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paperback. Traces the visibility of the Latina body in the media and popular culture by analyzing a broad range of popular media including news, media gossip, movies, television news, and online audience discussions. Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814757369
- ISBN
- 9780814757369
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Considers how femininities are produced, performed, and consumed in the mass-media spectacles of international beauty pageants, on the runways of the Miss Venezuela contest, on the well-traveled Caracas avenue where transgender women project themselves into the urban imaginary, and on the bodies of transformistas and beauty pageant contestants. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 293 pages, 20 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356110
- ISBN
- 9780822356110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.16
€ 110.16
Paperback. What did it mean to be a man in colonial Latin America? This work provides a comprehensive analysis of how males, and specifically homosexual males, were represented in ares under both Spanish and Portugese control. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757049
- ISBN
- 9780226757049
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.71
€ 37.99
€ 29.71
Hardcover. Editor(s): Columbus, Frank H. Num Pages: 174 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS; KCP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336199
- ISBN
- 9781590336199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.91€ 69.00
€ 89.91
€ 69.00
Paperback. In the mid-sixteenth century, Jesuit missionaries working in what is now Brazil were struck by what they called the inconstancy of the people they met, the indigenous Tupi-speaking tribes of the Atlantic coast. This title situates the Jesuit missionaries' accounts of the Tupi people in historical perspective. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 181 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984201013
- ISBN
- 9780984201013
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.56
€ 14.99
€ 13.56
Paperback. Examines the fiction produced in the aftermath of the 20th century's Latin American dictatorships, particularly those in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. This title argues that through their legacy of social trauma and their obliteration of history, these military regimes gave rise to practices of mourning that pervade the literature of the region. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324157
- ISBN
- 9780822324157
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024033
- ISBN
- 9780884024033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.48€ 67.37
€ 74.48
€ 67.37
Paperback. A highly detailed, thought-provoking examination of the racial, sexual, and social complexities of Afro-Ecuadorian culture, as revealed through the annual Festival of the Kings. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079016
- ISBN
- 9780252079016
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Hardcover. Editor(s): O'Callaghan, Thomas J.; Bellandi, Louis. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622578863
- ISBN
- 9781622578863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.94€ 136.83
€ 199.94
€ 136.83
paperback. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish colonial frontier northward and put its distinctive mark on what became the south-western United States. This book tells the story of Mexicans in the United States. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221254
- ISBN
- 9780253221254
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Asks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 illus., 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336471
- ISBN
- 9780822336471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.36
€ 32.99
€ 32.36
Paperback. The first study of how Mapuche shamans make history, this book challenges perceptions of shamans as being outside of history and examines how shamans themselves understand notions of civilization, savagery, and historical processes. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 b&w photos, 1 b&w map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JHMC; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477308981
- ISBN
- 9781477308981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Offers recommendations for collaborative US-Mexico border policies that support families. This volume focuses on women and changes within families on the border. It provides demographic analyses of population changes in immigrant areas, and the work patterns of border families and women entrepreneurs. Editor(s): Marquez, Raquel R.; Romo, Harriett D. Series: Latino Perspectives. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSJ; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035099
- ISBN
- 9780268035099
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Adams, Isaac E. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JKVJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634857222
- ISBN
- 9781634857222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.46€ 71.61
€ 93.46
€ 71.61
Paperback. Urban Circus - Holiday reads and travel literature by Catriona Rainsford exploring the world of Mexican malabaristas or circus performers and her journeys with them. Also a discussion about hand-to-mouth travel, this narrative includes stories of the Mexican streets, its urban poor, indigenous culture and ancient wandering entertainer traditions. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336. Travels with Mexico's Malabaristas. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). 296 pages, 1 map. A story that opens in Chihuahua, North Mexico, with a chance meeting with a group of itinerant Mexican street performers. Entranced by their stories and free-roaming lifestyle, the author decides to go with them on what becomes a two-year, hand-to-mouth journey across Mexico. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; WTL. Dimension: 204 x 143 x 21. Weight: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bradt Travel Guides
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841624440
- ISBN
- 9781841624440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.23
€ 17.99
€ 15.23
Paperback. This vivid ethnographic account of the first peaceful encounters between the Wari Indians of western Brazil and missionaries and government workers emphasizes how the Wari perceived the interactions. Translator(s): Rodgers, David. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMC; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345732
- ISBN
- 9780822345732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardcover. Shows how the experience of violence in Argentina shed light on a new sense of "being together" that goes beyond bloodline ties. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 206 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662797
- ISBN
- 9781855662797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Hardback. With almost 200 photographs, many never before published, and an authoritative text that delves into the motivations and aesthetics of the photographers who took them, this is the most ambitious and historically accurate visual record of the Mexican Revolution Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 327 pages, 197 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; AJCR; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 5182 x 788. Weight in Grams: 1305.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292735804
- ISBN
- 9780292735804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 115
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537485
- ISBN
- 9781557537485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20
hardcover. This work analyzes the foreign policies of 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Assessing the discipline, the introduction develops a common framework that compares the relevant explanatory weight of foreign policy determinants individual, state, and international level for each country Editor(s): Mora, Frank O.; Hey, Jeanne A. K. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516007
- ISBN
- 9780742516007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.77
€ 181.77
Hardback. In Fevered Measures, John Mckiernan-Gonzalez examines public health campaigns along the Texas-Mexico border between 1848 and 1942 and reveals the changing medical and political frameworks U.S. health authorities used when facing the threat of epidemic disease. Num Pages: 440 pages, 17 illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352570
- ISBN
- 9780822352570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Paperback. As cultural mediators, Chamelco's market women offer a model of contemporary Q'eqchi' identity grounded in the strength of the Maya historical legacy. This book describes how market women gain social standing as mediators of sometimes conflicting realities, harnessing the forces of global capitalism to revitalize Chamelco's indigenous identity. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 black and white photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252079887
- ISBN
- 9780252079887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. Traces the rich legacy of stories and images of the Amazon that reflects the influence of different groups of people - conquistadors, corporate executives, subsistence farmers - over the centuries. This book argues that we cannot defend the Amazon's array of plants and animals without comprehending its astonishing human and cultural diversity. Num Pages: 332 pages, 41 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; DSB; GTB; HBJK; RGBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226425
- ISBN
- 9780520226425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.26
€ 40.99
€ 29.26
Paperback. During the patron saint fiesta in the town of San Jeronimo, Peru, crowds gather at sunset awaiting the entrance of the colourful dance troupes, or comparsas. The comparsas have become a powerful way for the local people to make sense of their place in the world. This text looks at this tradition. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 294 pages, 32 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ASDX; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520094
- ISBN
- 9780226520094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.97
€ 52.99
€ 40.97