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Making a Killing
Femicide, Free Trade, and La Frontera
Edited by Alicia Gaspar de Alba and Georgina Guzmán
University of Texas Press
Bringing together diverse perspectives, including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, semiotics, and textual analysis, this is the first anthology to focus exclusively on the murders of more than five hundred women and girls in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Left of Hollywood
Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture
By Chris Robé
University of Texas Press
The first study dedicated to the emergence of U.S. Left film theory and criticism, combining close readings of films with archival research to explore the origins of a movement that aspired toward a popular cinema of social change.
Painted Light
By Kate Breakey
University of Texas Press
With luminous images from nine suites of photographs, this is the first career retrospective of internationally acclaimed artist Kate Breakey, encompassing works ranging from early images that bridge art and science to her mature still lifes.
Vernon Fisher
University of Texas Press
With over 150 superb illustrations, this is the most current and comprehensive retrospective of the work of internationally acclaimed postmodern artist Vernon Fisher, whose bold and innovative multimedia work suggests stories with multiple meanings and indecipherable conclusions.
Texas, A Modern History
Revised Edition
University of Texas Press
Thoroughly updated since its original publication in 1989, this popular history by award-winning author David G. McComb brings the story of Texas into the twenty-first century.
Hollywood Incoherent
Narration in Seventies Cinema
University of Texas Press
Looking at iconic films such as The Godfather, The French Connection, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver, and A Woman Under the Influence, this book reveals that the narrative and stylistic innovations of the 1970s opened a new era in American cinema.
Gray Ghosts and Red Rangers
American Hilltop Fox Chasing
By Thad Sitton
University of Texas Press
Based on thousands of fascinating primary accounts in letters, magazine articles, and interviews, Gray Ghosts and Red Rangers is the definitive social history of a vanishing American pastime—folk fox hunting.
Feeding the City
From Street Market to Liberal Reform in Salvador, Brazil, 1780–1860
University of Texas Press
This social and cultural history of the provisioning of Salvador, Brazil, as it moved from colony to independent city encompasses a whole society by looking at a broadly defined occupation—the food trade—and showing the connections between and among social categories.
Desert Duty
On the Line with the U.S. Border Patrol
University of Texas Press
Covering a fifty-year span of law enforcement, Desert Duty reveals the patriotic sense of duty and compassionate calling that motivates the men and women who guard the borders of the United States.
The Gernsheim Collection
University of Texas Press
This selection of masterpieces from the Gernsheim Collection, one of the world’s most important collections of photography, effectively constitutes a visual history of photography from the earliest-known photograph to images of the mid-twentieth century.
The Charles Bowden Reader
University of Texas Press
With excerpts from his major books—Blue Desert, Desierto: Memories of the Future, Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals, A Shadow in the City, Trinity, and Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing—as well as prominent magazine articles and early journalism, this anthology gathers the best and most representative writing from Charles Bowden’s entire career
Texas Through Women's Eyes
The Twentieth-Century Experience
University of Texas Press
Combining scholarly research with vivid, first-person accounts, this lively history for the first time tells the story of women’s experiences in twentieth-century Texas, with an inclusive focus on rural women, working-class women, and women of color.
Texas Bobwhites
A Guide to Their Foods and Habitat Management
University of Texas Press
This field guide to the seeds most commonly eaten by northern bobwhites will help hunters identify likely places to find coveys of quail, while landowners and rangeland managers will use it to learn how to conserve and improve bobwhite habitat.
Oaxaca al Gusto
An Infinite Gastronomy
University of Texas Press
Renowned as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking and author of the definitive books on the subject, including The Cuisines of Mexico, The Art of Mexican Cooking, My Mexico, and From My Mexican Kitchen, Diana Kennedy has now written her magnum opus—an irreplaceable record of the traditional regional cuisines of Oaxaca.
Multicultural Comics
From Zap to Blue Beetle
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama; Introduction by Derek Parker Royal
University of Texas Press
Exploring a wide range of mainstream and independent comic books, this is the first comprehensive collection of scholarly and archival work on multicultural comics from around the world.
Before Brown
Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice
University of Texas Press
The inspiring story of the courageous Houston mailman whose struggle to attend the University of Texas School of Law provided the precedent for the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that ended segregation in public educ
An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days
University of Texas Press
Amplified with reading lists and quotations from a wide diversity of writers, best-selling mystery author Susan Wittig Albert’s thoughtful and thought-provoking journal of the tumultuous year 2008 is a must-read for everyone fascinated by the writing life and the writer’s role in society.
Defying Displacement
Grassroots Resistance and the Critique of Development
University of Texas Press
The first book to document the resistance movements of people and communities threatened with involuntary displacement and resettlement by development projects around the world.
Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador
A Memoir of Guerrilla Radio
By Carlos Henriquez Consalvi; Translated by Charles Leo Nagle and A.L. (Bill) Prince; Introduction by Erik Ching
University of Texas Press
A riveting account of the 1980s civil war in El Salvador from the rebels’ point of view, written by the man who directed the main news outlet for the guerrilla organization that challenged the Salvadoran government.
Quixote's Soldiers
A Local History of the Chicano Movement, 1966–1981
University of Texas Press
One of the foremost scholars in Chicana/o studies offers a compelling, authoritative history of the Chicano movement in San Antonio—a movement that provided models for organizing that broke barriers to political participation and power for Latinos across
Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic
Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project
University of Texas Press
A multimedia documentation of a collaboration of artists, activists, and academics, all working on issues relevant to women of color.
Architecture as Revolution
Episodes in the History of Modern Mexico
By Luis E. Carranza; Introduction by Jorge Francisco Liernur
University of Texas Press
A richly illustrated social and cultural history of post-revolutionary Mexican architecture.
Toward a Cognitive Theory of Narrative Acts
Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama
University of Texas Press
Noted scholars analyze a variety of creative works—plays by Samuel Beckett, novels by Maxine Hong Kingston, music compositions by Igor Stravinsky, art by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, and films by Michael Haneke— to offer a unified knowledge of artistic creativity.
The State Library and Archives of Texas
A History, 1835-1962
University of Texas Press
This look back at how the Texas state library has fulfilled its mission encourages policymakers and the public to value the library and archival service of government and give it the support it needs to be even more effective in the digital future.
Muslim Women in War and Crisis
Representation and Reality
Edited by Faegheh Shirazi
University of Texas Press
An anthology of international voices, exploring provocative images of Muslim women from around the globe in literature, visual arts, journalism, and other media.
Muslim Reformers in Iran and Turkey
The Paradox of Moderation
University of Texas Press
The first systematic study of the evolution of Islamic politics in Iran and Turkey, based on primary documents from both countries.
Mexican Women and the Other Side of Immigration
Engendering Transnational Ties
University of Texas Press
A fascinating study of the transnational experiences of Mexicans who immigrated from San Ignacio Cerro Gordo, Jalisco, to Detroit, Michigan.
Weird City
Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas
By Joshua Long
University of Texas Press
A cultural geographic exploration of the many avenues of resistance that Austinites have taken to maintain their sense of cultural identity.
Violent Acts and Urban Space in Contemporary Tel Aviv
Revisioning Moments
By Tali Hatuka; Introduction by Diane E. Davis
University of Texas Press
An examination of the effects of violence on an urban center and how it shapes both the physical and cultural landscape of a city.
The Literatures of the U.S.-Mexican War
Narrative, Time, and Identity
University of Texas Press
A comparative examination of the literature produced in the wake of the U.S.-Mexican War—in both countries and in the borderlands—and the subsequent impact on the formation of lasting, diverse identities.
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