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Border Odyssey
Travels along the U.S./Mexico Divide
University of Texas Press
This compelling chronicle of a journey along the entire U.S.-Mexico border shifts the conversation away from danger and fear to the shared histories and aspirations that bind Mexicans and Americans despite the border walls.
Adventures of a Ballad Hunter
By John A. Lomax; Introduction by John Lomax, John Nova Lomax, and Anna Lomax Wood; Illustrated by Ken Chamberlain
University of Texas Press
Now back in print with a new foreword and photographs, this is the classic 1947 autobiography by pioneering folklorist John A. Lomax, who recorded and preserved thousands of American folk ballads for posterity.
Journey to Texas, 1833
University of Texas Press
The first English translation of the earliest German book about Texas, Journey to Texas, 1833 offers a unique portrait of colonial Texas on the eve of revolution and of the nascent German communities in Austin’s Colony.
Los Zetas Inc.
Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico
University of Texas Press
Arguing that the Zetas effectively constitute a transnational corporation, this book proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the emerging actors, business structures, and economic implications of organized crime in Mexico.
Where the Land Meets the Sea
Fourteen Millennia of Human History at Huaca Prieta, Peru
Edited by Tom D. Dillehay
University of Texas Press
This landmark, interdisciplinary volume on the excavation of one of the longest-occupied yet most enigmatic sites in human history sheds new light on how civilization began among farmers and fishermen some fourteen thousand years ago.
Classics from Papyrus to the Internet
An Introduction to Transmission and Reception
University of Texas Press
This major overview of how classical texts were preserved across millennia addresses both the process of transmission and the issue of reception, as well as the key reference works and online professional tools for studying literary transmission.
Why Harry Met Sally
Subversive Jewishness, Anglo-Christian Power, and the Rhetoric of Modern Love
University of Texas Press
Explicating one of the most potent and recurring mass-culture fantasies, this book explores Jewish-Christian couplings across a century of popular American literature, theater, film, and television.
Batos, Bolillos, Pochos, and Pelados
Class and Culture on the South Texas Border
By Chad Richardson and Michael J. Pisani
University of Texas Press
Now thoroughly revised and updated, this classic account of life on the Texas-Mexico border reveals how the borderlands have been transformed by NAFTA, population growth and immigration crises, and increased drug violence.
The Mobility of Modernism
Art and Criticism in 1920s Latin America
University of Texas Press
Presenting a paradigm-shifting view of early Latin American modernism, this book looks at how a transnational intellectual community of writers and critics forged an anticolonial aesthetic based in abstract artistic forms.
Make Ours Marvel
Media Convergence and a Comics Universe
Edited by Matt Yockey
University of Texas Press
Tracing the rise of the Marvel Comics brand from the creation of the Fantastic Four to the development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this volume of original essays considers how a comic book publisher became a transmedia empire.
Cormac McCarthy and Performance
Page, Stage, Screen
University of Texas Press
Drawing on Cormac McCarthy’s recently opened archive, as well as interviews with several of his collaborators, this book presents the first comprehensive overview of McCarthy’s writing for film and theater, as well as film adaptations of his novels.
Whiskey River (Take My Mind)
The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk
By Johnny Bush and Rick Mitchell
University of Texas Press
The legendary singer-songwriter who wrote Willie Nelson’s signature song “Whiskey River” tells about his life in honky-tonk music.
The Peculiar Revolution
Rethinking the Peruvian Experiment Under Military Rule
Edited by Carlos Aguirre and Paulo Drinot
University of Texas Press
Bringing much-needed historical perspectives to debates about an idiosyncratic period in modern Latin American history, scholars from the United States and Peru reassess the meaning and legacy of Peru’s left-leaning military dictatorship.
Rewrite Man
The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren
By Alison Macor
University of Texas Press
This lively biography of the screenwriter of 1980s hit movies Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Beetlejuice, and Batman illuminates issues of film authorship that have become even more contested in the era of blockbuster filmmaking.
Infrastructures of Race
Concentration and Biopolitics in Colonial Mexico
University of Texas Press
With case studies that link practices of concentration to the emergence of new racial categories, this groundbreaking book convincingly argues that race was a product of, rather than a starting point for, the spatial politics of colonial rule in Latin Ame
A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran, 1800-1929
University of Texas Press
The leading authority on slavery and the African diaspora in modern Iran presents the first history of slavery in this key Middle Eastern country and shows how slavery helped to shape the nation’s unique character.
