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Extract The University Press of Mississippi is the scholarly publishing agency of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning: Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, University of Mississippi, and University of Southern Mississippi. www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of University Presses. On the cover: Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. After descending the steep hill from Ouro Preto’s Church of Santa Efigênia in Alto da Cruz, after ceremoniously cleansing the entrance to that eighteenth- century Catholic church, members of the local Congado de Nossa Senhora do Rosário e Santa Efigênia prepare to enter the Padre Faria Chapel, constructed in 1704. Here, they will participate in a Mass delivered by the parish priest and will later raise flagpoles to mark the beginning of the early January festival known as the Faith that Sings and Dances. (Photo by Jonathon Grasse, 2018.)