University Of Texas Press imprint: 2238 books
Here, Our Culture Is Hard
Stories of Domestic Violence from a Mayan Community in Belize
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Marriage among the Maya of Central America is a model of complementarity between a man and a woman. This union demands mutual respect and mutual service. Yet some husbands beat their wives.In this pioneering book, Laura McClusky examines the lives of several Mopan Maya women in Belize. Using engaging...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Lies and inaccurate information are as old as humanity, but never before have they been so easy to spread. Each moment of every day, the Internet and broadcast media purvey misinformation, either deliberately or accidentally, to a mass audience on subjects ranging from politics to consumer goods to...
The Teacup Ministry and Other Stories
Subtle Boundaries of Class
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
In the global world of the twenty-first century, class boundaries are subtle and permeable, though real nonetheless. Markers of identity, authenticity, and belonging can change with a gesture or a glance, making people feel they do or don't belong in certain places, with certain people, at certain...
Israeli and Palestinian Postcards
Presentations of National Self
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Searing images of suicide bombings and retaliatory strikes now define the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for many Westerners, but television and print media are not the only visual realms in which the conflict is playing out. Even tourist postcards and greeting cards have been pressed into service as vehicles...
Latin American Politics
A Theoretical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
First published in English in 1990 as Latin American Politics: A Theoretical Framework, a translation of Torcuato S. Di Tella's original Sociología de los procesos políticos, this new edition also focuses on the prerequisites for democracy in any society and on the role of the popular classes in social...
More Adventures with Britannia
Personalities, Politics and Culture in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Collecting the interpretations of outstanding writers on the literature and history of modern Britain, this book deals with a rich variety of themes, some familiar, many unexpected, taking the reader on a highly engaging excursion through British life and intellectual biography. The scope includes not...
Kitchenspace
Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
Throughout the world, the kitchen is the heart of family and community life. Yet, while everyone has a story to tell about their grandmother's kitchen, the myriad activities that go on in this usually female world are often devalued, and little scholarly attention has been paid to this crucial space...
Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern Egypt
Navigating the Margins of Respectability
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
Cairo is a city obsessed with honor and respectability—and love affairs. Sara, a working-class woman, has an affair with a married man and becomes pregnant, only to be abandoned by him; Ayah and Zeid, a respectably engaged couple, argue over whether Ayah’s friend is a prostitute or a virgin; Malak,...
The New Latin American Cinema
A Continental Project
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
During the 1967 festival of Latin American Cinema in Viña del Mar, Chile, a group of filmmakers who wanted to use film as an instrument of social awareness and change formed the New Latin American Cinema. Nearly three decades later, the New Cinema has produced an impressive body of films, critical...
by Edelberto Torres Rivas
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
First published in Chile in 1969 as Interpretación del desarrollo social centroamericano, this classic is now available in English. The first attempt at an integrated analysis of modern Central America's socioeconomic structure, Torres Rivas's work traces the social development of Central America...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
How humans adapt to life in an area prone to natural disasters is an intriguing study for the social sciences. In this volume, experts from several disciplines explore the adaptation process of prehistoric societies in the volcanic Arenal region of Costa Rica from about 2000 BC to the Spanish Conquest...
Indian Tales of North America
An Anthology for the Adult Reader
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
This collection of folktales, originally published in 1961, presents stories from a wide range of North American indigenous peoples. The stories are grouped into three categories: “The Way the World Is,” “What Man Must Know and Learn,” and “The Excitement of Living.”
Past Climates
Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Leona Marshall Libby was a pioneer in modern climatic research, a field that gained great impetus in the late twentieth century because of the promise it holds for predicting future climatic trends. Libby’s work led to remarkable new procedures for investigating long-term changes in precipitation and...
Modernizing Patriarchy
The Politics of Women's Rights in Morocco
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Morocco is hailed by academics, international NGO workers, and the media as a trailblazer in women’s rights and legal reforms. The country is considered a model for other countries in the Middle East and North African region, but has Morocco made as much progress as experts and government officials...