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Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay
Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Edited by Doris Meyer
University of Texas Press
This volume of twenty-one original studies by noted experts in Latin American literature seeks to recover and celebrate the accomplishments of Latin American women essayists.
Punk Slash! Musicals
Tracking Slip-Sync on Film
University of Texas Press
This lively study of key British and American punk rock musical films from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s explores how this musical cycle represents a convergence between independent, subversive cinema and the more classical Hollywood movie musical.
Literature, Analytically Speaking
Explorations in the Theory of Interpretation, Analytic Aesthetics, and Evolution
University of Texas Press
A new bridge between literary studies and analytic aesthetics, drawing on a diverse range of texts—from Scheherazade and Raymond Chandler to graphic novels and Woody Allen films.
In the Palace of Nezahualcoyotl
Painting Manuscripts, Writing the Pre-Hispanic Past in Early Colonial Period Tetzcoco, Mexico
University of Texas Press
A detailed critical analysis and historical contextualization of three Aztec pictorial histories.
In Search of the Blues
A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas
University of Texas Press
A page-turning collection of stories about blues, African American life, and self-discovery in Texas by the award-winning author of First Son: George W. Bush & The Bush Family Dynasty.
House of Hits
The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios
By Andy Bradley and Roger Wood
University of Texas Press
A history of the postwar popular music industry told through the story of the legendary Gold Star/SugarHill studio that has recorded musicians ranging from George Jones to Destiny’s Child.
Freedom Is Not Enough
The War on Poverty and the Civil Rights Movement in Texas
University of Texas Press
The first in-depth examination of Lyndon Johnson’s Office of Economic Opportunity and its role in the rise and fall of postwar liberalism in the Lone Star State.
Ernie Kovacs & Early TV Comedy
Nothing in Moderation
University of Texas Press
The first study of pioneering TV comedian Ernie Kovacs and his influence on later shows, ranging from Laugh-In to Letterman.
Environmental City
People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Modern Austin
University of Texas Press
A history of the environmental movement in Austin, Texas, that shows how it became a model for the national movement to build sustainable cities.
Australian Voices
Writers and Their Work
University of Texas Press
Sixteen interviews with Australian authors.
The House Will Come To Order
How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics
University of Texas Press
The first exploration of Texas’s Speaker of the House—a role that has evolved from powerless obscurity to heavyweight political preeminence.
The Chosen Folks
Jews on the Frontiers of Texas
University of Texas Press
A colorful, groundbreaking study of Jewish populations in Texas from late-sixteenth-century Spanish colonialism through the achievements of twentieth-century innovators.
Reading Chican@ Like a Queer
The De-Mastery of Desire
University of Texas Press
The first full-length study to treat racialized sexuality as a necessary category of analysis for understanding any aspect of Mexican American culture.
Escaping the Fire
How an Ixil Mayan Pastor Led His People Out of a Holocaust During the Guatemalan Civil War
University of Texas Press
An arresting firsthand account of how a Mayan evangelist pastor led his fellow Mayas out of their guerilla-controlled homeland and into the hands of the government army during the Guatemalan civil war.
Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids
Thirty Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas
By Alison Macor
University of Texas Press
With fascinating backstories on movies from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to Spy Kids, here is a rollicking history of moviemaking in America’s independent film mecca.
A Gringa in Bogotá
Living Colombia's Invisible War
University of Texas Press
A multifaceted look at a city that has become a model for urban reform even with a war on its doorsteps, interwoven with thought-provoking meditations on living “on the hyphen” between U.S. and Colombian cultures.
Reading World Literature
Theory, History, Practice
Edited by Sarah Lawall
University of Texas Press
A cumulative study of the concept and evolving practices of "world literature."
The Laws of Slavery in Texas
Historical Documents and Essays
Edited by Randolph B. Campbell
University of Texas Press
A remarkable collection of original decrees, court cases, and other documents charting the legal history of African Americans in Texas, from Mexican rule through Confederate law.
