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The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel
John Williams, Stoner, and the Writing Life
University of Texas Press
This biography by the New York Times best-selling author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee traces the life of National Book Award-winning novelist John Williams, author of the cult classic novel Stoner.
Border Citizens
The Making of Indians, Mexicans, and Anglos in Arizona
By Eric V. Meeks; Introduction by Patricia Nelson Limerick
University of Texas Press
A detailed and insightful look at one hundred years of politics, culture, and racial identity among diverse ethnic groups in south-central Arizona.
Medal Winners
How the Vietnam War Launched Nobel Careers
University of Texas Press, University of Texas Health Press
Examining an uplifting and unexpected outcome of a dark period in American history, this book shows how the Vietnam War made the National Institutes of Health an unparalleled training ground for trailblazing scientists.
Kalima wa Nagham
A Textbook for Teaching Arabic, Volume 3
University of Texas Press
This textbook presents an innovative Teaching Arabic as Foreign Language (TAFL) curriculum that enhances language learning and builds cultural awareness.
No Way but to Fight
George Foreman and the Business of Boxing
University of Texas Press
The first biography of the heavyweight boxing champion, preacher, and celebrity pitchman who fought his way out of urban poverty and through the venal world of prizefighting to make it in America.
Michael Ray Charles
A Retrospective
University of Texas Press
Featuring more than one hundred-and-fifty color images, this is the first in-depth examination of the work of Michael Ray Charles, whose provocative paintings recast images of racism in consumer culture.
meXicana Fashions
Politics, Self-Adornment, and Identity Construction
Edited by Aída Hurtado and Norma E. Cantú
University of Texas Press
Fifteen scholars examine the social identities, class hierarchies, regionalisms, and other codes of communication that are exhibited or perceived in meXicana clothing styles.
Cetamura del Chianti
University of Texas Press
A rare glimpse into an ancient Etruscan community that provides evidence for how smaller communities could flourish despite centuries of nearby wars with the Romans.
Agent of Change
Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive biography of a formidable civil rights activist and feminist whose grassroots organizing in Texas made her an influential voice in the fight for equal rights for Mexican Americans.
Against Abstraction
Notes from an Ex-Latin Americanist
University of Texas Press
In a deeply personal, genre-bending work, the critical theorist reflects on his career, from his emigration from Spain to pursue doctoral studies to his thirty years of immersion in the capricious tides of academia.
Clio's Laws
On History and Language
By Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo; Translated by Mary Ellen Fieweger
University of Texas Press
A thought-provoking collection that explores the process of perceiving and writing about history, nationalism, and identity.
Egypt's Beer
Stella, Identity, and the Modern State
By Omar D. Foda
University of Texas Press
The lively story of an iconic beer brand, whose tumultuous business history illuminates the cultural transformations of Egypt over the last century.
Strength Coaching in America
A History of the Innovation That Transformed Sports
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive history of the social shifts and scientific discoveries that transformed weight lifting from a scorned folly to the ultimate game changer for professional athletes.
Comics and Pop Culture
Adaptation from Panel to Frame
Edited by Barry Keith Grant and Scott Henderson
University of Texas Press
This engaging collection explores the multi-media intersections of comics, film, television, and popular culture over the last century, ranging from Felix the Cat to Black Panther.
Caught in the Path of Katrina
A Survey of the Hurricane's Human Effects
By J. Steven Picou and Keith Nicholls
University of Texas Press
Drawing on the accounts of more than twenty-five hundred Katrina survivors, two researchers provide a rare longitudinal look at the hurricane’s financial, social, psychological, and physical impacts.
Students of Revolution
Youth, Protest, and Coalition Building in Somoza-Era Nicaragua
University of Texas Press
An illuminating examination of the role students played in promoting dissent and spreading revolutionary ideas in Nicaragua during the Cold War.
Quinceañera Style
Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities
University of Texas Press
A dynamic study of social negotiation and consumerism in the coming-of-age quinceañera celebration and the impact of normalizing spectacles of luxury.
Dakotah
The Return of the Future
By Charles Bowden; Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams
University of Texas Press
In this fourth volume of his “Unnatural History of America” series, acclaimed journalist Charles Bowden interweaves his own biography with a vivid history of the American Great Plains to explore how identity is forged.
America's Most Alarming Writer
Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden
Edited by Bill Broyles and Bruce J. Dinges
University of Texas Press
A collection of fifty inspiring reflections on the life and work of award-winning writer Charles Bowden, with contributors who include his editors, collaborators, and admiring writers—and a coda from Bowden himself.
Acting Egyptian
Theater, Identity, and Political Culture in Cairo, 1869–1930
University of Texas Press
Putting the spotlight on theatrical performance and cultural identity in Cairo at the turn of the last century, a historian reveals new aspects of the transition from the Ottoman to the British regimes on Egypt’s path to self-rule.
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