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Go Ahead in the Rain
Notes to A Tribe Called Quest
University of Texas Press
The first chronicle of A Tribe Called Quest—the visionary, award-winning group whose jazz-infused records and socially conscious lyrics revolutionized rap in the early 1990s.
Andy Summers
A Certain Strangeness
By Giles Mora
University of Texas Press
Andy Summers, guitarist of the rock band The Police, presents the visual equivalent to his musical work in this career-spanning collection of photographs, accompanied by essays from Summers and prominent French photographer and critic Gilles Mora.
Recipes for Survival
By Maria Thereza Alves; Introduction by Michael Taussig
University of Texas Press
Reminiscent of the work of James Agee and Walker Evans, John Berger and Jean Mohr, this volume presents a searing photo documentary of life in southern Brazil by the award-winning artist and activist Maria Thereza Alves.
Keith Carter: Fifty Years
By Keith Carter
University of Texas Press
Celebrating a lifetime of exploring humanity’s landscape through an artistic lens, the legendary photographer Keith Carter collects more than 250 of his most compelling images, ranging from the deeply personal to the universal, accompanied by essays from
Breaking the Frames
Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies
By Marc Singer
University of Texas Press
Challenging common critical practices and offering new interpretations of canonical texts by Marjane Satrapi, Alan Moore, Kyle Baker, Chris Ware, and others, this volume offers the first major critique of the field of comics studies.
Believing Women in Islam
A Brief Introduction
By Asma Barlas and David Raeburn Finn
University of Texas Press
This inviting book presents a simplified version of Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an that will help general readers and students understand its argument for women’s equality.
Universal Citizenship
Latina/o Studies at the Limits of Identity
University of Texas Press
This rich theoretical analysis redefines and relocates the concept of universal citizenship at the revolutionary limits of the nation and identity.
Politics after Violence
Legacies of the Shining Path Conflict in Peru
Edited by Hillel Soifer and Alberto Vergara
University of Texas Press
In this collection of original essays, leading international scholars offer the first wide-ranging, nuanced assessment of the political and social legacies of the violence that roiled Peru between 1980 and 1994.
The Enlightened Army
By David Toscana; Translated by David William Foster
University of Texas Press
With nods to Miguel de Cervantes and Marcel Schwob, this award-winning novel by one of Latin America’s leading contemporary writers presents an allegorical noir history of Mexico’s vision of the United States.
Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily
University of Texas Press
Examining patterns of urban settlement and abandonment across several centuries, this book offers the first comprehensive overview of Sicily’s strategic importance to ancient Rome and broader Mediterranean-wide networks.
The Codex Mexicanus
A Guide to Life in Late Sixteenth-Century New Spain
University of Texas Press
This groundbreaking book offers the first scholarly analysis of the entire Codex Mexicanus, an enigmatic sixteenth-century pictorial manuscript, and shows how it helped the Aztec adapt to life in colonial Mexico
Portraying the Aztec Past
The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin
University of Texas Press
Offering the first extended comparison of three closely related painted manuscripts from colonial Mexico, this book reveals how differences in their materials and composition show the evolution of the native pictorial tradition.
Moving In and Out of Islam
Edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk
University of Texas Press
With empirical case studies from Western and Central Europe, the United States, Canada, and the Middle East, this anthology opens a new field of study by exploring people’s rationales for leaving, as well as converting to, Islam.
Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern Egypt
Navigating the Margins of Respectability
By L. L. Wynn
University of Texas Press
Combining vivid stories of love affairs with classic anthropological theories of kinship, gift-giving, and honor, this rich ethnography documents how ideals of relationships and respectability clash with the reality of life in modern Cairo.
No Alternative
Childbirth, Citizenship, and Indigenous Culture in Mexico
University of Texas Press
Contrasting the birthing practices of upper-class and indigenous women, this ethnography of the alternative birth movement in Mexico offers new understandings of female empowerment, citizenship, and the commodification of indigenous culture.
