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Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart
The 25th-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking book that changed anthropology, asserting that ethnographers needn’t exclude themselves or their ...
Returning to Jewish Cuba
This is the story of the author's return to learn about and meet the people who are keeping Judaism alive in Cuba today....
"As lyrical as it is epic, Across So Many Seas reminds us that while the past may be another country, it's also a living, breathing song of sadness an...
Winner of the 2018 Pura Belpre Award! “A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds.”—Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street In...
A Memoir in between Journeys
Traveling Heavy is a deeply moving, unconventional memoir by the master storyteller and cultural anthropologist Ruth Behar. Through evocative stories,...
Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to rescue...
Crossing the Border with Esperanza's Story
Translated Woman tells the story of an unforgettable encounter between Ruth Behar, a Cuban-American feminist anthropologist, and Esperanza Hernández,...
A Jewish Cuban Journey
A poignant multicultural ode to family and what it means to create a home as one girl helps her Tía move away from her beloved Miami apartment. When ...
When dog meets baby, it will take a little time and a lot of love for Pepita and Bebita to become the best of friends. Welcoming a new baby can be har...
(Published in cloth as Santa Maria del Monte)
This study of a northern Spanish community shows how the residents of Santa MarÁa del Monte have acted together at critical times to ensure the survi...
Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean
Eighteen women, including Jamaica Kincaid, Rigoberta Menchú, Cherríe Moraga, Marjorie Agosin, Margaret Randall, Gloria Anzaldúa, Michelle Cliff, Ed...
Cuban and Cuban-American scholars, writers, and artists celebrate the possibility of overcoming divisions of politics and hate...
Women's Reflections on the Festival of Freedom
A powerful—and empowering—gathering of women’s voices transmitting Judaism’s Passover legacy to the next generation. The Women’s Passover Co...
A Jewish-Cuban story about a girl helping her Tia move to a new home....
The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village
The description for this book, Santa Maria del Monte: The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village, will be forthcoming....
Poems
Moving between the speech and silence of a woman struggling to speak freely, Ruth Behar embarks on a poetic voyage into her own vulnerability and the ...
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