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Urban Space as Heritage in Late Colonial Cuba
Classicism and Dissonance on the Plaza de Armas of Havana, 1754-1828
By Paul Niell
University of Texas Press
This pathfinding interpretation of Havana’s foundational site brings the first extensive and direct application of contemporary heritage studies to the analysis of colonial Latin American visual culture.
The Borderlands of Race
Mexican Segregation in a South Texas Town
University of Texas Press
Using oral histories and local archives, this historical ethnography analyzes how and why Mexican American individuals unevenly experienced racial dominance and segregation in South Texas.
It Starts with Trouble
William Goyen and the Life of Writing
By Clark Davis
University of Texas Press
Celebrating a “writer’s writer” whose friends and rivals included Katherine Anne Porter, Stephen Spender, and Truman Capote, this definitive biography of William Goyen offers the first complete account of the life and writings of the acclaimed author of T
Eli Reed
A Long Walk Home
By Eli Reed; Introduction by Paul Theroux
University of Texas Press
With over 250 images that span the astonishing range of his subjects and his evolution as a photographer, this is the first career retrospective of Eli Reed, one of America’s leading contemporary photojournalists and the first African American member of Magnum Photos.
The First Letter from New Spain
The Lost Petition of Cortés and His Company, June 20, 1519
By John F. Schwaller and Helen Nader
University of Texas Press
Presenting an authoritative translation and analysis of the only surviving original document from the first months of the Spanish conquest, this book brings to life a decisive moment in the history of Mexico and offers an enlarged understanding of the con
The Restoration of the Roman Forum in Late Antiquity
Transforming Public Space
By Gregor Kalas
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive examination of the Roman Forum in late antiquity, this book explores the cultural significance of restoring monuments and statues in the city’s preeminent public space, demonstrating shifts in patronage, political power, historical
The Courthouses of Central Texas
University of Texas Press
This architectural survey of fifty Central Texas courthouses uses consistently scaled elevation and site plan drawings to describe and compare these historic seats of county government for the first time.
Social Identities in the Classic Maya Northern Lowlands
Gender, Age, Memory, and Place
By Traci Ardren
University of Texas Press
Using new archaeological data from four major cities of the Classic Maya world, this book explores how gender, age, familial and community memories, and the experience of living in an urban setting interacted to form social identities.
Selling the Silver Bullet
The Lone Ranger and Transmedia Brand Licensing
By Avi Santo
University of Texas Press
Using the Lone Ranger as a case study, this book investigates the transmedia licensing, merchandizing, and brand management of iconic characters from the 1930s through the era of media conglomeration and convergence.
Rainforest Cowboys
The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia
University of Texas Press
This ambitious interdisciplinary study is the first to examine the interlinked economic uses and cultural practices and beliefs surrounding cattle in Western Amazonia, where cattle raising is at the center of debates about economic development and environ
Race on the QT
Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino
By Adilifu Nama
University of Texas Press
Asserting that race has been the cornerstone of most of Quentin Tarantino’s films, this book uncovers the racial politics, progressive and regressive, hidden on the “QT” in the director’s work from Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction to Inglourious Basterds a
Betting the Farm on a Drought
Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change
University of Texas Press
The award-winning author of The End of Country: Dispatches from the Frack Zone offers a lively, thought-provoking overview of climate change from the perspectives of people who are dealing with it on the ground.
The Dread of Difference
Gender and the Horror Film
Edited by Barry Keith Grant
University of Texas Press
Now updated to include contemporary developments in the horror film genre and the critical thinking about it, Barry Keith Grant’s groundbreaking exploration of the cinema of fear has sold over 8,000 copies.
Steven Dietz
Four Plays for Family Audiences
By Steven Dietz, Linda Hartzell, and Susan Mickey; Edited by Coleman A. Jennings; Introduction by Kim Peter Kovac
University of Texas Press
This anthology gathers four plays for youth and families, including Still Life with Iris, by Steven Dietz, one of America’s most widely produced and published contemporary playwrights.
Flood of Images
Media, Memory, and Hurricane Katrina
By Bernie Cook
University of Texas Press
With innovative visual analysis of TV news coverage, documentaries such as Trouble the Water and When the Levees Broke, and the HBO series Treme, this book investigates how media representations both shaped and contested collective memories of Katrina.
Homegrown
Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982
University of Texas Press
From mind-melting psychedelia and surreal treatments of Texas iconography to inventive interpretations of rock and roll, western swing, and punk, this book offers the definitive, long-overdue survey of music poster art by legendary Texas artists.
Dan Rizzie
University of Texas Press
Showcasing an artistic career that has been both broad-ranging and consistent over four decades, Dan Rizzie is the first monograph on this internationally acclaimed American artist who has created a unique iconography of the natural world in paintings, co
Critical Approaches to the Films of Robert Rodriguez
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama; Afterword by Alvaro Rodriguez
University of Texas Press
This companion volume to Frederick Luis Aldama’s The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez brings together leading scholars who take a variety of theoretical and critical perspectives in analyzing the filmmaking of today’s most prolific and significant Latino direct
All Tore Up
Texas Hot Rod Portraits
By George Brainard; Introduction by Billy F. Gibbons
University of Texas Press
Iconic portraits of greasers and gearheads, families and pinup girls, rockers and regular Joes capture the distinctive people and scene around hot rod and custom cars.
Border Contraband
A History of Smuggling across the Rio Grande
University of Texas Press
In this first history of smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border, Díaz shows how illicit trade evolved from a common practice of ordinary people into a professional, often violent, criminal activity.
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