Managed Migrations
Growers, Farmworkers, and Border Enforcement in the Twentieth Century
University of Texas Press
Managed Migrations examines the concurrent development of a border agricultural industry and changing methods of border enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas during the past century.
Hollywood in San Francisco
Location Shooting and the Aesthetics of Urban Decline
University of Texas Press
This pioneering study of postwar feature films set in San Francisco tracks the transformation of Hollywood filmmaking as location shooting became the dominant production method in an era of urban anxiety.
Beyoncé in Formation
Remixing Black Feminism
University of Texas Press
In this enthralling, empowering “mixtape” memoir, a visionary feminist scholar retraces her personal journey while reflecting on the painful legacies and exhilarating liberations that permeate Beyoncé’s game-changing Lemonade album.
São Paulo
A Graphic Biography
Edited by Felipe Correa
University of Texas Press
This extensively illustrated, bilingual English-Portuguese volume traces the physical development of Brazil’s largest city and presents a blueprint for transforming its aging industrial areas into mixed-use affordable housing districts.
The Devil's Fork
By Bill Wittliff; Illustrated by Edward Carey
University of Texas Press
In this engrossing conclusion to The Devil’s Backbone and The Devil’s Sinkhole, the young man Papa and his cowboy amigo Calley Pearsall encounter relentless enemies and supernatural helpers as their escapades drive them toward the Devil’s Fork.
The Art of Solidarity
Visual and Performative Politics in Cold War Latin America
Edited by Jessica Stites Mor and Maria del Carmen Suescun Pozas
University of Texas Press
Examining artistic production in solidarity movements throughout the Cold War era, this multidisciplinary anthology reveals the tremendous role that art and performance have played in the quest for social justice in the Americas.
Leaving the Gay Place
Billy Lee Brammer and the Great Society
University of Texas Press
The award-winning author of The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion traces the cultural upheavals of mid-century America through the life of Billy Lee Brammer, author of the classic political novel The Gay Place.
Houston Rap Tapes
An Oral History of Bayou City Hip-Hop
By Lance Scott Walker; Foreword by Willie D
University of Texas Press
Portraying a vibrant, but often overlooked, music scene, this amplified edition of Houston Rap Tapes includes new interviews of Scarface, Slim Thug, Lez Moné, B L A C K I E, Lil’ Keke, and Sire Jukebox of the original Ghetto Boys, as well as many addition
The Neoliberal Diet
Healthy Profits, Unhealthy People
University of Texas Press
Analyzing international data regarding food production and social inequality, especially in the NAFTA region, this book convincingly argues that neoliberal regimes, not individuals, have created the global obesity epidemic.
The Iranian Diaspora
Challenges, Negotiations, and Transformations
Edited by Mohsen Mostafavi Mobasher
University of Texas Press
Original essays by leading scholars of diaspora offer the first comparative overview of the worldwide migration of Iranians since the revolution and the challenges they have faced in assimilating into new societies.
On Story—The Golden Ages of Television
University of Texas Press
Award-winning television creators and writers discuss the evolution of TV storytelling in these lively conversations from the acclaimed PBS series On Story.
A Mile Above Texas
University of Texas Press
Stunning aerial photographs taken during a 3,822 mile-circumnavigation of Texas offer fresh views of the beauty and diversity of the state’s natural and human landscapes.
Why the Ramones Matter
By Donna Gaines
University of Texas Press
Why the Ramones Matter compellingly makes the case that the Ramones gave us everything; they saved rock and roll, modeled DIY ethics, and addressed our deepest collective traumas, from the personal to the historical.
Why the Beach Boys Matter
By Tom Smucker
University of Texas Press
This is the first book to take an honest look at the themes running through the Beach Boys’ art and career as a whole and to examine where they sit inside our culture and politics—and why they still grab our attention.
Bird on a Blade
By Rosanne Cash
University of Texas Press
The legendary musician Rosanne Cash joins acclaimed artist Dan Rizzie to create fifty pairings of lyrics and images that speak to the experiences of love and loss, fear and faith, and the everyday hope that propels our lives.
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