Browsing by Author "Carrasco, David"
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Borderlands and the “biblical hurricane”: Images and Stories of Latin American Rhythms of Life
Carrasco, David L. (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2008) -
Is Poverty in Our Genes?
d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade; Bestor, Theodore C; Carrasco, David L.; Flad, Rowan K.; Fosse, Ethan A; Herzfeld, Michael F; Lamberg-Karlovsky, Carl C.; Lewis, Cecil M.; Liebmann, Matthew Joseph; Meadow, Richard Henry; Patterson, Nick; Price, Max Daniel; Reiches, Meredith Wayden; Richardson, Sarah S; Shattuck-Heidorn, Heather; Ur, Jason Alik; Urton, Gary; Warinner, Christina (University of Chicago Press, 2013)We present a critique of a paper written by two economists, Quamrul Ashraf and Oded Galor, which is forthcoming in the American Economic Review and which was uncritically highlighted in Science magazine. Their paper claims ... -
Myth, Cosmic Terror, and the Templo Mayor
Carrasco, David L. (University of California Press, 1987) -
The Paradox of Carnival
Carrasco, David L. (David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Harvard University, 2014) -
The Residential Spaces, Social Organization and Dynamics of Isla Cerritos, an Ancient Maya Port Community
Clark, Dylan J. (2015-12-01)In this study I explore the social archaeology of a Maya coastal port community through household archaeology at the site of Isla Cerritos, a small center for maritime trade on the north coast of Yucatán, Mexico from c.300 ... -
Sacrifice/Human Sacrifice in Religious Traditions
Carrasco, David L. (Oxford University Press, 2013) -
Sobre La Marcha: The Fiesta of Santiago Apostol in Loiza, Puerto Rico
Vlassidis Burgoa, Maria Cristina (2016-05-19)The annual Fiesta of Santiago Apóstol is the most significant religious festival in Loíza, Puerto Rico. This dissertation examines this religious ritual applying an indigenous methodological approach I call sobre la marcha, ... -
Sports Diplomacy
Carrasco, David L. (David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Harvard University, 2012) -
Sufism and Ifa: Ways of Knowing in Two West African Intellectual Traditions
Ogunnaike, Oludamini (2015-09-19)This dissertation examines and compares the epistemologies of two of the most popular West African intellectual traditions: Tijani Sufism and Ifa. Employing theories native to the traditions themselves and contemporary ...