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Living with the Dead
Mortuary Ritual in Mesoamerica
Edited by James L. Fitzsimmons and Izumi Shimada
The University of Arizona Press
Sown in Earth
Essays of Memory and Belonging
By Fred Arroyo
The University of Arizona Press
Sown in Earth is a collection of personal memories, which speak to the larger experiences of hard-working migratory men. By crafting a written journey through childhood traumas, poverty, and the impact of alcoholism on families, Fred Arroyo clearly outlines how his lived experiences made him want to become a writer. Sown in Earth is a shocking yet warm collage of memories which serve as more than a memoir or an autobiography. Rather, Arroyo recounts his youth through lyrical prose to humanize and immortalize the hushed lives of men like his father, honoring their struggle and claiming their impact on the writers and artists they raised.
Our Bearings
Poems
The University of Arizona Press
Our Bearings is a collection of narrative poetry that examines and celebrates Anishinaabe life in modern Minneapolis. The poems offer a beautifully layered discourse between landscapes, stories, and the people who inhabit them. Through keen observation and a deep understanding of Native life in Minneapolis, McGlennen has created a timely collection which contributes beautifully to the important conversation about contemporary urban Native life in North America and globally.
The Saguaro Cactus
A Natural History
The University of Arizona Press
The saguaro, with its great size and characteristic shape, has become the emblem of the Sonoran Desert of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. This book offers a complete natural history of this enduring cactus, the largest and tallest in the United States. From its role in Sonoran Desert ecology, to its adaptations to the desert climate, to its sacred place in Indigenous culture, this book offers a definitive source on a distinguished desert plant.
River Dialogues
Hindu Faith and the Political Ecology of Dams on the Sacred Ganga
The University of Arizona Press
In River Dialogues, Georgina Drew offers a detailed ethnographic engagement with the social movements contesting hydroelectric development on the Ganga River. The book examines how complex cultural politics succeeded in influencing an unprecedented reversal of government plans for three contested hydroelectric projects, and how that decision sparked ripples of discontent after being paired with the declaration of a conservation zone where the projects were situated. River Dialogues critically engages with the growing global advocacy of the “green economy” model for environmental stewardship.
Pasadena Before the Roses
Race, Identity, and Land Use in Southern California, 1771–1890
The University of Arizona Press
In Pasadena Before the Roses, historian Yvette J. Saavedra shows how Indigenous, Spanish, Mexican, and American groups each have redefined the meanings of land use to build their homes and their lives. This social and cultural history illustrates the interconnectedness of power, ideas of land use, and the negotiation of identity within multiple colonial moments.
Memories of Earth and Sea
An Ethnographic History of the Islands of Chiloé
The University of Arizona Press
Spiral to the Stars
Mvskoke Tools of Futurity
By Laura Harjo
The University of Arizona Press
Spiral to the Stars offers a critical and concrete map for community making that leverages Mvskoke way-finding tools of energy, kinship, knowledge, power, and spaces. It is must-have book for community organizers, radical pedagogists, and anyone wishing to empower and advocate for their community.
Border Brokers
Children of Mexican Immigrants Navigating U.S. Society, Laws, and Politics
The University of Arizona Press
Border Brokers examines the broader consequences of U.S. immigration policies on both immigrant and citizen members within mixed-status families. Christina Getrich offers the first book-length longitudinal study of children from mixed-status families.
Footprints of Hopi History
Hopihiniwtiput Kukveni'at
The University of Arizona Press
Footprints of Hopi History illuminates how Hopis understand and value their ancestral landscapes. It offers fresh and innovative perspectives on archaeology and anthropology initiatives, and demonstrates how one tribal community significantly has advanced knowledge about its past through collaboration with archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians.