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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
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