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Sexual Labor in the Athenian Courts
University of Texas Press
A holistic study of five key texts of Athenian oratory, this book unravels the complex cultural constructions of sexual labor in classical Athens and offers a new perspective on the history of sex laborers in ancient Greece.
Inventing Indigenism
Francisco Laso's Image of Modern Peru
University of Texas Press
A fascinating account of the modern reinvention of the image of the Indian in nineteenth-century literature and visual culture, seen through the work of Peruvian painter Francisco Laso.
The Egyptian Labor Corps
Race, Space, and Place in the First World War
University of Texas Press
This history sheds new light on Egypt’s involvement in World War I by telling the story of the Egyptian Labor Corps and how the treatment of these primarily rural workers influenced the 1919 Egyptian Revolution.
Paths to Excellence
The Dell Medical School and Medical Education in Texas
By Kenneth I. Shine and Amy Shaw Thomas
University of Texas Press, University of Texas Health Press
An inspiring account of how the Dell Medical School came into being at the University of Texas at Austin more than 125 years after the campus was established.
Handbook of Latin American Studies, Vol. 75
Social Sciences
Edited by Tracy North
University of Texas Press
The 2021 volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American Studies.
Women's Lives, Women's Voices
Roman Material Culture and Female Agency in the Bay of Naples
Edited by Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland
University of Texas Press
The first book to focus exclusively on material evidence such as frescos, graffiti, and inscriptions to explore the lives of Roman women from all social classes in Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Bronze Monsters and the Cultures of Wonder
Griffin Cauldrons in the Preclassical Mediterranean
University of Texas Press
An enlightening study of griffin cauldrons in the pre-classical Mediterranean, uncovering the origins of illusionism in Greek art and exploring the social significance of a changing visual culture.
José Martí
A Revolutionary Life
University of Texas Press
Thoroughly researched, written from a nonpartisan perspective, and as lively as a novel, this is the definitive biography of the revered Cuban patriot and martyr whose revolutionary movement eventually ended the Spanish colonial domination of Cuba.
The Florida Project
By J. J. Murphy
University of Texas Press
An in-depth look at the production of the 2017 film The Florida Project and the unique filmmaking style of its director, Sean Baker.
Downtown Juárez
Underworlds of Violence and Abuse
University of Texas Press
An intimate look at the normalization of violence in the lives of sex workers, drug dealers, barflies, and drug addicts in downtown Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
Civil Rights in Black and Brown
Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas
Edited by Max Krochmal and Todd Moye
University of Texas Press
Drawing on hundreds of new interviews from grassroots activists in every corner of Texas, Civil Rights in Black and Brown tells the stories of the state’s intersecting African American and Mexican American liberation struggles.
Resisting Garbage
The Politics of Waste Management in American Cities
University of Texas Press
Resisting Garbage presents an empirically grounded explanation for what meaningful change in waste management could look like and why that change is so difficult.
No Color Is My Kind
Eldrewey Stearns and the Desegregation of Houston
University of Texas Press
A new edition of this important book that places its uncommon chronicle of two men—one African American and one Jewish—within the context of America’s current struggles with race.
Roller Derby
The History of an American Sport
University of Texas Press
The dynamic and culturally complex story of roller derby, the only full-contact sport in the United States that has embraced women as equal competitors since its inception.
Woman Walk the Line
How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives
Edited by Holly Gleason
University of Texas Press
In this collection of personal essays, a diverse group of women music writers pay tribute to the female country artists who have inspired them, including Brenda Lee, June Carter Cash, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, and Taylor Swift.
Who Got the Camera?
A History of Rap and Reality
By Eric Harvey
University of Texas Press
An illuminating cultural study arguing that, in the late 1980s, the reality TV of Cops and the reality rap of “Fuck tha Police” were two sides of the same coin, redefining popular entertainment as a truth-telling medium.