Texas Tornado
The Times and Music of Doug Sahm
By Jan Reid and Shawn Sahm
University of Texas Press
The first biography of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados founder Doug Sahm, a rock and roll innovator whose Grammy Award–winning career spanned five decades from the late 1940s to 1999.
Real Role Models
Successful African Americans Beyond Pop Culture
By Joah Spearman and Louis Harrison
University of Texas Press
Profiles of twenty-three high-level Black professionals introduce African American youths to role models for career success beyond sports and entertainment.
Love and Politics in the Contemporary Spanish American Novel
University of Texas Press
The first book-length study of Spanish American literature’s new sentimental novel, from Isabel Allende to Gabriel García Márquez.
Go Down, Old Hannah
The Living History of African American Texans
By Naomi Mitchell Carrier; Introduction by John E. Fleming
University of Texas Press
A collection of 15 living history plays about key aspects of African American life commissioned by museums and historic sites in Texas.
El Lector
A History of the Cigar Factory Reader
By Araceli Tinajero; Translated by Judith E. Grasberg
University of Texas Press
An intriguing history of the hired readers who read to cigar factory workers in Cuba, Tampa, Key West, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
The Chora of Metaponto 2
Archaeozoology at Pantanello and Five Other Sites
University of Texas Press
The second volume in a projected multi-volume series of archaeological site reports from southern Italy that will present a wealth of new information about the region’s ancient rural economy.
Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark
A Life of Service
By Mimi Clark Gronlund; Introduction by Ramsey Clark
University of Texas Press
This biography of the former Attorney General of the United States (1945–1949) and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949–1967) provides important insights into the workings of the Supreme Court and the justices who served on it during arguably
Spanish Texas, 1519–1821
Revised Edition
University of Texas Press
A thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the authoritative history of Spanish Texas, which presents important new discoveries about Indians and women in early Texas.
Preparing the Mothers of Tomorrow
Education and Islam in Mandate Palestine
University of Texas Press
The first study to examine the education of Muslim girls in Palestine in the first half of the twentieth century.
Murder Was Not a Crime
Homicide and Power in the Roman Republic
University of Texas Press
This pathfinding study looks at how homicide was treated in Roman law from the Roman monarchy through the dictatorship of Sulla (ca. 753–79 BC) to show how criminal law can reveal important aspects of the nature and evolution of political power.
La Pinta
Chicana/o Prisoner Literature, Culture, and Politics
By B. V. Olguín
University of Texas Press
The first scholarly study of the interplay between Chicana/o prisoner culture and political activism from the nineteenth century to the present.
Houston Lost and Unbuilt
University of Texas Press
This fascinating look at what has been lost—and what might have been built—in Houston sounds a call to preserve Houston’s built heritage before more architectural treasures are lost forever.
Diodorus Siculus, The Persian Wars to the Fall of Athens
Books 11-14.34 (480-401 BCE)
Translated by Peter Green
University of Texas Press
By one of the foremost historians and translators in the field of Classics, Peter Green—an authoritative, modern translation of a long-neglected historian whose work covers the most vital century in ancient Greek history.
Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution
Cinema and the Archive
University of Texas Press
A vivid recasting of the revolutionary visual images that shaped modern Mexican identity.
Blue-Ribbon Babies and Labors of Love
Race, Class, and Gender in U.S. Adoption Practice
University of Texas Press
An examination of race, class, and gender issues surrounding kinship and family formation in America, seen through the lens of adoption.
Birds of Costa Rica
A Field Guide
University of Texas Press
The must-have guide to more than three hundred birds that visitors are most likely to see in Costa Rica, including unique or endemic species of high interest, illustrated with striking color photographs taken in the wild.
Contemporary Chican@ Art
Color and Culture for a New America
University of Texas Press
Vividly illustrated and welcoming to the casual reader, as well as to art history scholars and students, this is a general guide to one of the most exciting and meaningful expressions in contemporary American art.
