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Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema

Through an analysis of twenty-first-century films created in Latin America, this book makes the case that contemporary filmmakers are using the figure of the father as a metaphor for political leadership and that their work reflects a growing rejection of predatory and coercive authority in the region.

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Native Persistence at a California Mission Outpost: The Bioarchaeology and History of the Asistencia de San Pedro y San Pablo

This book presents collaborative bioarchaeological research at the site of a historic Spanish mission outpost in the San Francisco Bay Area, offering insights into the experiences of Native communities during early colonization on California’s Pacific coast.

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Bioarchaeology of the Southwest: Volume 2

The two volumes of Bioarchaeology of the Southwest bring together more than 100 years of research into the lives of the ancient people of the Southwest United States and Northwest Mexico. Volume 2 contains chapters that include northern and southern Arizona, southwest New Mexico, and northern Mexico.

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Modern Art in 1940s Cuba: Havana's Artists, Critics, and Exhibitions

Exploring the work of avant-garde artists in Cuba from 1940 to 1952, this book provides the first comprehensive history of modern Cuban art during the nation’s only democratic period.

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Bioarchaeology of the Southwest: Volume 1

The two volumes of Bioarchaeology of the Southwest bring together more than 100 years of research into the lives of the ancient people of the Southwest United States and Northwest Mexico. Volume 1 contains chapters that range from Colorado to central New Mexico and the Lower Pecos region of Texas.

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The Environment in Brazilian Culture: Literature, Cinema, and the Arts

This volume explores the centrality of the natural world in shaping Brazilian literature, cinema, and art from 1900 to the present, portraying the human connection to nature in the most biodiverse country in the world.

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Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves: Imperialism and Internationalism in Eastern Sugar Towns

This book explores how northeastern Cuba became a hub of international solidarity and transnational movements in the 1920s and 1930s, showing how the Oriente Province emerged as a focal point for global visions of resistance.

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The Mann Phase: Hopewell Culture in Southwestern Indiana

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Mann site in southwestern Indiana, which dates to 200?600 CE and is one of the most consequential but enigmatic archaeological sites of the Middle Woodland period.

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Cemetery Protections in Urban Environments: Archaeology, Preservation, and the Law

This book illuminates the role of the law in the protection and preservation of urban cemetery spaces, providing a history and analysis of cemetery site protections in the United States and discussing how to prevent future damage and development in these landscapes of grieving and cultural memory.

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Sex and Love in Porfirian Mexico City: A Social History of Working-Class Courtship

This social history explores the romantic and sexual lives of the poor and working class in Mexico City during the rule of dictator Porfirio Díaz, showing how everyday experiences were shaped by broader changes taking place as the Mexican state modernized and underwent capitalist growth and development.