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Reimagining National Belonging
Post-Civil War El Salvador in a Global Context
The University of Arizona Press
Reimagining National Belonging offers the first sustained critical examination of post-civil war El Salvador, describing how one nation took up the challenge of generating social unity and shared meanings around ideas of the nation. An “ethnography of the state,” it highlights the practices and the complexities of nation-building in the 21st century.
Latino Los Angeles in Film and Fiction
The Cultural Production of Social Anxiety
The University of Arizona Press
A much-needed contribution to the fields of urban theory, race critical theory, Chicana/o–Latina/o studies, and Los Angeles writing and film, López-Calvo offers multiple theoretical perspectives—including urban theory, ecocriticism, ethnic studies, gender studies, and cultural studies—contextualized with notions of transnationalism and post-nationalism.
Revolt
An Archaeological History of Pueblo Resistance and Revitalization in 17th Century New Mexico
The University of Arizona Press
Traditional text-based accounts tend to focus on the revolt and the Spaniards’ reconquest in 1692—completely skipping over the years of indigenous independence that occurred in between. Revolt boldly breaks out of this mold and examines the aftermath of the uprising in colonial New Mexico, focusing on the radical changes it instigated in Pueblo culture and society.
Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.
Last Water on the Devil's Highway
A Cultural and Natural History of Tinajas Altas
By Bill Broyles, Gayle Harrison Hartmann, Thomas E. Sheridan, Gary Paul Nabhan, and Mary Charlotte Thurtle
The University of Arizona Press
In the Smaller Scope of Conscience
The Struggle for National Repatriation Legislation, 1986–1990
The University of Arizona Press
In the Smaller Scope of Conscience is a thoughtful and detailed study of the ins and outs of the four-year process behind the creation of NMAIA and NAGPRA. It is a singular contribution to the history of these issues, with the potential to help mediate the ongoing debate by encouraging all sides to retrace the steps of the legislators responsible for the acts.
Warfare in Cultural Context
Practice, Agency, and the Archaeology of Violence
Edited by Axel E. Nielsen and William H. Walker
The University of Arizona Press
Warfare is a constant in human history. Contributors to this book contend that agency and culture, inherited values and dispositions (such as religion and other cultural practices), beliefs, and institutions are always woven into the conduct of war. Using archaeological and ethnohistorical data from various parts of the world, the contributors explore the multiple avenues for the cultural study of warfare that these ideas make possible. Contributions focus on cultural aspects of warfare in Mesoamerica, South America, North America, and Southeast Asia.
Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets
The University of Arizona Press
Through the contributions of more than sixty leading experts in the field, Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets sets forth the foundations for this emerging new science and brings the reader to the forefront of our current understanding of atmospheric formation and climate evolution.
Foundational Arts
Mural Painting and Missionary Theater in New Spain
The University of Arizona Press
Foundational Arts examines how the relationships between mural painting and missionary theater became a transcultural process for mass conversion of Native populations to Christianity. Michael K. Schuessler studies the New World expressions of dramatic and plastic arts and how they became the tools of European friars to Christianize Native peoples and ultimately create a new and unique literary and artistic tradition.
Ambitious Rebels
Remaking Honor, Law, and Liberalism in Venezuela, 1780-1850
The University of Arizona Press
By examining everyday life in Venezuela’s post-colonial period, Reuben Zahler provides a broad perspective on conditions throughout the Americas, and the tension between traditional norms and new liberal standards during Venezuela’s transformation from a Spanish colony to a modern republic.
The Archaeology of Kinship
Advancing Interpretation and Contributions to Theory
The University of Arizona Press
This book explains how kinship is relevant to contemporary archaeological theory, detailing methods appropriate for archaeological analysis, and provides long-overdue solutions to problems plaguing ethnological hypotheses on the origins and contexts of kinship behaviors.
Silent Violence
Global Health, Malaria, and Child Survival in Tanzania
The University of Arizona Press
Seeking to link social, economic, and political forces to local experiences of sickness and suffering, Silent Violence analyzes the experiences and practices of people most deeply affected by malaria. Vinay Kamat explores the experience of individuals and households confronted by malaria against the backdrop of social and health issues.
Seeds of Resistance, Seeds of Hope
Place and Agency in the Conservation of Biodiversity
The University of Arizona Press
Without denying the gravity of the problems of feeding the earth’s population while conserving its natural resources, Seeds of Resistance, Seeds of Hope reminds us that there are many positive movements and developments, especially at the grass-roots level, that demonstrate the power of opposition and optimism.
Knowing the Day, Knowing the World
Engaging Amerindian Thought in Public Archaeology
By Lesley Green and David R. Green
The University of Arizona Press
Based on more than a decade of research in Palikur lands known as Arukwa in the state of Amapá, Brazil, Knowing the Day, Knowing the World demonstrates both the challenges of comprehending alternative cosmologies and the rich rewards of grappling with Amerindian ways of thinking and knowing.
Uncharted Terrains
New Directions in Border Research Methodology, Ethics, and Practice
The University of Arizona Press
New Directions in Border Research Methodology, Ethics, and Practice looks at the stigmatization of immigrants since the U.S. began focusing on securing its border with Mexico in 2001. These researchers explore ethical questions concerning border research methodology, and the political and social implications of U.S. immigration policies and programs.
Complex Communities
The Archaeology of Early Iron Age West-Central Jordan
The University of Arizona Press
Complex Communities explores how sustainable communities developed and flourished in the Middle East nearly four thousand years ago. From archaeological evidence, Benjamin W. Porter reconstructs how the residents of small villages were able to adapt to changes in their environment, including climate change, and maintain their communities over time.
Broken Souths
Latina/o Poetic Responses to Neoliberalism and Globalization
The University of Arizona Press
Broken Souths puts Latina/o and Latin American poets into sustained conversation in original and rewarding ways.
Encountering Life in the Universe
Ethical Foundations and Social Implications of Astrobiology
The University of Arizona Press
Encountering Life in the Universe examines the intersection of scientific research and society to determine the philosophy and ethics of relating to the Earth and beyond.
Brewing Arizona
A Century of Beer in the Grand Canyon State
By Ed Sipos
The University of Arizona Press
Brewing Arizona is the first comprehensive book of Arizona beer. Beautifully illustrated, it includes every brewery known to have operated in the state, from the first to the latest, from crude brews to craft brews. Like a fine beer, the contents are deep and rich with just a little froth on top.
A War that Can’t Be Won
Binational Perspectives on the War on Drugs
The University of Arizona Press
Forty years after Richard Nixon declared a “War on Drugs,” this sobering book offers views of the “narco wars” from scholars on both sides of the US-Mexico border. With evidence newly obtained through freedom-of-information inquiries in Mexico, it proposes practical solutions to a seemingly intractable crisis.
Where the Wind Blows Us
Practicing Critical Community Archaeology in the Canadian North
The University of Arizona Press
This useful book—part case study, part handbook—unites critical practice with a community-based approach to archaeology. It describes an inclusive archaeology that rests on a flexible but rigorous research design and incorporates responsible, ethical practice.