A cultural history of Latin America : literature, music, and the visual arts in the 19th and 20th centuries /

Table of Contents: “…Literature, music and the visual arts, c. 1820-1870 / Gerald Martin -- Literature, music and the visual arts, 1870-1930 / Gerald Martin -- Narrative since c. 1920 / Gerald Martin -- Poetry, c. 1920-1950 / Jaime Concha -- Poetry since 1950 / Jason Wilson -- Indigenous literatures in the twentieth century / Gordon Brotherston -- Music, c. 1920-c. 1980 / Gerard H. …”
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Neobaroque in the Americas : alternative modernities in literature, visual art, and film / by Kaup, Monika

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We shall overcome : press photographs of Nashville during the Civil Rights era /

Subjects: “…Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, Tenn.) Exhibitions.…”

Moche art and archaeology in ancient Peru /

“…Studies in the history of art / Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts,…”

The Jamaica reader : history, culture, politics /

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Guide to documentary sources for Andean studies, 1530-1900 /

Culture and customs of Puerto Rico / by Galván, Javier A., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Series foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology --1: Context: geography, history and people -- 2: Political status of Puerto Rico -- 3: Religion -- 4: Social customs and lifestyle -- 5: Broadcasting and print media -- 6: Cinema -- 7: Literature -- 8: Performing arts: music, dance and theatre -- 9: Architecture and visual arts -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.…”

The Maya : lost civilizations / by O'Neil, Megan E.

Table of Contents: “…Art and architecture -- Places, politics and history -- Contact and conquest, resistance and resilience, in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries -- Exploration, documentation and the search for origins in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Rediscovering Maya histories in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- Collecting and exhibiting the ancient Maya in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- Ancient Maya in popular culture, architecture and visual arts -- Contemporary Maya arts, education and activism.…”
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Culture and customs of Bolivia / by Galván, Javier A., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Series foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- 1: Context: geography, people, and history -- 2: Religion -- 3: Social customs and lifestyle -- 4: Literature -- 5: Broadcasting and print media -- 6: Cinema -- 7: Performing arts: music, dance, and theater -- 8: Architecture, native textiles, visual arts, and fashion design -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.…”

The land and people of Argentina / by Fox, Geoffrey E.

Table of Contents: “…unity and diversity in national character -- Argentina in the modern world -- The Argentine imagination: literature, music, visual arts, and design -- The decisions ahead.…”

Culture and customs of Jamaica / by Mordecai, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Context -- Religion -- Education -- Language -- Social customs -- Media and cinema -- Literature -- Music -- Performing arts -- Visual arts.…”
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Encyclopedia of Appalachia /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Guide for readers -- Introduction -- The landscape: Geology ; Ecology ; Environment -- The people: Family and community ; Images and icons ; Race, ethnicity, and identity ; Settlement and migration ; Urban Appalachian experience -- Work and the economy: Agriculture ; Business, industry, and technology ; Labor ; Tourism ; Transportation -- Cultural traditions: Architecture ; Crafts ; Folklore and folklife ; Food and cooking ; Humor ; Language ; Literature ; Music ; Performing arts ; Religion ; Sports and recreation ; Visual arts -- Institutions: Cultural institutions ; Education ; Government ; Health ; Media.…”

Culture and customs of Mexico / by Standish, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Context : history, land, and society -- Religion -- Social life, leisure, and food -- The media -- Cinema -- Performing arts -- Literature -- Visual arts -- Conclusion.…”

Culture and customs of Nicaragua / by White, Steven F., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Context: land, people, and history -- Religion and religious celebrations -- Social customs -- Folklore and legends -- Literature -- Media -- Cinema and photography -- Performing arts -- Visual arts -- Architecture and housing.…”
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A handbook to Appalachia : an introduction to the region /

Table of Contents: “…Blakeney -- Education in Appalachia / Sharon Teets -- Appalachian folklife / Deborah Thompson and Irene Moser -- Appalachian music: examining popular assumptions / Ted Olson and Ajay Kalra -- Religion in Appalachia / Melinda Bollar Wagner -- Appalachian literature / Danny Miller ... [et al.] -- Visual arts in Appalachia / M. Anna Fariello -- Appalachians outside the region / Phillip J. …”

Culture and customs of Puerto Rico / by Galván, Javier A., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Series foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology --1: Context: geography, history and people -- 2: Political status of Puerto Rico -- 3: Religion -- 4: Social customs and lifestyle -- 5: Broadcasting and print media -- 6: Cinema -- 7: Literature -- 8: Performing arts: music, dance and theatre -- 9: Architecture and visual arts -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The insubordination of signs : political change, cultural transformation, and poetics of the crisis / by Richard, Nelly

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Visual culture and indigenous agency in the early Americas / by Frassani, Alessia, 1974-

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The improbable era : the South since World War II / by Roland, Charles Pierce, 1918-

Table of Contents: “…After the Southern Renaissance; IX. Music & the Visual Arts; X. Change & Tradition in Southern Society; XI. …”
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Displacements and transformations in Caribbean cultures /

Table of Contents: “…James, radical fieldwork, and African American popular culture / Kevin Meehan -- Moving metaphors : the representation of aids in Caribbean literature and visual arts / Ivette Romero-Cesareo -- The "children of the sea" : uncovering images of the Botpippel : experience in Caribbean art and literature / Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert and Martha Daisy Kelehan -- Testimonial intent and narrative dissonance : the marginal heroes of Miguel Barnet / Michael Aronna -- Off-beat migrancies : musical displacements in the Hispanic Caribbean / Yolanda Martínez San Miguel -- The new Atlantis : the ultimate Caribbean archipelago / Antonio Benítez Rojo.…”
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