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Spectatorship
Shifting Theories of Gender, Sexuality, and Media
Edited by Roxanne Samer and William Whittington
University of Texas Press
Designed for classroom use, this anthology of influential articles from Spectator, the highly regarded film studies journal published by USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, offers historical perspectives on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and media sp
Dopers in Uniform
The Hidden World of Police on Steroids
University of Texas Press
Breaking down the “Blue Wall of Silence,” this landmark book investigates the widespread, illegal use of anabolic steroids in major urban police departments and how it contributes to excessive violence in American policing.
Street Occupations
Urban Vending in Rio de Janeiro, 1850–1925
University of Texas Press
Offering new perspectives on informal commerce and citizenship, this history explains how the transition from slavery to freedom both empowered and constrained the poor, black, and immigrant street vendors of Rio de Janeiro.
Bad Girls of the Arab World
Edited by Nadia Yaqub and Rula Quawas
University of Texas Press
This interdisciplinary collection of writings by and about Arab women is the first that focuses explicitly on Arab women’s often-fraught engagement with the boundaries that shape their lives in the twenty-first century.
Lettered Artists and the Languages of Empire
Painters and the Profession in Early Colonial Quito
University of Texas Press
Using extensive and largely unpublished archival documentation, this major new work recovers the first century of artistic practice in colonial Quito, one of colonial South America’s most important artistic centers.
Every Day We Live Is the Future
Surviving in a City of Disasters
University of Texas Press
Reminiscent of Katherine Boo’s bestseller, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this vivid, cautionary tale of urban inequality and the human suffering caused by climate change recounts the true stories of two Nicaraguan families’ quests to survive in one of th
Texas Sports
Unforgettable Stories for Every Day of the Year
University of Texas Press
With a stirring story for every day of the year, this book celebrates the athletes and teams in more than twenty-five sports that have made Texas a dynamo in the world of sports across more than a century.
William Gedney
Only the Lonely, 1955–1984
University of Texas Press
The first book on photographer William Gedney in nearly twenty years, this retrospective volume offers the only comprehensive survey of his work, including his acclaimed series on eastern Kentucky, Haight-Ashbury, India, gay pride parades, and night scene
Not Your Average Zombie
Rehumanizing the Undead from Voodoo to Zombie Walks
By Chera Kee
University of Texas Press
Analyzing humanized zombies in popular culture across nearly a century, this innovative book discloses how the “extra-ordinary” undead mediate our fears of losing agency in the world of the living.
Comic Book Film Style
Cinema at 24 Panels per Second
By Dru Jeffries
University of Texas Press
Emphasizing films such as Batman: The Movie that have received little scholarly attention, this book presents a new and more coherent definition of the comic book film as a stylistic approach rather than a genre.
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