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Homer in Performance
Rhapsodes, Narrators, and Characters
Edited by Jonathan L. Ready and Christos C. Tsagalis
University of Texas Press
Taking a holistic approach to performances of the Iliad and the Odyssey, this multidisciplinary volume examines both the rhapsodes who performed the poems and the narrators and characters within them.
The Vanishing Frame
Latin American Culture and Theory in the Postdictatorial Era
University of Texas Press
Examining the works of writers and artists such as Roberto Bolaño, Fernando Botero, Pablo Larraín, and Alejandro Zambra, this pathfinding book challenges postdictatorial aesthetics by focusing on the concept of aesthetic autonomy as a critique of economic inequality.
The Design of Protest
Choreographing Political Demonstrations in Public Space
By Tali Hatuka
University of Texas Press
Presenting case studies from around the world, this book offers the first extensive discussion of the act of protest as a designed event that uses public space to challenge the distance between institutional power.
The Comedy Studies Reader
Edited by Nick Marx and Matt Sienkiewicz
University of Texas Press
Surveying comedic texts and performers from The Jack Benny Program to Key and Peele, Saturday Night Live, and Stephen Colbert, this classroom-ready anthology offers a first-ever overview of the field of comedy studies.
Texas BBQ, Small Town to Downtown
By Wyatt McSpadden; Introduction by Aaron Franklin
University of Texas Press
A decade after he celebrated traditional, wood-smoked ’cue in Texas BBQ, Wyatt McSpadden captures the new urban BBQ scene epitomized by Franklin Barbecue, as well as small-town favorites such as Snow’s in Lexington.
A Library for the Americas
The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
Edited by Julianne Gilland and José Montelongo
University of Texas Press
This splendidly illustrated volume presents the treasures of the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin—one of the world’s great libraries for the study of Latin America and Latinas/os in the United States.
The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz
Edited by R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance
University of Texas Press
Leading film studies scholars explore the astonishing range of Michael Curtiz, the most prolific director of studio-era Hollywood, whose nearly one hundred films include Casablanca, White Christmas, and Mildred Pierce.
Palestinian Cinema in the Days of Revolution
By Nadia Yaqub
University of Texas Press
Bringing to light the origins of an important national cinema, this book examines Palestinian filmmaking during the long 1970s, and how it sustained a revolution and continues to inspire in a new century.
Chicana Movidas
New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era
University of Texas Press
This groundbreaking anthology brings together generations of Chicana scholars and activists to offer the first wide-ranging account of women’s organizing, activism, and leadership in the Chicano Movement.
Red State
An Insider's Story of How the GOP Came to Dominate Texas Politics
University of Texas Press
With a wealth of data on historical trends and tendencies in Texas elections and voting behavior, this book analyzes how a once solidly Democratic state has become a Republican stronghold without changing its essential ideological perspective or public po
Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites
New Edition
University of Texas Press
Country Music USA
50th Anniversary Edition
By Bill C. Malone and Tracey E. W. Laird
University of Texas Press
The essential companion to the 2019 Ken Burns documentary on country music, in which Bill Malone appears as a featured historian, this fiftieth-anniversary edition of Country Music USA traces the music from the early days of radio into the new millennium.
What Every Teen Should Know about Texas Law
University of Texas Press
Back in print and completely updated, this practical, easy-to-understand guide covers the most common areas of law that affect young adults, including driving, employment, renting, relationships, and minor criminal offenses.
As Far as You Can See
Picturing Texas
By Kenny Braun; Introduction by S. C. Gwynne
University of Texas Press
One of the few photography books that portrays the full range of Texas’s natural landscapes, this volume presents fresh, often unexpected views of the state’s scenic beauty by one of its leading outdoor photographers.
Words of Passage
National Longing and the Imagined Lives of Mexican Migrants
University of Texas Press
This innovative ethnography analyzes the discourse about Mexican-US migration in both a sending and a receiving community and shows how this discourse affects the lives and sense of national belonging of nonmigrants.
Walmart in the Global South
Workplace Culture, Labor Politics, and Supply Chains
University of Texas Press
With empirical case studies of Walmart’s entry into Latin America, Africa, and Asia, this book reveals how the world’s largest private employer has had to adapt its labor practices and supply chain operations to meet local conditions.
The Senses of Democracy
Perception, Politics, and Culture in Latin America
University of Texas Press
Tracing the evolution of “sense work” in literary texts, the visual arts, periodical culture, and history, this paradigm-shifting book explores how embodied cognition helps define democratic practice and rebellion, cultural crisis, and social change.
Public Pages
Reading Along the Latin American Streetscape
University of Texas Press
The first broad survey of contemporary print culture in Latin America, this study demonstrates how public reading programs invite civic participation and promote social integration as the region becomes increasingly democratic.
Red Line
By Charles Bowden; Introduction by James Galvin
University of Texas Press
Red Line powerfully conveys a desert civilization careening over the edge—and decaying at its center.
Desierto
Memories of the Future
By Charles Bowden; Introduction by William deBuys
University of Texas Press
A forerunner of Charles Bowden’s acclaimed books about the harsh life in the Southwestern borderlands, Desierto offers seven essays that combine the lore of the gypsy scholar, the incantatory power of a prose shaman, and the bracing cussedness of the old-style American maverick.
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