Indigenous Graphic Communication Systems challenges the adequacy of Western academic views on what writing is and explor......more
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Rituals and Sisterhoods reveals the previously under-studied world of plebeian single women and single-female-headed hou......more
Rituals and Sisterhoods reveals the previously under-studied world of plebeian single women and single-female-headed hou......more
How do victims and perpetrators of political violence caught up in a complicated legal battle experience justice on thei......more
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This volume showcases the most salient Cuban cinematic works, including feature length films, documentaries, and animati......more
Borderless Empire explores the volatile history of Dutch Guiana, in particular the forgotten colonies of Essequibo and D......more
An essential volume for understanding the history of globalization from an Iberian perspective...more
Through interdisciplinary essays covering the wide geography of the Spanish and Portuguese empires, Iberian Empires and ......more
The story of MS-13 and its American roots One of President Donald Trump’s favorite rhetorical motifs is stoking fear tha......more
From 1973 to 1990 in Chile, approximately 370,000 young men-mostly from impoverished backgrounds-were conscripted to ser......more
A Miscarriage of Justice examines women s reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro,......more
A Miscarriage of Justice examines women’s reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro,......more
What happens when concepts of truth, memory, and human rights are taken up and adapted by former perpetrators of v......more
The Insubordination of Photography is the first book to analyze how various collectives, organizations, and independent ......more
This book offers a new anthropological understanding of the socio-cosmological and ontological characteristics of the Is......more
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This book is a skillful synthesis of Mexico s complex and colorful history from pre-Columbian times to the present. Util......more
Winner of the Casa de las América Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino reconstructs the lively biography ......more
For centuries, slaveholding was a commonplace in Brazil among both whites and people of color. Abolition was only achiev......more
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Caribbean art is strong, passionate and filled with contradictions, as are the lives of the three men profiled inThree C......more
Juan Francisco Manzano and Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés (Plácido) were perhaps the most important and innovative Cuba......more
Juan Francisco Manzano and Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés (Plácido) were perhaps the most important and innovative Cuba......more
Contributions by Darrell Gerohn Baksh, Jan de Cosmo, Frances Henry, Jeff Henry, Adanna Kai Jones, Samantha Noel, Dwaine ......more
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The popularity and profile of African dance have exploded across the African diaspora in the last fifty years. Hot Feet ......more
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Since its creation in 1964, readers from all over the world have loved the comic Mafalda, primarily because of the sharp......more
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This wide-ranging reference book covers almost 3000 years of history, offering enthralling insights into the art and arc......more
Now in English for the first time, Keila Grinberg s compelling study of the nineteenth-century jurist Antonio Pereira Re......more
This book explores the ways through which many people participate in social movements in Brazil, specifically focusing o......more
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This book offers an original and comprehensive analysis of Brazilian constitutional law and shows how the 1988 Constitut......more
In Indigenous Ancestors and Healing Landscapes Jana Pesoutov presents new interpretations of current healing practices i......more
In Indigenous Ancestors and Healing Landscapes Jana Pesoutov presents new interpretations of current healing practices i......more
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Escape to islands infused with vivacious culture. Whether you want to join the world’s biggest street party in Trinidad,......more
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Offering a unique perspective on the very notions and practices of storytelling, history, memory, and language, Clio s ......more
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To tell the history of the Caribbean is to tell the history of the world," write Laurent Dubois and Richard Lee Turits. ......more
Plantation Coffee in Jamaica, 1790-1848 is the first comprehensive history of the Jamaican coffee industry, covering a p......more
Winner of the 2020 Best Book in the Nineteenth Century Award from the LASA Nineteenth Century Section Swashbuckling tale......more
Swashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and Uruguay were nineteenth-century Latin American bestsellers.......more
Cavernosa, usualmente fría, siempre oscura, con un ligero olor a palomitas de maíz en el aire: la experiencia de ir al c......more
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Drawing on decolonial perspective, this book provides a critical retrieval of Sergio Arce’s theological thought, and pro......more
In Plenty and in Time of Need demonstrates how the unique history of Barbados has contributed to complex relations of na......more
In Plenty and in Time of Need demonstrates how the unique history of Barbados has contributed to complex relations of na......more
The ancient Maya shaped their world with stone tools. Lithic artifacts helped create the cityscape and were central to w......more
winner of the 2021 Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize This book considers how global capitalism has upset the symbolic ec......more
"Through artistic imaginaries, media productions, social practices and spatial mappings, this book offers an insightful ......more