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Established in 1950, the University of Texas Press produces approximately one hundred new books each year and has over 3000 books in print. Their areas of scholarly concentration include American studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, classics, film and media studies, food studies and cookbooks, history, Jewish studies, Latin American and pre-Columbian studies, Latinx studies, Middle Eastern studies, music, nature and environment, photography, and Texas and the Southwest. In addition, UT Press publishes books of general interest for a wider audience on a variety of subjects, including history, current affairs, the visual arts, music, and food, among others, as well as books on the history, culture, arts, and natural history of Texas.

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The Ottoman World of Sports

Refashioning Bodies, Men, and Communities in Late Imperial Istanbul

A revision of the history of modern sports in late Ottoman Istanbul, showing how Muslims, Christians, and Jews created a shared sports culture that was simultaneously global, imperial, and local.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Fleshing the Archive

An Intimate Genealogy of Chicana Knowledge Praxis

The history of the Chicana por mi Raza Digital Memory Collective, an archive dedicated to preserving Chicana feminist knowledge of the 1970s and memory work.

  • Copyright year: 2026
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World Making in Nepantla

Feminists of Color Navigating Life and Work in the Pandemic

Writings from feminist scholars of color about their experiences during the pandemic.

  • Copyright year: 2026
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Serendipitous Translations

A Sourcebook on Sri Lanka in the Islamic Indian Ocean

Edited by Nile Green

The most comprehensive anthology of primary sources on Sri Lanka’s links with the Islamic world ever assembled in English.

  • Copyright year: 2026
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Fugitive Anthropology

Embodying Activist Research

A personal, provocative, and boundary-breaking volume on the power relations that racialized, gendered, and sexualized researchers grapple with while conducting activist research.

  • Copyright year: 2026
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As the Gods Kill

Morality and Social Violence among the Precolonial Maya

An exploration of war, violence, and sacrifice in precolonial Maya culture and its importance in religious practices.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Cosmosexuals

Screen Acting, Stardom, and Male Sex Appeal

An examination of male screen sex appeal and the ways that race, ethnicity, and national origin combine with performance tools and film and television style to aid or inhibit actors’ circulation on an increasingly global stage.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Wrangling Pelicans

Military Life in Texas Presidios

A richly detailed history of daily life for colonial Spanish soldiers surviving on the eighteenth-century Texas Gulf Coast.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Earthmoving

Extractivism, War, and Visuality in Northern Kurdistan

Focuses on contemporary art and media to examine the role of visuals in environmental violence and war in Northern Kurdistan.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Concrete Encoded

Poetry, Design, and the Cybernetic Imaginary in Brazil

A study of concrete art and poetry, its implications, and influence in Brazil.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Borícua Muslims

Everyday Cosmopolitanism among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam

The stories and struggles of Puerto Rican Muslims in modern day America 

  • Copyright year: 2025
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The Look of the 1960s

Barbarella and Pulp Pop Comics

How the classic aesthetic of 1960s pulp comics influenced art, culture, and politics.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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