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Finding Caspicara

Double Identities, Hidden Figures, and the Commerce of Sculpture in Colonial Quito

University of Texas Press

An examination of sculpture and authorship in eighteenth-century Quito that documents Caspicara as a participant in the innovative artistic production of the city’s workshops and its widespread commerce of polychrome sculptures.

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Searching for Feminist Superheroes

Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics

University of Texas Press

How superhero narratives in the margins of the mainstream tell innovative, feminist stories.

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Constructing Cuban America

Race and Identity in Florida's Caribbean South, 1868–1945

University of Texas Press

How Black and white Cubans navigated issues of race, politics, and identity during the post-Civil War and early Jim Crow eras in South Florida.

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Arrival

University of Texas Press

A study of Denis Villeneuve’s genre-transcendent film.

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The Claremont Run

Subverting Gender in the X-Men

By J. Andrew Deman; Introduction by Jay Edidin
University of Texas Press

A data-driven deep dive into a legendary comics author’s subversion of gender norms within the bestselling comic of its time.

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Mainstream Maverick

John Hughes and New Hollywood Cinema

University of Texas Press

The first scholarly book on John Hughes examines Hollywood's complex relationship with genre, the role of the auteur in commercial cinema, and the legacy of favorites such as Sixteen Candles and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

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Band People

Life and Work in Popular Music

University of Texas Press

A close look at the lives of working musicians who aren’t the center of their stage.

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The Burning Plain

University of Texas Press

A new translation of El Llano en llamas, an iconic collection of short stories that changed the course of Mexican and Latin American literature.

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American Tacos

A History and Guide

University of Texas Press

The first history of tacos developed in the United States, now revised and expanded, this book is the definitive survey that American taco lovers must have for their own taco explorations.

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Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites

New Edition

University of Texas Press

The essential guide to Texas’s state parks and historic sites.

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Civil Rights in Bakersfield

Segregation and Multiracial Activism in the Central Valley

University of Texas Press

A multiracial history of civil rights coalitions beyond the farm worker movement in twentieth-century Bakersfield, California.

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Clicas

Gender, Sexuality, and Struggle in Latina/o/x Gang Literature and Film

University of Texas Press

How Latina/o/x gang literature and film represent women and gay gang members’ challenges to gendered, sexual, racial, and class oppression.

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Modernism’s Magic Hat

Architecture and the Illusion of Development without Capital

University of Texas Press

Examines the role of architecture in the history of global development and decolonization.

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Gold Dust on the Air

Television Anthology Drama and Midcentury American Culture

University of Texas Press

How mid-century television anthologies reflected and shaped US values and identities.

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Memory in Fragments

The Lives of Ancient Maya Sculptures

University of Texas Press

An exploration of how the ancient Maya engaged with their history by using, altering, and burying stone sculptures.

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