University Of Texas Press: 2424 books
Women of Color
Mother-Daughter Relationships in 20th-Century Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
"There is no other study that I know of which considers mother-daughter relationships in the literatures of such diverse non-European cultures." —Violet H. Bryan, Associate Professor of English, Xavier University of Louisiana Interest in the mother-daughter relationship has never been greater, yet...
Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Military Societies
Enduring Veterans, 1800 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
For many Plains Indians, being a warrior and veteran has long been the traditional pathway to male honor and status. Men and boys formed military societies to celebrate victories in war, to perform community service, and to prepare young men for their role as warriors and hunters. By preserving cultural...
Indie, Inc.
Miramax and the Transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
During the 1990s, films such as sex, lies, and videotape, The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, and Shakespeare in Love earned substantial sums at the box office along with extensive critical acclaim. A disproportionate number of these hits came from one company: Miramax. Indie, Inc. surveys...
South American Cinema
A Critical Filmography, 1915-1994
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Originally issued in hardcover in 1996 by Garland Publishing, this important reference work is now available in paperback for a wider audience. A distinguished team of contributors has compiled entries on 140 significant South American feature films from the silent era until 1994. The entries discuss...
by Juan Ramón Jiménez
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
This lyric portrait of life—and the little donkey, Platero—in a remote Andalusian village is the masterpiece of Juan Ramón Jiménez, the Spanish poet awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Red Hot Mama
The Life of Sophie Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
The “First Lady of Show Business” and the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas,” Sophie Tucker was a star in vaudeville, radio, film, and television. A gutsy, song-belting stage performer, she entertained audiences for sixty years and inspired a host of younger women, including Judy Garland, Carol Channing,...
America's Neighborhood Bats
Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Since its first publication in 1988, America's Neighborhood Bats has changed the way we look at bats by underscoring their harmless and beneficial nature. In this second revised edition, Merlin Tuttle offers bat aficionados the most up-to-date bat facts, including a wealth of new information on bat house design and current threats to bat survival.
by Louis Daniel Brodsky
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
During thirty years of literary collecting, Louis Daniel Brodsky has acquired some of the most important source materials on the life and work of William Faulkner anywhere available. Indeed, the Brodsky Collection, now owned by Southeast Missouri State University, has been characterized by Robert...
Origins of the American Indians
European Concepts, 1492-1729
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Pulltrouser Swamp
Ancient Maya Habitat, Agriculture, and Settlement in Northern Belize
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Among Mesoamericanists, the agricultural basis of the ancient Maya civilization of the Yucatan Peninsula has been an important topic of research—and controversy. Interest in the agricultural system of the Maya greatly increased as new discoveries showed that the lowland Maya were not limited to slash-and-burn...
Archeology and Volcanism in Central America
The Zapotitán Valley of El Salvador
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Scientists have long speculated on the impact of extreme natural catastrophes on human societies. Archeology and Volcanism in Central America provides dramatic evidence of the effects of several volcanic disasters on a major civilization of the Western Hemisphere, that of the Maya. During the past...
Morphology of the Folktale
Second Edition, Revised and Edited with Preface by Louis A. Wagner, Introduction by Alan Dundes
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Mexico's petroleum industry has come to symbolize the very sovereignty of the nation itself. Politicians criticize Pemex, the national oil company, at their peril, and President Salinas de Gortari has made clear that the free trade negotiations between Mexico and the United States will not affect Pemex's...
Intercultural Communication
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Successfully communicating with people from another culture requires learning more than just their language. While fumbling a word or phrase may cause embarrassment, breaking the unspoken cultural rules that govern personal interactions can spell disaster for businesspeople, travelers, and indeed anyone...