Another Year Finds Me in Texas
The Civil War Diary of Lucy Pier Stevens
University of Texas Press
One of few women’s diaries from Civil War–era Texas and the only one written by a Northerner, this previously unpublished journal offers a unique perspective on daily life and the ties that transcended sectional loyalties during America’s most divisive conflict.
Polypores and Similar Fungi of Eastern and Central North America
University of Texas Press
This resource guide is the only color-illustrated work devoted to polypores of eastern and central North American--the first of its kind to be published since Gilbertson & Ryvarden’s 1987 North American Polypores.
Teaching Black History to White People
University of Texas Press
A personally and pedagogically generous book, Teaching Black History to White People outlines how to teach and engage with Black history on college campuses and beyond.
On the Porch
Life and Music in Terlingua, Texas
University of Texas Press
Timely, wide-ranging, and exhaustively researched, On the Porch tells the surprising story of music in Terlingua, a tiny but remarkably musical border town in the remote desert of West Texas.
Where the Devil Don't Stay
Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers
University of Texas Press
In the first full-length book on the Drive-By Truckers, Deusner examines the southern spaces that shaped the band’s ideas of what music can say and do while also discovering how their music shifted the way we view the modern South.
A Good Long Drive
Fifty Years of Texas Country Reporter
By Bob Phillips
University of Texas Press
The true story of how a Dallas TV reporter accidentally spent his life sharing the stories of people no one has ever heard of on Texas Country Reporter, told by the show’s creator and host, Bob Phillips.
Playing with Things
Engaging the Moche Sex Pots
University of Texas Press
Challenging common approaches to archaeology and sexuality studies, this book explores, in part by physically interacting with the artifacts, how Moche ceramics reveal ancient Indigenous ways of thinking about and experiencing sex.
William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll
By Casey Rae
University of Texas Press
The little-known history of William S. Burroughs's impact on some of the biggest names in music, from the Beatles to Bowie, and his role as a secret architect of the rock 'n' roll genre itself.
Guitar King
Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues
By David Dann
University of Texas Press
This first comprehensive biography of the late, great Michael Bloomfield brings to life a dazzling electric-guitar virtuoso who transformed rock ’n’ roll in the 1960s and made a lasting impact on the blues genre.
Monsters and Monarchs
Serial Killers in Classical Myth and History
University of Texas Press
This captivating study uses stories from classical antiquity to show that serial killers were almost as prevalent in ancient society as they are today, challenging the belief that such killers are an artifact of modern society.
Egypt’s Football Revolution
Emotion, Masculinity, and Uneasy Politics
By Carl Rommel
University of Texas Press
A detailed account of the entanglement of Egyptian football with surging nationalist politics as the sport’s appeal waxed and waned before and after the 2011 Revolution.
The Politics of Patronage
Lawyers, Philanthropy, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
University of Texas Press
The first book about the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the influential work it has done for the Latina/o community, and the issues stemming from its dependence on large philanthropic organizations.
Surviving Mexico
Resistance and Resilience among Journalists in the Twenty-first Century
University of Texas Press
A rigorously researched study shows how Mexican organized crime enjoys the protection of government officials, and some media companies, while individual journalists and their allies try to safeguard themselves and those willing to expose corruption and c
Hollywood Shutdown
Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID
University of Texas Press
A concise and timely analysis of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on film and television production, distribution, and exhibition in the first nine months of 2020.
The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights
University of Texas Press
A thought-provoking study traces the origins of human rights beyond the Enlightenment to the evolution of humane discourse and empathetic thought in Ancient Greece.
Razabilly
Transforming Sights, Sounds, and History in the Los Angeles Latina/o Rockabilly Scene
University of Texas Press
An engrossing deep dive into the sights, sounds, and sensibilities of the Latina/o Rockabilly scene in Los Angeles, its ties to working-class communities, and its dissemination through the post-NAFTA global landscape.
Below the Stars
How the Labor of Working Actors and Extras Shapes Media Production
University of Texas Press
An examination of the critical influence of working actors and actors’ labor unions on industrial structures and practices in Hollywood, including film, television, and streaming.
