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Terry Allen
By Terry Allen
University of Texas Press
The essential retrospective of the work of acclaimed visual artist and singer-songwriter Terry Allen, with essays, including one previously unpublished, by leading cultural critic Dave Hickey and more than 200 superb illustrations.
Reconstructing Beirut
Memory and Space in a Postwar Arab City
University of Texas Press
Reconstructing Beirut contributes to a new approach to Middle East studies that applies recent theories of memory and space/place, bringing a fresh framework for analyzing contemporary Arab cultures and post-conflict cities.
Performing Mexicanidad
Vendidas y Cabareteras on the Transnational Stage
University of Texas Press
An examination of the intersection of public discourses on sexualities with recent political, economic, and social shifts in the national context of Mexico and the Mexican diaspora in the United States.
Dreamland
The Way Out of Juarez
University of Texas Press
This striking work of graphic journalism pairs previously unpublished creative nonfiction by Charles Bowden with provocative scratchboard drawings by Alice Leora Briggs to create a vignette of daily life in Juárez, Mexico, in all its surreal brutality and
Carlos Lacerda, Brazilian Crusader
Volume I: The Years 1914-1960
University of Texas Press
The first of a two-volume biography of this major Brazilian politician.
Butterflies, Moths, and Other Invertebrates of Costa Rica
A Field Guide
University of Texas Press
A guide to more than one hundred tropical butterflies, moths, and other invertebrates, illustrated with striking color photographs taken in the wild.
Architecture of Minoan Crete
Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age
University of Texas Press
The first comprehensive study of the entire range of Minoan architecture from 7000 BC to 1100 BC, extensively illustrated and written for both scholars and general readers.
The Chora of Croton 1
The Neolithic Settlement at Capo Alfiere
By Jon Morter; Edited by John Robb
University of Texas Press
The third volume of archaeological investigations in southern Italy by the Institute of Classical Archaeology that will present a wealth of new information about the region’s ancient rural economy and culture.
Reinventing Practice in a Disenchanted World
Bourdieu and Urban Poverty in Oaxaca, Mexico
University of Texas Press
A unique intergenerational ethnography about Oaxaca that uses Pierre Bourdieu’s practice-theoretical approach.
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.
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