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Make Ours Marvel
Media Convergence and a Comics Universe
Edited by Matt Yockey
University of Texas Press
Tracing the rise of the Marvel Comics brand from the creation of the Fantastic Four to the development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this volume of original essays considers how a comic book publisher became a transmedia empire.
Cormac McCarthy and Performance
Page, Stage, Screen
University of Texas Press
Drawing on Cormac McCarthy’s recently opened archive, as well as interviews with several of his collaborators, this book presents the first comprehensive overview of McCarthy’s writing for film and theater, as well as film adaptations of his novels.
Whiskey River (Take My Mind)
The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk
By Johnny Bush and Rick Mitchell
University of Texas Press
The legendary singer-songwriter who wrote Willie Nelson’s signature song “Whiskey River” tells about his life in honky-tonk music.
The Peculiar Revolution
Rethinking the Peruvian Experiment Under Military Rule
Edited by Carlos Aguirre and Paulo Drinot
University of Texas Press
Bringing much-needed historical perspectives to debates about an idiosyncratic period in modern Latin American history, scholars from the United States and Peru reassess the meaning and legacy of Peru’s left-leaning military dictatorship.
Rewrite Man
The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren
By Alison Macor
University of Texas Press
This lively biography of the screenwriter of 1980s hit movies Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Beetlejuice, and Batman illuminates issues of film authorship that have become even more contested in the era of blockbuster filmmaking.
Infrastructures of Race
Concentration and Biopolitics in Colonial Mexico
University of Texas Press
With case studies that link practices of concentration to the emergence of new racial categories, this groundbreaking book convincingly argues that race was a product of, rather than a starting point for, the spatial politics of colonial rule in Latin Ame
A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran, 1800-1929
University of Texas Press
The leading authority on slavery and the African diaspora in modern Iran presents the first history of slavery in this key Middle Eastern country and shows how slavery helped to shape the nation’s unique character.
One More Warbler
A Life with Birds
By Victor Emanuel and S Kirk Walsh
University of Texas Press
With stories of sighting rare birds ranging from an Eskimo Curlew to the cranes of Asia, one of America’s foremost birders recalls a lifetime of birding adventures, including friendships with luminaries Roger Tory Peterson, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton.
The American Idea of Home
Conversations about Architecture and Design
By Bernard Friedman; Introduction by Meghan Daum
University of Texas Press
Wide-ranging interviews with leading architectural thinkers, including Thom Mayne, Richard Meier, Robert Venturi, Paul Goldberger, Robert Ivy, Denise Scott Brown, Kenneth Frampton, and Robert A. M. Stern, spotlight some of the most significant issues in a
A Perfectly Good Guitar
Musicians on Their Favorite Instruments
By Chuck Holley
University of Texas Press
Musicians including Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, JD Souther, Jorma Kaukonen, Bill Frisell, and Kelly Willis pose with and tell stories about the classic Gibsons, Fenders, Martins, and other guitars that have become their most prized instruments.
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