Why Marianne Faithfull Matters
University of Texas Press
A remarkable feminist history and biography that features fragments from the five-decade career of an iconic artist, who, despite a private life that overshadowed much of her early work, sculpted her own musical rebirth.
Why Bushwick Bill Matters
University of Texas Press
An astute chronicle of the life and cultural significance of Bushwick Bill, who remixed spectacle as he exposed and exploited ableist and racist assumptions to become a singular voice in rap and the relentless battle over free speech in the United States.
Reverberations of Racial Violence
Critical Reflections on the History of the Border
Edited by Sonia Hernández and John Morán González
University of Texas Press
A trenchant collection of essays that details systematic, extralegal killings of Mexicans along the US southern border in the 1910s and explores the role of officially sanctioned violence in the history of US nation-building.
Poggio Civitate (Murlo)
By Anthony Tuck
University of Texas Press
This richly illustrated volume provides the first broad synthesis of findings at Poggio Civitate, one of the best-preserved Etruscan archaeological sites.
The Republican Party of Texas
A Political History
University of Texas Press
From Reconstruction to the twenty-first century, a former executive director of the Republican Party of Texas presents a comprehensive history of his party and its meandering path from limited local appeal to political dominance.
Far From Respectable
Dave Hickey and His Art
University of Texas Press
The first book on the critic and essayist Dave Hickey, Far from Respectable examines the life and work of this controversial figure, whose writing changed the discourse around art and popular culture.
American Twilight
The Cinema of Tobe Hooper
Edited by Kristopher Woofter and Will Dodson
University of Texas Press
A master of gritty horror, Tobe Hooper captured on-screen an America in constant crisis and upended myths of prosperity to reveal the country’s internal decay.
Grandmothers on Guard
Gender, Aging, and the Minutemen at the US-Mexico Border
University of Texas Press
An incisive portrait of nationalism in the United States, Grandmothers on Guard tells the story of older women who found meaning and community in the Minutemen, an anti-immigrant vigilante movement.
Vital Voids
Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture
University of Texas Press
An innovative study argues that in Mesoamerica, holes were conceived and produced as conduits of vital forces and material abundance, prerequisites for the emergence of life.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
University of Texas Press
This close analysis of Alfonso Cuarón’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban examines how collaborative authorship produced a thematically layered blockbuster film with a distinctively cinematic point of view.
The Myth of the Amateur
A History of College Athletic Scholarships
University of Texas Press
A deft examination of the controversy over paying men and women college athletes, which persuasively argues that, for all the NCAA’s insistence on amateurism today, college sports have never been amateur.
Seeing Sideways
A Memoir of Music and Motherhood
University of Texas Press
A follow-up to the critically acclaimed Rat Girl, this beautifully written memoir takes readers on an emotional journey through the author’s life as she reflects on thirty years of music and motherhood.
A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles
A History of Politics and Race in Texas
University of Texas Press
A new look at the last 150 years of Texas’s contentious political history, told decade by decade through the prism of the state’s famous, infamous, and unsung figures.
Why Solange Matters
University of Texas Press
A Black feminist punk performer and important new voice recounts the dramatic story of an incandescent musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success on her own terms was far more important than her family name.
Roots of Resistance
A Story of Gender, Race, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras
University of Texas Press
A first-of-its-kind study of the working-class culture of resistance on the Honduran North Coast and the radical organizing that challenged US capital and foreign intervention at the onset of the Cold War, examining gender, race, and place.
Land without Masters
Agrarian Reform and Political Change under Peru's Military Government
By Anna Cant
University of Texas Press
A fresh perspective on the way the Peruvian government's major 1969 agrarian reforms transformed the social, cultural, and political landscape of the country.
From a Taller Tower
The Rise of the American Mass Shooter
University of Texas Press
There is no silence on earth deeper than the silence between gunshots; From a Taller Tower faces the depths of that silence, which follows in the wake of the mass shootings that have plagued the United States.
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