University Of Arizona Press: 461 books
Los Primeros Mexicanos
Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene People of Sonora
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
In 1927, near the town of Folsom, New Mexico, a spectacular discovery altered our understanding of early humans on the American continent. Scientists excavating a bison from the late Pleistocene age discovered a fluted projectile point wedged between the animal’s ribs—forceful evidence that humans...
by Janice Emily Bowers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The Rincon Mountains east of Tucson are a small and seemingly undistinguished range; rounded and arid, they are more a site for foothill walks than serious exploring. Yet these unassuming mountains disclose many wonders and curiosities upon close inspection, as Janice Emily Bowers discovered while...
Chicana and Chicano Mental Health
Alma, Mente y Corazón
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Spirit, mind, and heart—in traditional Mexican health beliefs all three are inherent to maintaining psychological balance. For Mexican Americans, who are both the oldest Latina/o group in the United States as well as some of the most recent arrivals, perceptions of health and illness often reflect...
Beyond Indigeneity
Coca Growing and the Emergence of a New Middle Class in Bolivia
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
In Bolivia, the discourse on indigenous peoples intensified in the last few decades, culminating in the election of Evo Morales as president in 2005. Indigenous people are portrayed by the Morales government as modest, communitarian, humble, poor, anticapitalist, and economically marginalized. In...
by Aurelie Sheehan
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Men in dinosaur suits. A Norwegian freakazoid millionaire. Cats and catharsis, somber symbols, listless lives going off the rails. Pluck, persistence, and the pursuit of happiness.
In the tradition of Joyce’s Dubliners, Demigods on Speedway is a portrait of a city that reflects the recession-era...
Beyond Alterity
Destabilizing the Indigenous Other in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The concept of “indigenous” has been entwined with notions of exoticism and alterity throughout Mexico’s history. In Beyond Alterity, authors from across disciplines question the persistent association between indigenous people and radical difference, and demonstrate that alterity is often the...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
With its rich archaeological and historical record, the Aztec empire provides an intriguing opportunity to understand the dynamics and structure of early states and empires. Rethinking the Aztec Economy brings together leading scholars from multiple disciplines to thoroughly synthesize and examine...
Nobody Rich or Famous
A Family Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Once in a while, a book comes along that redefines the concept of family. Frank McCourt did it with Angela’s Ashes; Annie Dillard did it with An American Childhood. In Nobody Rich or Famous, author Richard Shelton (b. 1933) immerses us in the hardscrabble lives of his Boise, Idaho, clan during the...
Colonial Itineraries of Contemporary Mexico
Literary and Cultural Inquiries
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
The rewritings of the Mexican colonia discussed in this book question a present reality of marginalities and inequality, of imposed political domination, and of hybrid subjectivities. In their examination of the novels, films, poetry, and chronicles produced in and outside of Mexico since 2000, the...
There's a Bobcat in My Backyard
Living with and Enjoying Urban Wildlife
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Bobcats in your backyard? Javelinas tromping through your landscaping? Or maybe a packrat has found its way into the vent of your clothes dryer and decided to call it home. . . .
Human residents of the Sonoran Desert are sometimes not completely comfortable when confronted by the wild creatures...
Just Between Us
An Ethnography of Male Identity and Intimacy in Rural Communities of Northern Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2014
A photograph of two men, cowboy-hatted and -booted and discreetly holding hands, is the departure point in a groundbreaking study on masculinity and homosexuality in Mexico. Just Between Us, an ethnography of intimacy and affection between men, explores the concept of masculine identity and homoeroticism,...
Between the Andes and the Amazon
Language and Social Meaning in Bolivia
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Why can’t a Quechua speaker wear pants? Anna M. Babel uses this question to open an analysis of language and social structure at the border of eastern and western, highland and lowland Bolivia. Through an exploration of categories such as political affiliation, ethnic identity, style of dress, and...
Crafting Wounaan Landscapes
Identity, Art, and Environmental Governance in Panama’s Darién
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Panama’s Darién is a name many conservationists know. Renowned for its lowland tropical forests, its fame is more pronounced because a road that should be there is not: environmentalists have repeatedly, and remarkably, blocked all attempts to connect the Americas via the Pan American Highway....
The Value of Things
Prehistoric to Contemporary Commodities in the Maya Region
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Jade, stone tools, honey and wax, ceramics, rum, land. What gave these commodities value in the Maya world, and how were those values determined? What factors influenced the rise and fall of a commodity’s value? The Value of Things examines the social and ritual value of commodities in Mesoamerica,...