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An ethnography of mortuary cannibalism in a South American indigenous culture.

This book offers the first comprehensive study of a little-known aspect of Clovis culture--stone blade technology.

In this book, Charles Ramirez Berg develops an innovative theory of stereotyping that accounts for the persistence of images of Latinos in U.S. popular culture

The Ben Lilly Legend brings back to life a great American hunter-the greatest bear hunter in history after Davy Crockett, by his own account and also by the record.

This book explores the complex constellation of factors that cause rural Oaxacans to migrate, the historical and contemporary patterns of their migration, the effects of migration on families and communities, and the economic, cultural, and social reasons

Original articles that explore the French presence and influence on Texas history, arts, education, religion, and business.

The first full-length work of the distinguished Yemeni writer Mohammad Abdul-Wali to appear in English

Examines the status of Arab thought in the late twentieth century. This book questions the philosophical positions of the liberals, the Marxists, and the fundamentalists. It also explores Arab philosophy in the tenth and twelfth centuries, a time of political and ideological struggle.

This pioneering study offers the first thorough exploration of the movie industry's shaping role in the development of television and its narrative forms.

In this entertaining and absorbing work, author Stacey Abbott challenges the conventional interpretation of vampire mythology and argues that the medium of film has completely reinvented the vampire archetype.

An examination of the mixed moral messages in five Disney animated films.

A contemporary study of the rise of sound design and its relationship to science fiction cinema.

A magnificent collection of tintype photographs of modern working cowboys taken on ranches in fourteen western U.S. states, British Columbia, Canada, and Coahuila, Mexico.

A novel by a Kurdish-Iraqi writer that gives voice to contemporary Iraqi women's experiences of political repression, violence, exile, and the yearning for peace.

An innovative language-learning guide that will help students, researchers, and professionals in many fields quickly develop basic communication skills in one of the four major Mayan languages.

Latin America's most famous essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, as well as its most discussed treatise on hemispheric relations; first published in 1900.

Stories of secret treasure in the Southwest.

In the first comprehensive history of the region, Jefferson Morgenthaler traces the history of La Junta de los Rios from the formation of the Mexico-Texas border in the mid-19th century to the 1997 ambush shooting of teenage goatherd Esquiel Hernandez by

A scholarly, yet highly accessible account of the life and times of the Empress Theodora, who rose from actress in burlesque theater to co-ruler of Byzantium.

This pathfinding book places Derek Jarman in the tradition of lyric film and offers incisive readings of all eleven of his feature-length films, from Sebastiane to Blue.

The true story behind a border ballad, the creation of the ballad, and the ballad's evolution over time.

Case studies of indigenous movements in Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil.

Taking a wholly different perspective on Max Ernst and alchemy, the author persuasively demonstrates that the artist had a profound and abiding interest in alchemical philosophy and often used alchemical symbolism in works created throughout his career.

In concise but moving words and in memorable photographs, this classic sweeps the reader along from the false peace and plenty of the Diaz era through the doomed administration of Madero, the chaotic years of Villa and Zapata, Carranza and Obregon, to the

The lives of female performers and the reasons why work they regard as "a trade like any other" is considered disreputable in Egyptian society.

Flavorful Mexican dishes, modified to be suitable for diabetics.

A comprehensive history of the first fifty years of television talk, replete with memorable moments from a wide range of classic talk shows, as well as many of today's most popular programs.

A collection of over 400 poems by eighty-five Latin American poets.

This classic history of the Texas Rangers has been popular ever since its first publication in 1935.

A heartwarming array of twenty-eight stories filled with vivid characters, exciting historical episodes, and traditional themes.