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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.
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.
Constructing Cuban America
Race and Identity in Florida's Caribbean South, 1868–1945
By Andrew Gomez
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.
Arrival
By David Roche
University of Texas Press
A study of Denis Villeneuve’s genre-transcendent film.
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.
Mainstream Maverick
John Hughes and New Hollywood Cinema
By Holly Chard
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.
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.
The Burning Plain
By Juan Rulfo; Translated by Douglas J. Weatherford
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.
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.
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.
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.
Clicas
Gender, Sexuality, and Struggle in Latina/o/x Gang Literature and Film
By Frank García
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.
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.
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.
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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