Books in the Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series series

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.

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

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.

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

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.