Books in the Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series series

Enriched with ethnographic stories of Ecuadorian women who struggle with the autoimmune disorder, lupus erythematosus, this book is one of the first to explore the meanings and experiences of medically managed chronic illness in the developing world.

An innovative portrait of a small Colorado town based on a decade's worth of food-centered life histories from nineteen of its female residents.

An examination of race, class, and gender issues surrounding kinship and family formation in America, seen through the lens of adoption.

While adding an engrossing new chapter to the story of the Salvadoran civil war and its long aftermath, Missing Mila, Finding Family deepens our understanding of the issues involved in international adoptions and the desire of birth families to find their disappeared sons and daughters.

In this engagingly written memoir, creator-producer Aida Barrera describes how the mythical world of Carrascolendas grew out of her real-life experiences as a Mexican American child growing up in the Valley of South Texas.

Writing Brazilian women back into history, this book presents the first comprehensive study in English of how women experienced and understood their lives within the society created by the Portuguese imperial government and the colonial era Roman Catholic

This compelling memoir by the author of Canar: A Year in the Highlands of Ecuador vividly describes an American couple's experience of making a second home in a rural Andean community in which they are the only outsiders.

Offers a vivid and nuanced picture of working for social justice while trying to remain true to people's traditions

This young adult biography introduces middle school readers to a remarkable woman who founded the Women's Army Corps, served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and ran a media empire that included the Houston Post newspaper and radio and TV s

Combining scholarly research with vivid, first-person accounts, this lively history for the first time tells the story of women's experiences in twentieth-century Texas, with an inclusive focus on rural women, working-class women, and women of color.

A beautifully written, moving memoir about how the diagnosis of a terminal illness led to a perilous journey of self-awareness that not only restored the author's health but also taught her the healing power of love and of our connection to the natural wo

A sweeping examination of Afghanistan's most vulnerable individuals and the myriad of problems that confront them, Children of Afghanistan not only explores the host of crises that has led the United Nations to call the country "the worst place on earth t

This much-needed volume provides a comprehensive empirical study of the school experiences of Mexican Americans and those who help them succeed.

This ethnographic study of a low-income neighborhood in the northeastern state of Ceara analyzes the complicated and compromised realities of Brazil's universal health care system, pointing the way toward more successful planning of future reforms.

A sweeping examination of Afghanistan's most vulnerable individuals and the myriad of problems that confront them, Children of Afghanistan not only explores the host of crises that has led the United Nations to call the country "the worst place on earth t

Using the U.S. wall at the border with Mexico as a focal point, two experts examine the global surge of economic and environmental refugees, presenting a new vision of the relationships between citizen and migrant in an era of "Juan Crow," which systemati

This anthology gathers four plays for youth and families, including Still Life with Iris, by Steven Dietz, one of America's most widely produced and published contemporary playwrights.

How the Maya define and defend their human rights in Southern Mexico.

Why people wear clothes, why people make art, and why those things matter in a war-torn land.

In this timely ethnographic study, nine Mexican and U.S. anthropologists examine the achievements of and challenges facing women participating in the Zapatista movement.

In this collection of interviews conducted by PJ Pierce, twenty-five Texas women ranging in age from 53 to 93 share the wisdom they've acquired through living unconventional lives.

How Mayan women endure, escape, and avoid abuse.

This study of the Guatemalan legal system during the regimes of two of Latin America's most repressive dictators reveals the surprising extent to which Maya women used the courts to air their grievances and defend their human rights.

The long-lost romantic memoir of Alma Reed, an American journalist and companion of Mexican martyr Felipe Carrillo Puerto.

A comprehensive overview of women's playwriting in English and a celebration of the most respected award given to women playwrights.

This collection of letters chronicles a remarkable, long-term friendship between two women who, despite differences of religion and ethnicity, have followed remarkably parallel paths from their first adolescent meeting in their native Chile to their curre

Examining the intellectual output of female American Muslim writers and scholars since 1990, Hammer demonstrates that the themes at the heart of women's writings are central to the debates of modern Islam worldwide

A biography of the noted author, tracing her evolution from shy debutante to the social chronicler of her age.