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A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush
By Eric Draper; Introduction by George W. Bush
University of Texas Press
With an extraordinary collection of images, many never before published, Chief White House Photographer Eric Draper presents a compelling, behind-the-scenes view of the entire presidency of George W. Bush, from dramatic events such as 9/11 to relaxed, int
Twentieth Century-Fox
The Zanuck-Skouras Years, 1935–1965
By Peter Lev
University of Texas Press
This sweeping and vivid history presents the innovative studio from its initial merger to the enormous success of The Sound of Music, combining film analysis with the interconnected histories of the studio, its executives, and the industry at large.
Queer Bergman
Sexuality, Gender, and the European Art Cinema
University of Texas Press
Foregrounding a fundamental aspect of the Swedish auteur’s work that has been routinely ignored, as well as the vibrant connection between postwar American queer culture and European art cinema, this book offers a pioneering reading of Bergman’s films as
Our House in the Clouds
Building a Second Life in the Andes of Ecuador
University of Texas Press
This compelling memoir by the author of Cañar: A Year in the Highlands of Ecuador vividly describes an American couple’s experience of making a second home in a rural Andean community in which they are the only outsiders.
David Lynch Swerves
Uncertainty from Lost Highway to Inland Empire
University of Texas Press
In this paradigm-shifting book, the author of The Passion of David Lynch draws on insights into the filmmaker’s creative sources that he has never revealed before to forge a startlingly original template for analyzing Lynch’s recent films.
Amazon Town TV
An Audience Ethnography in Gurupá, Brazil
By Richard Pace and Brian P. Hinote
University of Texas Press
This pioneering study examines television’s impact on an Amazonian river town from the first broadcasts in Gurupá, in 1983, to the present.
Writing the Story of Texas
Edited by Patrick L. Cox and Kenneth E. Hendrickson
University of Texas Press
Luminaries in Texas history pay tribute to an all-star cast of thirteen historians—from J. Frank Dobie to Américo Paredes—who preserved Texas’s past, and who were often as colorful as the historical figures they studied.
From the Republic of the Rio Grande
A Personal History of the Place and the People
University of Texas Press
Using family papers, local chronicles, and scholarly works, de la Garza tells the story of the Republic of the Rio Grande and its people from the perspective of individuals who lived in this region from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century.
Cormac McCarthy's House
Reading McCarthy Without Walls
By Peter Josyph
University of Texas Press
Acclaimed visual artist, actor-director, and writer Peter Josyph and a cast of other interpreters and critics offer a unique appreciation of the literary genius of Cormac McCarthy through directing and acting in his works, exploring their physical setting
Classical and Modern Interactions
Postmodern Architecture, Multiculturalism, Decline, and Other Issues
University of Texas Press
In this thought-provoking work, a noted classics scholar tests the ancient-modern comparison, showing what it can add to contemporary debates and what its limitations are.
The Texas Supreme Court
A Narrative History, 1836–1986
University of Texas Press
The award-winning author of Sam Houston, Passionate Nation, and Wolf: The Lives of Jack London offers a lively narrative history of Texas’s highest court and how it helped to shape the Lone Star State during its first 150 years.
Experimental Latin American Cinema
History and Aesthetics
University of Texas Press
This groundbreaking exploration of experimental Latin American film applies Deleuzian theories of cinema in a comparative approach to examine multiple genres and works from the most important national cinematic traditions
Cooking Texas Style
Traditional Recipes from the Lone Star State
By Candy Wagner and Sandra Marquez
University of Texas Press
Thirty years and more than 40,000 copies sold since its first publication, Cooking Texas Style—available again in paperback with a new preface—is still the best source of authentic recipes for the traditional comfort foods of Texas.
The Archaeology of La Calsada
A Rockshelter in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
University of Texas Press
This comprehensive site report, with detailed information on artifacts and stratigraphy, provides baseline archaeological data for one of the least understood regions of prehistoric North America, the state of Nuevo León in northern Mexico.
Tomorrow We're All Going to the Harvest
Temporary Foreign Worker Programs and Neoliberal Political Economy
University of Texas Press
This exceptional study examines the experience of Mexican workers in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), widely considered a model program by the World Bank and other international institutions despite the significant violations of l
Psycho-Sexual
Male Desire in Hitchcock, De Palma, Scorsese, and Friedkin
By David Greven
University of Texas Press
Examining the intertextual reverberations between canonical Hitchcock films and the New Hollywood of the 1970s, this revisionist reading challenges the received opinion of misogyny, racism, and homophobia presented in male desire featured in works by Hitc
Becoming a Bilingual Family
Help Your Kids Learn Spanish (and Learn Spanish Yourself in the Process)
By Stephen Marks and Jeffrey Marks
University of Texas Press
Unique among language study aids, this book gives English-speaking parents the tools to create a bilingual home and help their kids learn Spanish in their earliest years, when children are most receptive to learning languages.
Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza
From Primordial Sea to Public Space
University of Texas Press
Extensively illustrated with detailed site plans and photographs, this architectural history of the Mexican plaza reveals why this central public space has been the heart of the community from ancient Mesoamerican times until the present.
Film Genre Reader IV
Edited by Barry Keith Grant
University of Texas Press
Newly revised and expanded nearly a decade after the third edition, Film Genre Reader is the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film, with more than 25,000 copies sold.
Disney's Most Notorious Film
Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South
By Jason Sperb
University of Texas Press
Analyzing histories of film reception, convergence, and race relations over seven decades, this pioneering book undertakes a superb, multifaceted reading of one of Hollywood’s most notorious films, Disney’s Song of the South.
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