Disability, Nation, and the Cultural Politics of Greater Mexico
Julie Avril Minich
How disability provides a new perspective on our understanding of the nation and the citizen
240 pages
| 5.5 x 8.5
An Introduction to Their Historical, Cultural, and Sacred Traditions
Nathanial Samuel Murrell
A comprehensive introduction to the Caribbean’s African-based religions
440 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure, 9 halftones, 4 maps
Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil
John Tofik Karam
A revealing investigation of changing identity in a globalizing world
232 pages
| 6 x 9
David F. García
The life and times of one of Cuba's most important musicians
224 pages
| 6 x 9
| 5 tables, 18 figures, 12 halftones
The Carnival Culture of Trinidad
Peter Mason
How carnival expresses and celebrates Trinidadian culture
192 pages
| 6 x 9
African-Americans and Cubans before the Cuban Revolution
edited by Lisa Brock and Digna Casteñada Fuertes, foreword by Manning Marable
The relationship between the two peoples of color, their similar experiences with slavery and reaching for political power, and their parallel race consciousness
289 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 table 26 halftones
U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the Paradox of Interdependence
Edited by Frank Bonilla, Edwin MelÈndez, Rebecca Morales, and MarÌa de los Angeles Torres
Over the past several decades, Latinos in the United States have emerged as strategic actors in major processes of social transformation
336 pages
| 6 x 9
Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil, Revised and Expanded Edition
Chris McGowan and Ricardo Pessanha
An encyclopedia survey of Brazilian popular music—now updated and expanded
256 pages
| 7 x 10
| 10 figures, 171 halftones, 10 maps
The Literature of Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, and Gayl Jones
Stelamaris Coser
Now Available as an ebook!
A powerful argument for extending the boundaries of what is categorized as American literature
240 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 1 figs.
Cuban Women's Journeys In and Out of Exile
edited by María de los Angeles Torres
Remembering with the heart events and people from our past
208 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 4 figures 35 halftones
Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae
Peter Manuel with Michael Largey
The classic introduction to the Caribbean's popular music brought up to date
360 pages
| 6 x 9
| 39 line drawings, 51 halftones, 1 map
Essays on Incorporation, Identity, and Citizenship
Edited by Margarita Cervantes-Rodriguez, Ramon Grosfoguel, and Eric H. Mielants
A novel and interdisciplinary volume on the dynamics of migration with comparative case studies of the Caribbean experience
270 pages
| 11 tables, 1 figure, 8 halftones, 2 maps
The Rastafari Reader
Edited by William David Spencer, Adrian Anthony McFarlane, and Nathanial Samuel Murrell
A comprehensive and indispensable study of the Rastafarian Movement
467 pages
| 7 x 10
| 1 table 1 figure
The Political Power of Music, 1960s-1973
J. Patrice McSherry
An examination of the Chilean New Song movement as an organic part of the struggles for progressive social change, deeper democracy, and social justice in Chile in the 1960s and early 1970s
254 pages
| 6 x 9
The United States Confronts Labor and Independence Struggles in the British West Indies
Gerald C. Horne
A fresh view of U.S involvement in the British West Indies during the Cold War
272 pages
| 6 x 9
| 7 halftones