The University Press of Mississippi was founded in 1970 and is supported by Mississippi's eight state universities. UPM publishes scholarly books of the highest distinction and books that interpret the South and its culture to the nation and the world. From its offices in Jackson, the University Press of Mississippi acquires, edits, distributes, and promotes more than eighty new books every year. Over the years, the Press has published more than 1000 titles and distributed more than 2,600,000 copies worldwide, each with the Mississippi imprint.
The Brothers Mankiewicz
Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics
The first dual biography of two Hollywood icons
Yo' Mama, Mary Mack, and Boudreaux and Thibodeaux
Louisiana Children's Folklore and Play
How children have used story and play to navigate problems and delineate ethnic boundaries
Visible Cities, Global Comics
Urban Images and Spatial Form
A definitive study on how urban places are reflected in comics
Tyler Perry
Interviews
A career-spanning collection of interviews with the multimedia phenomenon who has directed groundbreaking films like Diary of a Mad Black Woman that feature mostly African American actors and tell stories about adversity, faith, family, and redemption
Superman in Myth and Folklore
How the Man of Steel leapt from panels and storyboards into folklore and myth
Posthuman Folklore
The first book-length study of how animal studies and digital culture change what it means to be “us”
Po' Monkey's
Portrait of a Juke Joint
A photographic tour of a quintessential staple of the Mississippi blues
Mulata Nation
Visualizing Race and Gender in Cuba
A vivid exploration of the key role played by multiracial women in visualizing and performing Cuban identity
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
The Making of a Masterpiece, Revised and Updated
The quintessential book about one of the twentieth century’s most iconic albums
Black Intellectual Thought in Modern America
A Historical Perspective
An inclusive survey from Frederick Douglass to the voices of Black Lives Matter