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Combining vivid stories of love affairs with classic anthropological theories of kinship, gift-giving, and honor, this rich ethnography documents how ideals of relationships and respectability clash with the reality of life in modern Cairo.

Analyzing international data regarding food production and social inequality, especially in the NAFTA region, this book convincingly argues that neoliberal regimes, not individuals, have created the global obesity epidemic.

The third book in Charles Bowden's "Unnatural History of the United States" sextet, Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing continues to interrogate humanity's destructive actions and responsibilities as we move further into the twenty-first century.

The author of Murder City and Down by the River reflects on the destructive nature of American culture.Cultivated from the fierce ideas seeded in Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals is an elegiac reflection on death, pain, and a wavering confidence in humanity's own abilities for self-preservation. After years of reporting on border violence, sex crimes, and the devastation of the land, Bowden struggles to make sense of the many ways in which we destroy ourselves and whether there is any way to survive. Here he confronts a murderer facing execution, sex offenders of the most heinous crimes, a suicidal artist, a prisoner obsessed with painting portraits of presidents, and other people and places that constitute our worst impulses and our worst truths. Painful, heartbreaking, and forewarning, Bowden at once tears us apart and yearns for us to find ourselves back together again.';A thrillingly good writer whose grandness of vision is only heightened by the bleak originality of his voice.' Ron Hansen, The New York Times Book Review';A major literary work of profound social consciousness... [Bowden] writes with the intensity of Joan Didion, the voracious hunger of Henry Miller, the feral intelligence and irony of Hunter Thompson, and the wit and outrage of Edward Abbey... This is gutsy, soulful, pyrotechnic, significant. And transformative writing.' Donna Seaman, Chicago Tribune';A vivid, lyrical journey through the American Southwest... [but] this book is no travelogue. Rather, it is a visceral exploration of a much darker landscape, that of the human psyche.' Debra Ginsberg, The San Diego Union-Tribune';A book of absolutely furious beauty... At the height of [Bowden's] rapturous indignation, with majestic lamentations stretching out almost to the snapping point, he sounds like Walt Whitman in a very bad mood... Sweet bloody Jerusalem, when he's cooking, who can touch him?' David Kipen, San Francisco Chronicle

The renowned author explores the violent and corrupt history of America in "e;a haunted, often brilliant journey into the heart of our darkness"e; (Frederick Turner).Blood Orchid is the first volume in Charles Bowden's Unnatural History of America sextet. It is a deeply personal and bracingly sharp chronicle of his quest to unearth our ugly truths. Through stark observations and visceral experiences, Bowden presents a dizzying excavation of the systemic violence and corruption at the roots of American society. Bowden visits dying friends in skid row apartments in Los Angeles, traverses San Francisco byways lined with clubs and joints, and roams through village bars and streets in the Sierra Madre mountains. In these wanderings resides a yearning for the understanding of past and present sins, the human penchant for warfare, abuse, and oppression, and the true war between humanity, the industrialized world, and the immense tolls of our shared land.

This groundbreaking book offers the first scholarly analysis of the entire Codex Mexicanus, an enigmatic sixteenth-century pictorial manuscript, and shows how it helped the Aztec adapt to life in colonial Mexico

Examining artistic production in solidarity movements throughout the Cold War era, this multidisciplinary anthology reveals the tremendous role that art and performance have played in the quest for social justice in the Americas.

Managed Migrations examines the concurrent development of a border agricultural industry and changing methods of border enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas during the past century.

This inviting book presents a simplified version of Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur¿an that will help general readers and students understand its argument for women¿s equality.

An authoritative, well-documented expose of abuses of power at the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) during the tenure of renowned chairman, Alan Greenspan.

Just in time for the 2008 election and the national immigration debate, this searing documentary of the largest single transnational migration in history forces us to face the tremendous human cost of a failed Mexican state and a relentlessly globalizing

The first comprehensive study of ancient Maya death rites in twenty years.

The definitive account, in words and pictures, of how the most formative players and moments in modern zydeco history developed in Texas, especially Houston.

This volume collects some 75 duotone images of horses and riders, most of them never before published.

21 original essays on the art, architecture, history, culture, and influence of Athens during its most important period.

';Valuable to anyone who loves cooking and eating south-of-the-border food and doesn't want to sacrifice taste for healthy choices or vice versa.' Foreword Just about everyone loves Mexican food, but should you eat it if you want to manage your weight or diabetes? Absolutely! There are countless authentic Mexican dishes that are naturally healthymoderate in calories, fat, and sugarand completely delectable. Naturally Healthy Mexican Cooking presents some two hundred easy recipes with exceptional nutrition profiles. Substitutions that alter the taste and pleasure of food have no place here. Instead you'll find flavorful low-calorie dishes from the various schools of Mexican and Mexican American cooking in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. From traditional meat, seafood, and vegetarian entrees andm antojitos mexicanos, including tacos, enchiladas, and tamales, to upscale alta cocina Mexicana such as shrimp ceviche and mango salsa, these recipes are authentic, simple to prepare with supermarket ingredients, and fully satisfying in moderate portions. Every recipe includes nutritional analysis: calories, protein, carbs, fat, cholesterol, fiber, sugar, and sodium. You'll also find information on Mexican cooking and nutrition, ingredients, techniques, and equipment. Try the recipes in Naturally Healthy Mexican Cooking, and you'll discover that comfort food can be both delicious and good for you. Buen provecho!

The second and final volume of the definitive reference to Gulf of Mexico fishes.

A wide-ranging exploration of human interactions with the land over thousands of years, as well as a model for teaching art and design in the field.

Now updated to include contemporary developments in the horror film genre and the critical thinking about it, Barry Keith Grant's groundbreaking exploration of the cinema of fear has sold over 8,000 copies.

The essential retrospective of the work of acclaimed visual artist and singer-songwriter Terry Allen, with essays, including one previously unpublished, by leading cultural critic Dave Hickey and more than 200 superb illustrations.

This selection of masterpieces from the Gernsheim Collection, one of the world's most important collections of photography, effectively constitutes a visual history of photography from the earliest-known photograph to images of the mid-twentieth century.

A popular children's activity book, reissued under UT Press's imprint.

An authoritative, highly readable biography of the most powerful and colorful lieutenant governor in Texas history, Bob Bullock.

The first major overview of the works and career of Leopoldo Mendez-one of the most distinguished printmakers of the twentieth century and a contemporary and countryman of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and Jose Guadalupe Posada-contains over 150 ill

A major new analysis and interpretation of the surviving body of ancient Mexican divinatory codices.

The first comprehensive study of the entire range of Minoan architecture from 7000 BC to 1100 BC, extensively illustrated and written for both scholars and general readers.

Using an innovative digital technology that creates photographs that look almost like paintings, Dan Burkholder offers a powerful new way of seeing New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.