"This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers. The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or coauthor of more than 200 books or articles on the Maya, Schele served as the chief disseminator of knowledge to the general public about this anci ..."
Uprising of Hope Sharing the Zapatista Journey to Alternative Development (Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry) by DuncanEarle, Jeanne M. Simonelli, Earle/Simonelli Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2005 by Altamira Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-0541-6, ISBN: 0-7591-0541-3
"The Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico, have often been portrayed in reductive, polarized terms; either as saintly activists or dangerous rebels. Cultural anthropologists Duncan Earle and Jeanne Simonelli, drawing on decades-long relationships and fieldwork, attained a collegiality with the Zapatistas that reveals a more complex portrait of a people struggling with self-determination on every level. Seeking a new kind of experimental ethnogr ..."
Uprising of Hope(Updated) Sharing the Zapatista Journey to Alternative Development (Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry) by DuncanEarle, Jeanne M. Simonelli, Earle/Simonelli Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2005 by Altamira Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-0540-9, ISBN: 0-7591-0540-5
"The Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico, have often been portrayed in reductive, polarized terms; either as saintly activists or dangerous rebels. Cultural anthropologists Duncan Earle and Jeanne Simonelli, drawing on decades-long relationships and fieldwork, attained a collegiality with the Zapatistas that reveals a more complex portrait of a people struggling with self-determination on every level. Seeking a new kind of experimental ethnogr ..."
Uprising of Hope Sharing the Zapatista Journey to Alternative Development by Jeanne Simonelli, DuncanEarle 344 Pages, Published 2005 by Rowman Altamira ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-1500-2, ISBN: 0-7591-1500-1
"Alfredo disappeared into the other room, emerging with a box of D-cell
Energizers. He inserted them into the keyboard, turned it on, and then indicated a
line of words along one end of the front. “What, for instance, is this?” He pressed
a button on the top, and a familiar tune began to play, conjuring up memories of a
silent and snowy Christmas, 'round you virgin, heavenly peace. That one was
easy. Duncan explained that it was a C ..."
El Narcotraficante Narcocorridos and the Construction of a Cultural Persona on the U.S.-Mexico Border (Inter-America) by Mark Cameron Edberg, DuncanEarle, John Peterson Hardcover, 212 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-70182-3, ISBN: 0-292-70182-9
""This is a brilliant study on a subject that since the 1970s has riveted national and international attention: the exploits of those men and women who traffic in drugs. . . . The work is very original and offers new theoretical paradigms for both understanding the corrido as an artistic cultural form and understanding a people through this expressive artistic form." --Maria Herrera-Sobek, Acting Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Po ..."
El Narcotraficante(Updated) Narcocorridos and the Construction of a Cultural Persona on the U.S.-Mexico Border (Inter-America (Paperback)) by Mark Cameron Edberg, DuncanEarle, John Peterson, Howard Campbell Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-70206-6, ISBN: 0-292-70206-X
"Since the late 1970s, a new folk hero has risen to prominence in the U.S.-Mexico border region and beyond--the narcotrafficker. Celebrated in the narcocorrido, a current form of the traditional border song known as the corrido, narcotraffickers are often portrayed as larger-than-life "social bandits" who rise from poor or marginalized backgrounds to positions of power and wealth by operating outside the law and by living a life of exces ..."
"Ciudad Juárez has recently become infamous for its murder rate, which topped 3,000 in 2010 as competing drug cartels grew increasingly violent and the military responded with violence as well. Despite the atmosphere of intimidation by troops, police, and organized criminals, women have led the way in civil society activism, spurring the Juárez Resistance and forging powerful alliances with anti-militarization activists. An in-depth ex ..."
"Ciudad Juárez has recently become infamous for its murder rate, which topped 3,000 in 2010 as competing drug cartels grew increasingly violent and the military responded with violence as well. Despite the atmosphere of intimidation by troops, police, and organized criminals, women have led the way in civil society activism, spurring the Juárez Resistance and forging powerful alliances with anti-militarization activists. An in-depth ex ..."