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Hegemonies of Language and Their Discontents
The Southwest North American Region Since 1540
The University of Arizona Press
Esteemed author Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez details the linguistic and cultural processes used by penetrating imperial and national states to establish language supremacy in the Southwest North American Region from 1540 to the present, and the manner in which those affected have responded and acted, often in dissatisfaction and at times with inventive adaptations.
Marking Indigeneity
The Tongan Art of Sociospatial Relations
By Tevita O. Ka'ili; Foreword by ‘Okusitino Mahina
The University of Arizona Press
Marking Indigeneity examines the conflicts and reconciliation of indigenous time-space within the Tongan community in Maui, as well as within the time-space of capitalism. Using indigenous theory, Tēvita O. Ka‘ili provides an ethnography of the social relations of the highly mobile Tongans.
Yaqui Indigeneity
Epistemology, Diaspora, and the Construction of Yoeme Identity
The University of Arizona Press
The first book-length study of the representation of the Yaqui nation in literature, Yaqui Indigeneity examines the transborder Yaqui nation as interpreted through the Mexican and Chicana/o imaginary. Tumbaga identifies a community of Chicano-Yaqui authors whose writings reclaim their own Native identities and challenge Mexican and Chicana/o views of Indigeneity.
Trincheras Sites in Time, Space, and Society
The University of Arizona Press
This edited volume integrates a remarkable body of new data representing current issues and methodologies in the archaeology of hilltop sites, known as cerros de trincheras, in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Looking Like the Enemy
Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897–1945
By Jerry García
The University of Arizona Press
The first English-language book to report on the Japanese experience in Mexico, Looking Like the Enemy is an important examination of the tumultuous half-century before World War II, offering illuminating insights into the wartime experiences of the Japanese on both sides of the US/Mexico border.
The Shadow of the Wall
Violence and Migration on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Edited by Jeremy Slack, Daniel E. Martínez, and Scott Whiteford; Foreword by Josiah Heyman; By (photographer) Murphy Woodhouse
The University of Arizona Press
Mass deportation is currently at the forefront of political discourse in the United States. This volume allows readers to understand the very real impact that mass removal to Mexico has on people’s lives. The Shadow of the Wall underscores the unintended social consequences of increased border enforcement, immigrant criminalization, and deportation along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Lives of Stone Tools
Crafting the Status, Skill, and Identity of Flintknappers
The University of Arizona Press
The Lives of Stone Tools gives voice to the Indigenous Gamo lithic practitioners of southern Ethiopia. Kathryn Weedman Arthur shows their perspective that stone tools are living beings with a life course. In so doing, Arthur subverts long-held Western perspectives on gender, skill, and lifeless status of inorganic matter.
Beyond Alterity
Destabilizing the Indigenous Other in Mexico
The University of Arizona Press
The concept of “indigenous” has been entwined with notions of exoticism and alterity throughout Mexico’s history. In Beyond Alterity, authors from across disciplines question the persistent association between indigenous people and radical difference, and demonstrate that alterity is often the product of specific political contexts.
Interwoven
Andean Lives in Colonial Ecuador’s Textile Economy
By Rachel Corr
The University of Arizona Press
Interwoven focuses on the lives of native Andean families in Pelileo, a town dominated by one of Quito’s largest and longest-lasting textile mills. Rachel Corr reveals the strategies used by indigenous people to maintain their families and reconstitute their communities in the face of colonial disruptions.
Immigration and the Law
Race, Citizenship, and Social Control
Edited by Sofía Espinoza Álvarez and Martin Guevara Urbina
The University of Arizona Press
In today’s highly charged atmosphere, Immigration and the Law gives readers a grounded and broad overview of U.S. immigration law in a single book. Encompassing issues such as shifting demographics, a changing criminal justice system, and a volatile political climate, this book offers a critical and sweeping look at the history and nuances of immigration law.
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