Established in 1950, the University of Texas Press produces approximately one hundred new books each year and has over 3000 books in print. Their areas of scholarly concentration include American studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art, classics, film and media studies, food studies and cookbooks, history, Jewish studies, Latin American and pre-Columbian studies, Latinx studies, Middle Eastern studies, music, nature and environment, photography, and Texas and the Southwest. In addition, UT Press publishes books of general interest for a wider audience on a variety of subjects, including history, current affairs, the visual arts, music, and food, among others, as well as books on the history, culture, arts, and natural history of Texas.
Astros and Asterisks
Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained
An in-depth and multiperspectival look at the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal and its roots in the culture of baseball fandom.
- Copyright year: 2023
The Comitán Valley
Sculpture and Identity on the Maya Frontier
An exploration of the understudied sculpture of the Maya frontier.
- Copyright year: 2023
Labors of Fear
The Modern Horror Film Goes to Work
How work and capitalism inspire horror in modern film.
- Copyright year: 2023
Resurrecting Tenochtitlan
Imagining the Aztec Capital in Modern Mexico City
How Mexican artists and intellectuals created a new identity for modern Mexico City through its ties to Aztec Tenochtitlan.
- Copyright year: 2023
Kainua (Marzabotto)
- Copyright year: 2023
Why Tammy Wynette Matters
How Tammy Wynette channeled the conflicts of her life into her music and performance.
- Copyright year: 2023
Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters
A stirring defense of Sinéad O’Connor’s music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her.
- Copyright year: 2023
Quantum Criminals
Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan
A literary and visual exploration of the songs of Steely Dan.
- Copyright year: 2023
Channeling Knowledges
Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds
How water enables Caribbean and Latinx writers to reconnect to their pasts, presents, and futures.
Reclaiming the Americas
Latinx Art and the Politics of Territory
How Latinx artists around the US adopted the medium of printmaking to reclaim the lands of the Americas.
- Copyright year: 2023
Predatory Economies
The Sanema and the Socialist State in Contemporary Amazonia
A study of the modes of predation used by and against the Sanema people of Venezuela.
- Copyright year: 2023
Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey
An investigation of how the expansion of modern medicine in Turkey transformed young boys’ experiences of circumcision.
- Copyright year: 2023