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The Cultural Life of the Automobile
Roads to Modernity
University of Texas Press
Illuminating the question of what it means to be a mobile human anywhere in the modern world, this strikingly original work of cultural history examines how changes in consciousness, identity, and expression, both national and individual, resulted from th
The Glories of the Republic of Tlaxcala
Art and Life in Viceregal Mexico
By Jaime Cuadriello; Translated by Christopher J. Follett
University of Texas Press
Starting with the iconography of a parish church, this extensively contextualized study examines eighteenth-century art, society, religion, and history to offer a new social history of art in colonial Mexico.
Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador
A Memoir of Guerrilla Radio
By Carlos Henriquez Consalvi; Translated by Charles Leo Nagle and A.L. (Bill) Prince; Introduction by Erik Ching
University of Texas Press
A riveting account of the 1980s civil war in El Salvador from the rebels’ point of view, written by the man who directed the main news outlet for the guerrilla organization that challenged the Salvadoran government.
El Lector
A History of the Cigar Factory Reader
By Araceli Tinajero; Translated by Judith E. Grasberg
University of Texas Press
An intriguing history of the hired readers who read to cigar factory workers in Cuba, Tampa, Key West, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
The Seduction of Brazil
The Americanization of Brazil during World War II
University of Texas Press
A fascinating study of how the Roosevelt administration used mass media, including films by such luminaries as John Ford, Walt Disney, and Orson Wells, to promote the American way of life to Brazilians and how Brazilians actively interpreted, negotiated, and reconfigured this effort at cultural seduction.
In the Eyes of God
A Study on the Culture of Suffering
By Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo; Translated by Jessica C. Locke
University of Texas Press
One of Mexico's leading intellectuals offers a major treatise on the history and meaning of suffering and how the idea of suffering helps to shape contemporary political thought.
The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross
Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil
By Laura de Mello e Souza; Translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty
University of Texas Press
Originally published in Brazil as O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz, this translation from the Portuguese analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Stories, Myths, Chants, and Songs of the Kuna Indians
By Joel Sherzer; Illustrated by Olokwagdi de Akwanusadup
University of Texas Press
The Kuna Indians of Panama, probably best known for molas, their colorful appliqué blouses, also have a rich literary tradition of oral stories and performances; this book contains the texts of many such works.
Quiché Rebelde
Religious Conversion, Politics, and Ethnic Identity in Guatemala
University of Texas Press
What happened when a religious movement came to a Guatemalan town.
Latin American Politics
A Theoretical Approach
University of Texas Press
Di Tella draws on the work of Montesquieu, Burke, Tocqueville, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim in formulating his explanatory theories, which are then tested against crucial events in Latin American history, from the rebellions of the eighteenth century to the
Bandits, Peasants, and Politics
The Case of "La Violencia" in Colombia
University of Texas Press
A study of social banditry in Colombia during a near-civil war.
Women in Mexico
A Past Unveiled
By Julia Tuñón Pablos; Translated by Alan Hynds
University of Texas Press
This work examines the role of Mexican women from pre-Cortés to the 1980s.
Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora
Life Histories of Women Workers in Tijuana
By Norma Iglesias Prieto; Translated by Michael Stone and Gabrielle Winkler; Introduction by Henry A. Selby
University of Texas Press
Stories and testimonials about women who work in assembly plants along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Play of Mirrors
The Representation of Self Mirrored in the Other
By Sylvia Caiuby Novaes; Translated by Izabel Murat Burbridge
University of Texas Press
Focusing on the Bororo people of west-central Brazil, this book addresses the construction of self-identity through interethnic interaction.
México Profundo
Reclaiming a Civilization
By Guillermo Bonfil Batalla; Translated by Philip A. Dennis
University of Texas Press
This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life.
Plants and Animals in the Life of the Kuna
By Jorge Ventocilla, Heraclio Herrera, and Valerio Núñez; Edited by Hans Roeder; Translated by Elisabeth King; Introduction by James Howe
University of Texas Press
Plants, animals, and their place in the culture of an indigenous people of Panama.
Memory, Myth, and Time in Mexico
From the Aztecs to Independence
University of Texas Press
A collection of essays tracing the many memories of the past created by different individuals and groups in Mexico, the book addresses the problem of memory and changing ideas of time in the way Mexicans conceive of their history.
Contemporary Short Stories from Central America
Edited by Enrique Jaramillo Levi and Leland H. Chambers
University of Texas Press
This volume collects some of the best short fiction from the six Spanish-speaking countries of Central America--Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
History and Society in Central America
By Edelberto Torres Rivas; Translated by Douglass Sullivan-González; Introduction by VIctor Bulmer-Thomas
University of Texas Press
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 from independence (1871) up to the 1960s.
In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution
Contemporary Mexican History, 1910–1989
University of Texas Press
The first history of 20th-century post-revolutionary Mexico.
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