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The Chora of Metaponto 7

The Greek Sanctuary at Pantanello

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.

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Handbook of Latin American Studies, Vol. 72

Humanities

University of Texas Press

The 2018 volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Screening Stephen King

Adaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television

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.

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CinemaTexas Notes

The Early Days of Austin Film Culture

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.

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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.

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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.

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Banking on Beauty

Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture in California

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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