The Invention of the Jewish Gaucho
Villa Clara and the Construction of Argentine Identity
University of Texas Press
A unique ethnography of the Eastern European Jews who settled northeast of Buenos Aires in the nineteenth century and left a diverse immigrant legacy in their wake.
Pampa Grande and the Mochica Culture
University of Texas Press
This book presents a "biography" of an ancient Moche city that offers a reconstruction not only of the site itself but also of the sociocultural and economic environment in which it was built and abandoned
Manhood in Hollywood from Bush to Bush
By David Greven
University of Texas Press
A study of the struggle between narcissistic and masochistic modes of manhood that defined Hollywood masculinity from the late 1980s to the first decade of the twenty-first century.
Imaginary Lines
Border Enforcement and the Origins of Undocumented Immigration, 1882-1930
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive historical study of evolving enforcement efforts on American land borders at the turn of the twentieth century.
Edna Ferber's Hollywood
American Fictions of Gender, Race, and History
By J. E. Smyth; Introduction by Thomas Schatz
University of Texas Press
A history of the remarkable partnership forged between the author of such classics as Show Boat, Cimarron, and Giant and the Hollywood moguls who brought her often controversial messages to the silver screen.
Black, Brown, & Beige
Surrealist Writings from Africa and the Diaspora
Edited by Franklin Rosemont and Robin D.G. Kelley
University of Texas Press
The first collection to document the extensive participation of people of African descent—including poets, painters, sculptors, theorists, critics, dancers, and playwrights—in the international surrealist movement over the past 75 years.
Beyond the Latino World War II Hero
The Social and Political Legacy of a Generation
Edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez and Emilio Zamora
University of Texas Press
An anthology of remarkable voices drawn from the U.S. Latino & Latina WW II Oral History Project, bringing to life the transformations they spurred.
The Neural Imagination
Aesthetic and Neuroscientific Approaches to the Arts
University of Texas Press
A groundbreaking investigation into what neuroscience can and cannot tell us about the creation and appreciation of visual art, literature, and music.
Revolution on Paper
Mexican Prints 1910-1960
By Dawn Ades and Alison McClean
University of Texas Press
An extensively illustrated catalogue of the first European exhibition dedicated to Mexican printmaking in the first half of the twentieth century.
Of Summits and Sacrifice
An Ethnohistoric Study of Inka Religious Practices
By Thomas Besom
University of Texas Press
A comprehensive survey of human sacrifice and mountain worship among the Inka, exploring a trove of colonial historical data and contemporary interpretations.
No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed
The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
University of Texas Press
The first fully comprehensive study of the origins of the League of United Latin-American Citizens (LULAC) and its precursors, incorporating race, class, gender, and citizenship to create bold new understandings of a pivotal period of activism.
Lord Eight Wind of Suchixtlan and the Heroes of Ancient Oaxaca
Reading History in the Codex Zouche-Nuttall
University of Texas Press
A pioneering interpretation of an ancient Mixtec painted book that offers a unique window into how the Mixtecs themselves viewed their social and political cosmos.
Fiesta
Days of the Dead & Other Mexican Festivals
By Chloë Sayer
University of Texas Press
From the coauthor of The Skeleton at the Feast, which has sold more than 22,000 copies, Fiesta offers a vividly illustrated overview of Mexican popular culture and folk art, featuring the famous Days of the Dead.
Exiled in the Homeland
Zionism and the Return to Mandate Palestine
University of Texas Press
A stirring portrait of daily life and political dilemmas in 1920s Palestine, during the first decade of British rule in the region.
Chiefs, Scribes, and Ethnographers
Kuna Culture from Inside and Out
By James Howe
University of Texas Press
This sweeping study by a noted anthropologist examines the relationship of the indigenous Kuna of Panama with writing and ethnography over the course of the twentieth century.
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