“A necessary, groundbreaking book. A comprehensive map of contemporary science fiction in the Spanish Caribbean.”—Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, author of Utopía, distopía e ingravidez: reconfiguraciones cosmológicas en la narrativa postsoviética cubana “Maguire’s pioneering book makes a valuable contribution to the study of Caribbean science fiction in literature, film, and video production.”—M. Elizabeth Ginway, coeditor of Latin American Science Fiction: … Continue reading Tropical Time Machines
Mississippian Women
“An eye-opening dive into the lives, contributions, and power of Indigenous women through a myriad of archaeological methods.”—Christina Friberg, author of The Making of Mississippian Tradition “A welcome and overdue volume for Mississippian archaeology. It will no doubt be useful for Mississippian archaeologists as well as for those interested in gender in past contexts.”—B. Jacob Skousen, coeditor … Continue reading Mississippian Women
Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
“This beautifully written book blazes a new trail in studies of contemporary Cuban culture by considering the interrelations of aesthetics, ethics, and corporeality. Defying traditional myths of nation building, revolutionary rhetoric, and identity politics, García makes valuable insights into how Cuban literature and art is fundamentally entangled with the island’s more-than-human ecological communities.”—Charlotte Rogers, author … Continue reading Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas
“This volume exemplifies the broad relevance of modern bioarchaeology, with its strong grounding in social theory and invocation of diverse lines of evidence beyond human remains.”—Alexis Boutin, Sonoma State University Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas demonstrates how researchers in bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology can work to better understand concepts of life and death in … Continue reading Exploring Ontologies of the Precontact Americas
The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
“Burrows’s pioneering and engaging study of the PRRA’s Engineering Division makes important contributions to understandings of the New Deal as imperial reform and of its relationship to Puerto Rican populism. An essential read for students and scholars of US empire, Puerto Rico, the New Deal, and histories of public works.”—Anne S. Macpherson, author of From Colony … Continue reading The Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
Trash and Limits in Latin American Culture
“In this kaleidoscopic book, McKay follows trash as it materializes the seen and unseen excesses of modernity in Latin America. All roads lead to trash, and trash in turn leads us to reconsider how life is wasted, but also to recognize how communities nevertheless emerge around the dump.”—Carolyn Fornoff, author of Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Cultural Production … Continue reading Trash and Limits in Latin American Culture
Bioarchaeology Book Series Welcomes New Coeditor
The University of Florida Press announces Marin A. Pilloud has joined Clark Spencer Larsen as coeditor of the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives. Books in this longstanding series highlight issues such as biocultural responses to stress, health, lifestyle and behavioral adaptation, biomechanical function and adaptive shifts in human … Continue reading Bioarchaeology Book Series Welcomes New Coeditor
Internet, Humor, and Nation in Latin America
“An important contribution to the study of digital humor, politics, and society in Latin America. The rich comparative essays make clear that the Internet is a complex site of new and enduring forms of humor that engage with critical social issues.”—Reighan A. Gillam, author of Visualizing Black Lives: Anti-Racism and Afro-Brazilian Media “This collection is the … Continue reading Internet, Humor, and Nation in Latin America
Bioarchaeology of Care through Population-Level Analyses
“Provides unique and useful models that demonstrate how inferences can be made about communities of care in samples ranging in size from several dozen to several thousand. Authors weave together diverse lines of evidence—osteological, archaeological, ethnographic, clinical—in their historical and cultural contexts. Sophisticated analytical tools and theoretical frameworks position this book at the cutting edge … Continue reading Bioarchaeology of Care through Population-Level Analyses
Presidios of Spanish West Florida
“Using extensive archaeological, historic, and archival data, Bense summarizes and integrates the data collected into a synthesis of how and where Spain first occupied and used the Pensacola area. Relevant for anyone interested in the long-term process of colonization and ethnogenesis. A superb example of how the public can be integrated into a long-term archaeological … Continue reading Presidios of Spanish West Florida
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