The Real Ambassadors
Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation
The full story of an incredible collaboration among the Brubecks and Armstrong to create jazz’s most amazing musical
The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture
A Feminist Critique
An exploration of the troublingly unfeminist roots of goddess characters in popular culture
Stuart Gordon
Interviews
The first collection of interviews with the horror film icon known for directing Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dolls
From Wallflowers to Bulletproof Families
The Power of Disability in Young Adult Narratives
How young adult stories interrogate and enrich our understandings of what disability means
For No Reason at All
The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film
How Hollywood adopted an antiwar attitude in response to the horrors of World War I
Fantastic Cities
American Urban Spaces in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
A critical exploration of fictional American cities in popular culture
Conversations with LeAnne Howe
The first collection of interviews with the innovative and critically acclaimed Choctaw writer who is known for her striking books, plays, and poetry depicting the Native American experience
The Drum Is a Wild Woman
Jazz and Gender in African Diaspora Literature
A repositioning, reinvention, and reclamation of jazz writing by powerful women writers
The Circus Is in Town
Sport, Celebrity, and Spectacle
A tracking of the most explosive collisions between athletic reputation and public scandal
Performing Racial Uplift
E. Azalia Hackley and African American Activism in the Postbellum to Pre-Harlem Era
A groundbreaking rediscovery of a classically trained innovator and powerful teacher who set milestones for African American singers and musicians
Drawing the Past, Volume 2
Comics and the Historical Imagination in the World
The conclusion of a worldwide study that investigates the role comics play in historical memory
Drawing the Past, Volume 1
Comics and the Historical Imagination in the United States
The first installment of a tremendous exploration between comics and history
Conversations with Dave Eggers
A collection of thirty-four interviews with a publisher, editor, and bestselling writer who is known for his range of works and breadth of philanthropic pursuits
Black Man in the Netherlands
An Afro-Antillean Anthropology
A memoir and anthropological annunciation of how anti-racism is transforming the Caribbean and the Old World
The Savvy Sphinx
How Garbo Conquered Hollywood
The in-depth and revealing story of how one of the world’s most famous actors rose to stardom and then walked away from Hollywood
The Recovered Life of Isaac Anderson
The story of an enslaved man who became a Georgia state senator, helped found a church, and led his people to promise and hope
The Films of Fred Schepisi
A thorough treatment of the Australian director’s methods, output, and brilliant global arc
Taking a Stand
Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals
A comprehensive study of comedy as social discourse and how comedians influence public opinion
Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam
Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hà Nội
The inspiring story of the godfather of Vietnamese jazz
Otto Preminger
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the prolific Austro-Hungarian-born director known for challenging the status quo in Hollywood throughout his trailblazing career directing films like The Moon is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and Anatomy of a Murder
Otto Preminger
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the prolific Austro-Hungarian-born director known for challenging the status quo in Hollywood throughout his trailblazing career directing films like The Moon is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and Anatomy of a Murder
Erna Brodber and Velma Pollard
Folklore and Culture in Jamaica
An exploration of two sisters’ writings that emphasizes Jamaica from a local perspective
Curious about George
Curious George, Cultural Icons, Colonialism, and US Exceptionalism
The first book-length study of one of literature’s most valuable, ubiquitous children’s characters
Worlds beyond My Window
The Life and Work of Gertrude McCarty Smith
A kaleidoscope of creativity explodes on the page from one of the South’s most underappreciated artists
The Jazz Masters
Setting the Record Straight
An unprecedented jam session on memories and music from the best in jazz
The Jazz Masters
Setting the Record Straight
An unprecedented jam session on memories and music from the best in jazz
Songs of Earth
Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music
An important update of Alan Lomax’s standard-setting Cantometrics system, the first to characterize and classify the mighty instrument of the human voice
Reconstructing Southern Rhetoric
A collection of new essays that redefine and restructure how communication scholars study the South
Poetic Song Verse
Blues-Based Popular Music and Poetry
A thorough explication and revelation of the literary power in blues-fueled songwriting
Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought
A biography of a trailblazer for abolition, gender equality, and social justice