One More Warbler
A Life with Birds
By Victor Emanuel and S Kirk Walsh
University of Texas Press
With stories of sighting rare birds ranging from an Eskimo Curlew to the cranes of Asia, one of America’s foremost birders recalls a lifetime of birding adventures, including friendships with luminaries Roger Tory Peterson, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton.
The American Idea of Home
Conversations about Architecture and Design
By Bernard Friedman; Introduction by Meghan Daum
University of Texas Press
Wide-ranging interviews with leading architectural thinkers, including Thom Mayne, Richard Meier, Robert Venturi, Paul Goldberger, Robert Ivy, Denise Scott Brown, Kenneth Frampton, and Robert A. M. Stern, spotlight some of the most significant issues in a
A Perfectly Good Guitar
Musicians on Their Favorite Instruments
By Chuck Holley
University of Texas Press
Musicians including Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, JD Souther, Jorma Kaukonen, Bill Frisell, and Kelly Willis pose with and tell stories about the classic Gibsons, Fenders, Martins, and other guitars that have become their most prized instruments.
The Texanist
Fine Advice on Living in Texas
By David Courtney and Jack Unruh
University of Texas Press
The first collection of acclaimed illustrator Jack Unruh’s work, this book gathers the best of the illustrations he created for The Texanist, Texas Monthly’s back-page column, along with the serious and not-so-serious questions that inspired them.
Frankie and Johnny
Race, Gender, and the Work of African American Folklore in 1930s America
University of Texas Press
With chapters on Lead Belly, Thomas Hart Benton, John Huston, Mae West, and Sterling Brown, this innovative book presents a new argument for the centrality of African American folklore as a source of cultural expression in the 1930s.
Breakfast in Texas
Recipes for Elegant Brunches, Down-Home Classics, and Local Favorites
University of Texas Press
The author of the James Beard Cookbook Award finalist Texas on the Table presents nearly one hundred recipes for breakfast and brunch, including favorites from some of Texas’s most popular restaurants, along with menus for entertaining and delightful culinary notes.
The Quality of Life Report
A Novel
By Meghan Daum; Introduction by Curtis Sittenfeld
University of Texas Press
A New York Times notable book, The Quality of Life Report is the critically acclaimed first novel by Meghan Daum, New York Times best-selling author and winner of the PEN Center USA Award for creative nonfiction.
Flying Under the Radar with the Royal Chicano Air Force
Mapping a Chicano/a Art History
University of Texas Press
The first book-length study of the Royal Chicano Air Force maps the history of this vanguard Chicano/a arts collective, which used art and cultural production as sociopolitical activism.
Eddie Adams
Bigger than the Frame
By Eddie Adams; Introduction by Don Carleton
University of Texas Press
This career-spanning collection of both iconic and rarely seen images celebrates the work of Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist Eddie Adams, whose potent visual storytelling ran the gamut from the horrors of war to the lives of the famous and powerful
Chrissie Hynde
A Musical Biography
By Adam Sobsey
University of Texas Press
With new insights into her life and music and fascinating details about the making of all of her albums, this is the first book about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Chrissie Hynde, the leader of The Pretenders.
Rebellious Bodies
Stardom, Citizenship, and the New Body Politics
University of Texas Press
Exploring the body politics surrounding stars Melissa McCarthy, Gabourey Sidibe, Peter Dinklage, Danny Trejo, Betty White, and Laverne Cox, this book reveals how non-normative celebrity bodies address cultural anxieties about pressing social and political issues.
Jazz and Cocktails
Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir
University of Texas Press
With insightful analyses of the contributions of jazz composers such as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Chico Hamilton, and John Lewis, this book considers the complex roles of jazz and race in classic film noir.
Project 258
Making Dinner at Fish & Game
By Zak Pelaccio
University of Texas Press
From the James Beard Award–winning chef Zakary Pelaccio—this cookbook celebrates the local foods movement with an enticing selection of seasonal recipes from his renowned restaurant Fish & Game.
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