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.
Analysis of Jazz
A Comprehensive Approach
A sweeping study of the nature of jazz
The Comics of Rutu Modan
War, Love, and Secrets
The first in-depth study of acclaimed work by a pioneer of Israeli comics
Hold On with a Bulldog Grip
A Short Study of Ulysses S. Grant
A concise chronicle of one of the most accomplished figures in American history
Photographs
In hardback again for the first time in thirty years, the definitive book of photographs by the Pulitzer Prize winner, including a new foreword by Natasha Trethewey and sixteen new photographs
Cham
The Best Comic Strips and Graphic Novelettes, 1839–1862
The first modern study of the inexhaustibly humorous, masterful French creator
The Gaithers and Southern Gospel
Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century
A thoughtful examination of the clashes among nostalgia, evangelism, and marketing
The Original Blues
The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville
An invaluable musical history documenting the advent of the blues in black vaudeville
Blasian Invasion
Racial Mixing in the Celebrity Industrial Complex
An exposition of a dynamic, multiracial-racial identity
The Canadian Alternative
Cartoonists, Comics, and Graphic Novels
A broad survey of the inspirations of comics creation in Canada
Ben Katchor
Conversations
Career-spanning interviews with the creator of the contemporary American comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer and other works
The Artistry of Neil Gaiman
Finding Light in the Shadows
An extensive, career-spanning volume on the works of Neil Gaiman
Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage
The Declassified Stories of Cold War Reconnaissance Flights and the Men Who Flew Them
The thrilling secret history of the American pilots who risked their lives to protect their country during the Cold War
Dining with Madmen
Fat, Food, and the Environment in 1980s Horror
A modern study on America’s preoccupation with body weight, processed foods, and pollution through the lens of horror
Crooked Snake
The Life and Crimes of Albert Lepard
The true story of a kidnapper’s calamitous criminal life as told by the man he abducted
China in the Mix
Cinema, Sound, and Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization
A study of sound in the film and media industry of China, especially its music and multilingual soundtrack, that amplifies a vibrantly changing national power and global order
Can’t Stand Still
Taylor Gordon and the Harlem Renaissance
The first biography of a singer who was once one of the most significant African American male vocalists in America
You Don’t Know Jack
A Storyteller Goes to School
An examination of storytelling and story making using Jack tales as a metaphor to talk about teaching and telling
Sports Crazy
How Sports Are Sabotaging American Schools
A reasoned, radical proposal to overhaul American school sports and free education from the madness of competition and entertainment
Openness of Comics
Generating Meaning within Flexible Structures
How comics generate significance and weave images and words into a narrative art
Faulkner and the Native South
An exploration of the Nobel laureate’s engagement with Native Americans and the ways in which Native American writing illuminates Faulkner
Captain Marvel and the Art of Nostalgia
The marvelous story of innovators C. C. Beck and Otto Binder and their mighty American hero
Three Years in Mississippi
The first-person account of a daring, extraordinary blow against segregation
The Paintings and Drawings of Clarence Major
A showcase of skillful artwork from the renowned artist
Mississippi Witness
The Photographs of Florence Mars
The singular vision of a courageous Mississippi activist
Lois Weber
Interviews
Collected interviews and articles with one of early Hollywood’s most successful screenwriter-directors and the first woman to direct a feature film
Creole Trombone
Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz
The definitive biography of the great band leader and New Orleans jazz performer
Barbara Kopple
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director of such films as Harlan County, U.S.A. and Gun Fight
Another Haul
Narrative Stewardship and Cultural Sustainability at the Lewis Family Fishery
A record catch of place, lore, tradition, and family connection with environment
Promises of Citizenship
Film Recruitment of African Americans in World War II
The first take on America’s outstanding film reel appeals to African American dignity and service
From Daniel Boone to Captain America
Playing Indian in American Popular Culture
An exploration of whites posing as Native Americans from nineteenth-century literature to comic books