University Of Texas Press: 2424 books
by Ann Pollard Rowe, Laura M. Miller, Lynn A. Meisch
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
Although less well known than its much-admired counterparts in Peru and Bolivia, highland Ecuadorian weaving is an Andean tradition that has relationships with these more southern areas. A world away from the industrialized textile manufacturing of Euro-American society, these handmade pieces reflect...
The Art and Archaeology of the Moche
An Ancient Andean Society of the Peruvian North Coast
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Renowned for their monumental architecture and rich visual culture, the Moche inhabited the north coast of Peru during the Early Intermediate Period (AD 100-800). Archaeological discoveries over the past century and the dissemination of Moche artifacts to museums around the world have given rise to...
Weaving Identities
Construction of Dress and Self in a Highland Guatemala Town
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Traje, the brightly colored traditional dress of the highland Maya, is the principal visual expression of indigenous identity in Guatemala today. Whether worn in beauty pageants, made for religious celebrations, or sold in tourist markets, traje is more than "mere cloth"—it plays an active...
Andean Entrepreneurs
Otavalo Merchants and Musicians in the Global Arena
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Native to a high valley in the Andes of Ecuador, the Otavalos are an indigenous people whose handcrafted textiles and traditional music are now sold in countries around the globe. Known as weavers and merchants since pre-Inca times, Otavalos today live and work in over thirty countries on six continents,...
by Barbara E. Mundy
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350,000 people in the urban network clustered around the lake shores. In 1521, at the height...
Multiculturalism and the Mouse
Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
In his latest iconoclastic work, Douglas Brode—the only academic author/scholar who dares to defend Disney entertainment—argues that "Uncle Walt's" output of films, television shows, theme parks, and spin-off items promoted diversity decades before such a concept gained popular currency in the...
Queer Brown Voices
Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In the last three decades of the twentieth century, LGBT Latinas/os faced several forms of discrimination. The greater Latino community did not often accept sexual minorities, and the mainstream LGBT movement expected everyone, regardless of their ethnic and racial background, to adhere to a specific...
Oaxaca al Gusto
An Infinite Gastronomy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
No one has done more to introduce the world to the authentic, flavorful cuisines of Mexico than Diana Kennedy. Acclaimed as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking, Kennedy has been an intrepid, indefatigable student of Mexican foodways for more than fifty years and has published several classic books...
Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America
A Field-to-kitchen Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Unusual shapes and colors make many mushrooms alluring to the eye, while the exotic flavors and textures of edible mushrooms are a gourmet delicacy for the palate. Yet many people never venture beyond the supermarket offerings, fearing that all other mushrooms are poisonous.With amateur mushroom...
Desert Terroir
Exploring the Unique Flavors and Sundry Places of the Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Why does food taste better when you know where it comes from? Because history—ecological, cultural, even personal—flavors every bite we eat. Whether it’s the volatile chemical compounds that a plant absorbs from the soil or the stories and memories of places that are evoked by taste, layers...
Unlearning the Language of Conquest
Scholars Expose Anti-Indianism in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Responding to anti-Indianism in America, the wide-ranging perspectives culled in Unlearning the Language of Conquest present a provocative account of the contemporary hegemony still at work today, whether conscious or unconscious. Four Arrows has gathered a rich collection of voices and topics, including:Waziyatawin...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Embracing a wide range of research, this book offers various views on the intellectual history of Maya archaeology and ethnohistory and the processes operating in the rise and fall of Maya civilization. The fourteen studies were selected from those presented at the Second Cambridge Symposium on Recent...
Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture
Ideology and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Every society builds, and many, if not all, utilize architectural structures as markers to define place, patron, or experience. Often we consider these architectural markers as "monuments" or "monumental" buildings. Ancient Rome, in particular, is a society recognized for the monumentality of its buildings....
The Men of Cajamarca
A Social and Biographical Study of the First Conquerors of Peru
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
In November 1532, a group of 168 Spaniards seized the Inca emperor Atahuallpa in the town of Cajamarca, in the northern Peruvian highlands. Their act, quickly taken as a symbol of the conquest of a vast empire, brought them unprecedented rewards in gold and silver; it made them celebrities, gave them...