Mexican American Fastpitch: Identity at Play in Vernacular Sport, Paperback - Ben Chappell

Reducere. In Mexican American communities in the central United States, the modern tradition of playing fastpitch softball has been passed from generation to...

Reducere. Twentieth-century Los Angeles has been the locus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between variant cultures in American history....

Reducere. DescriptionIn the American imagination, no figure is more central to national identity and the nation's origin story than the cowboy. Yet the Ameri...

Reducere. In this series of deeply meditative retreat conferences, Christopher Pramuk leads the reader through a sustained meditation on Wisdom-Sophia, the f...

Reducere. At Play in the Garden of Stitch. Kovarik shares her insights and inspirations in a collection of essays and exercises focused on making stitch an a...

Reducere. Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano has described U.S. and Latin American culture as continually hobbled by amnesia--unable, or unwilling, to remember...

Reducere. This book proposes two reforms to the present commercialization of NCAA Division I football and basketball and the exploitation of African American...

Inspired by a 1968 US Commission on Civil Rights six-day hearing in San Antonio that introduced the Mexican American people to the rest of the nati...

Publisher: Copenhagen Business School PressNumber of pages: 243Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 231 x 157 x 16Cover type: Paperback / softbackEdit...

Reducere. This timely collection allows us to hear firsthand the amazingly diverse voices of North American Muslim writers speaking for themselves. Stereotyp...

Broadening in scope, Part Two offers a revisionary reading of Empire and Otherness on the musical stage, and concludes with a consideration of the ...

Mexican American Baseball in the Santa Maria Valley highlights the unforgettable and standout teams, players, coaches, and others who graced the ha...

Reducere. A practical, hands-on guide to Mexican-American folk magic. American Brujeria is about the fascinating blend of American and Mexican folk magic cur...

Those who bought Bobby McAlpine's Poetry of Place and The Home Within Us or Gil Schafer's A Place to Call Home will respond to the warm and sophist...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionWelcome to the colorful, flamboyant, and wonderful world of Mexican American boxing in Los Angeles. From the minute they stepped into th...

Reducere. Mexican American Baseball in South Texas pays tribute to the former baseball teams and players from Edinburg, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Donna, Alamo...

Reducere. Letras y Limpias is the first book to explore the literary significance of the figure of the curandera within Mexican American literature. Amanda E...

Contains essays that convey the enduring nature of the questions raised by the work of David Brading. These essays reflect a range of his interests...

This study is an interdisciplinary examination of the role of sport in the formation of urban identity in Chicago. The author employs historical an...

Reducere. Paulette Ramsay's study analyses cultural and literary material produced by Afro-Mexicans on the Costa Chica de Guerrero y Oaxaca, Mexico, to under...

DescriptionMexican American Baseball in Kansas City highlights the standout teams and players in the greater Kansas City area and other communities...

Reducere. DescriptionMexican American Baseball in El Paso chronicles the vibrant and colorful history of baseball in the El Paso-Juarez border region. For mo...

Reducere. Mexican American Baseball in East Los Angeles highlights the unforgettable teams, players, and coaches who graced the hallowed fields of East Los A...

Mexican American Baseball in the Inland Empire celebrates the thriving culture of former teams from Pomona, Ontario, Cucamonga, Chino, Claremont, S...

Plant Powered Mexican goes far beyond veggie tacos, delivering creative recipes from Al Pastor Winter Squash to Jackfruit Tinga Grain Bowls.Publish...

Mexican American Baseball in the San Fernando Valley explores the teams and players that dotted the valley landscape throughout the 20th century. I...

Reducere. Connections between what people eat and who they are--between cuisine and identity--reach deep into Mexican history, beginning with pre-Columbian i...

Reducere. Kantar's two-book series on Bridge Defense (Modern Bridge Defense and Advanced Bridge Defense) won an ABTA Book of the Year Award in 1999. This new...

Collecting the perspectives of scholars who reflect on their own relationships to particular garments, analyze the politics of dress, and examine t...

The Quest for Identity in Norwegian-American Immigrant Narratives. Correspondences with the Romanian Immigrant Experience in America This book expl...

Reducere. Radicals in the Barrio uncovers a long and rich history of political radicalism within the Mexican and Chicano working class in the United States. ...

Provides a compelling explanation of something that has bedeviled a number of feminist scholars: why did popular authors like Edna Ferber continue ...

Reducere. "A deeply meaningful collection that navigates important nuances of identity."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review Nepantla Familias brings together Me...

A unique insight into a celebrated cricketer who scored 100 hundreds and whose career spanned seven decades of profound changePublisher: The Histor...

Throughout its many editions, The Architect in Practice has remained a leading textbook used in the education of architects. While the content of t...

DescriptionIn 1797 the bloodiest mutiny ever suffered by the Royal Navy took place on the British frigate HMS Hermione off the coast of Puerto Rico...