Inge Bolin
University of Texas Press
In this beautifully written ethnography, Bolin describes the rituals of respect that maintain harmonious relations among people, the natural world, and the realm of the gods in an isolated Andean community of llama and alpaca herders that reaches up to 16
Perennial Gardens for Texas
By Julie Ryan
University of Texas Press
This book is a complete guide to perennial gardening in Texas and similar regions of eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas.
Modernismo, Modernity and the Development of Spanish American Literature
University of Texas Press
Cathy L . Jrade undertakes a full exploration of the modernista project and shows how it provided a foundation for trends and movements that have continued to shape literary production in Spanish America throughout the twentieth century.
Between Field and Cooking Pot
The Political Economy of Marketwomen in Peru, Revised Edition
University of Texas Press
This revised edition offers an updated appraisal of what neoliberal politics and economics mean in the lives of marketwomen in the nineties, based on new fieldwork conducted in 1997.
Savage Cinema
Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies
University of Texas Press
Stephen Prince explains the rise of explicit violence in the American cinema, its social effects, and the relation of contemporary ultraviolence to the radical, humanistic filmmaking that Peckinpah practiced.
Realm of the Saint
Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism
University of Texas Press
This book presents a systematic history of Moroccan Sufism through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries C.E. and a comprehensive study of Moroccan Sufi doctrine, focusing on the concept of sainthood.
Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1
Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes
By John McEachran and Janice D. Fechhelm
University of Texas Press
This book is the first of two volumes that cover the entire fish fauna of the Gulf of Mexico.
Access to Origins
Affines, Ancestors, and Aristocrats
University of Texas Press
A broadly cross-cultural study of aristocracy in chiefly societies.
The Mixe of Oaxaca
Religion, Ritual, and Healing
By Frank J. Lipp; Introduction by Munro S. Edmonson
University of Texas Press
The Mixe of Oaxaca was the first extensive ethnography of the Mixe, with a special focus on Mixe religious beliefs and rituals and the curing practices associated with them.
Surrealist Women
An International Anthology
Edited by Penelope Rosemont
University of Texas Press
This anthology, the first of its kind in any language, displays the range and significance of women's contributions to surrealism.
Small-headed Flycatcher. Seen Yesterday. He Didn’t Leave His Name.
and other stories
By Pete Dunne; Illustrated by Louise Zemaitis
University of Texas Press
In thirty-two vintage essays, Pete Dunne explores the worlds of birds and birders.
Protestantism in Guatemala
Living in the New Jerusalem
University of Texas Press
The first English-language history of Protestantism in Guatemala.
Torture in Brazil
A Shocking Report on the Pervasive Use of Torture by Brazilian Military Governments, 1964-1979, Secretly Prepared by the Archiodese of São Paulo
University of Texas Press
The English translation of Brasil: Nunca Mais, a catalog of how torture was used in Brazil from 1964 to 1985.
The Life of Our Language
Kaqchikel Maya Maintenance, Shift, and Revitalization
University of Texas Press
How a Mayan language changes and is maintained within its culture.
Practicing Community
Class Culture and Power in an Urban Neighborhood
University of Texas Press
How a working-class community works to preserve their community.
Indigenous Aesthetics
Native Art, Media, and Identity
University of Texas Press
A rich study of Native American aesthetics, art, media, and identity.
Anita Brenner
A Mind of Her Own
By Susannah Joel Glusker; Introduction by Carlos Monsiváis
University of Texas Press
This intellectual biography brings to light a complex, fascinating woman who bridged many worlds--the United States and Mexico, art and politics, professional work and family life.
The Rope, The Chair, and the Needle
Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990
University of Texas Press
A history of capital punishment in Texas.
Nameless Towns
Texas Sawmill Communities, 1880-1942
By Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad
University of Texas Press
Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the east Texas sawmill communities.
Men as Women, Women as Men
Changing Gender in Native American Cultures
By Sabine Lang; Translated by John L. Vantine
University of Texas Press
An objective, comprehensive study of Native American women-men and men-women across many tribal cultures and an extended time span.
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