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Nihikéyah

Navajo Homeland

Edited by Lloyd L. Lee
The University of Arizona Press

This anthology of essays offers Diné perspectives on the experiences, observations, and examinations of their homeland. Together, the contributors thoughtfully illustrate the complex state of nihikéyah, “our land,” as viewed by Diné people.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Living and Leaving

A Social History of Regional Depopulation in Thirteenth-Century Mesa Verde

The University of Arizona Press

Mesa Verde migrations were an integral part of a transformative period that forever changed the course of Pueblo history. Bringing together multiple lines of evidence, including settlement patterns, pottery exchange networks, and changes in ceremonial and civic architecture, Donna M. Glowacki takes a historical perspective that forefronts the social factors underlying the depopulation of Mesa Verde, showing how “living and leaving” were experienced across the region.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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In the Arms of Saguaros

Iconography of the Giant Cactus

The University of Arizona Press

In the Arms of Saguaros pictures how nature’s sharpest curves became a symbol of the American West. From the botanical explorers of the nineteenth century to the tourism boosters in our own time, saguaros and their images have fulfilled attention-getting needs and expectations.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Bringing Home the Wild

A Riparian Garden in a Southwest City

The University of Arizona Press

Bringing Home the Wild follows a two-decade journey in ecologically guided urban gardening on a four-acre irrigated parcel in Phoenix, Arizona, from the perspective of a retired botanist and her science historian partner. Through humor and a playful use of language, the book not only introduces the plants who are feeding them, buffering the climate, and elevating their moods but also acknowledges the animals and fungi who are pollinating the plants and recycling the waste. This work shows all of us the importance of observing, appreciating, and learning from the ecosystems of which we are a part.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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All That Rises

A Novel

The University of Arizona Press

Two neighboring families in El Paso, Texas, have plunged into a harrowing week. Rose Marie DuPre has abandoned her family. Across the street, Jerry Gonzalez and his family struggle with the sudden arrival of a difficult, long-lost sister. Even Lourdes, the Mexican maid who works in both houses, finds herself entangled in secrets, lies, and border politics that blur every boundary between them. All That Rises asks what it means to belong—to a family and to the world beyond.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Chicana Portraits

Critical Biographies of Twelve Chicana Writers

The University of Arizona Press

This innovative collection details critical biographies of twelve key Chicana writers, offering an engaging look at their work, contributions to the field, and major achievements. Portraits of the authors are each examined by a noted scholar, who delves deep into the authors’ lives for details that inform their literary, artistic, feminist, and political trajectories and sensibilities. What results is a brilliant intersection of visual and literary arts that explores themes of sexism and misogyny, the fragility of life, Chicana agency, and more.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Latinos and Nationhood

Two Centuries of Intellectual Thought

The University of Arizona Press

Spanning from the early nineteenth century to today, this intellectual history examines the work of Latino writers who explored the major philosophic and political themes of their day, including the meaning and implementation of democracy, their democratic and cultural rights under U.S. dominion, their growing sense of nationhood, and the challenges of slavery and disenfranchisement of women in a democratic republic that had yet to realize its ideals.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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Race, Place, and Reform in Mexican Los Angeles

A Transnational Perspective, 1890-1940

The University of Arizona Press
  • Copyright year: 2009
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Mexico’s Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán

From Deserts to Clouds

The University of Arizona Press

Mexico’s Valleys of Cuicatlán and Tehuacán provides an accessible overview of an extraordinary region of Central Mexico. Through firsthand experience and engaging prose, the authors provide a synthesis of the environment, plants, and peoples of the valleys, showing their importance and influence as Mesoamerican arteries for environmental and cultural interchange through Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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La Plonqui

The Literary Life and Work of Margarita Cota-Cárdenas

The University of Arizona Press

Celebrating more than forty years of creative writing by Chicana author Margarita Cota-Cárdenas, this volume includes critical essays, reflections, interviews, and previously unpublished writing by the author herself to document the lifelong craft and legacy of a pioneering writer in the field.

This volume’s essays analyze her work’s themes of Chicana identity, the Chicanx movement, and the sociopolitical climate of Arizona and the larger U.S.-Mexico border region, as well as issues of gender, sexuality, and identity related to the Chicanx experience over time.
 

  • Copyright year: 2023
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