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The Chora of Metaponto 7
The Greek Sanctuary at Pantanello
By Joseph Coleman Carter and Keith Swift
University of Texas Press
The seventh volume in the Institute of Classical Archaeology’s series on rural settlements in the countryside (chora) of Metaponto adds much to the study of Greek religion and to the picture of the ancient Greek countryside.
Handbook of Latin American Studies, Vol. 72
Humanities
Edited by Katherine D. McCann
University of Texas Press
The 2018 volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies.
Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before
Subversive Portrayals in Speculative Film and TV
University of Texas Press
With in-depth explorations of six contemporary American and British films and shows, this pioneering volume spotlights black female characters who play central, subversive roles in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Eugenics in the Garden
Transatlantic Architecture and the Crafting of Modernity
University of Texas Press
The first book to link eugenics with urban planning and the built environment, this volume traces how the “science” of race improvement spread from medicine to architecture as Latin Americans pursued a utopian project of modernization.
A Place of Darkness
The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema
University of Texas Press
Analyzing films from La manoir du Diable to Dracula and Frankenstein, as well as their promotion and critical reception, this book reveals how tales of horror are intimately bound to questions of nationhood and national identity.
Screening Stephen King
Adaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television
By Simon Brown
University of Texas Press
Surveying adaptations of Stephen King’s work across four decades, this volume links the evolution of King’s “brand” to the changing preoccupations and industrial contexts of the horror genre in film and TV since the seventies.
CinemaTexas Notes
The Early Days of Austin Film Culture
Edited by Louis Black and Collins Swords
University of Texas Press
Written to accompany movies screened by the Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas, the CinemaTexas Notes open a fascinating window on the early Austin film scene and the rise of film studies.
They Came to Toil
Newspaper Representations of Mexicans and Immigrants in the Great Depression
University of Texas Press
Recounting a forgotten episode in the Long Civil Rights Movement, this book analyzes how news reporting of forced deportations of Mexicans in the 1930s created representations of Mexican Americans that endure today.
Making Plans
How to Engage with Landscape, Design, and the Urban Environment
University of Texas Press
This frank, first-person account of developing plans for the city of Austin and the University of Texas campus offers a practical primer on community and regional planning by one of the leading experts in the field.
Banking on Beauty
Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture in California
By Adam Arenson
University of Texas Press
Expansively researched and illustrated, this lively history recounts how the extraordinary partnership of financier Howard Ahmanson and artist Millard Sheets produced outstanding mid-century modern architecture and art for Home Savings and Loan.
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