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.
In Defense of Freedom
Stories of Courage and Sacrifice of World War II Army Air Forces Flyers
An honor roll and an indelible remembrance of sacrifice, courage, and brotherhood in World War II
Songs of Sorrow
Lucy McKim Garrison and Slave Songs of the United States
The untold story behind the creation of the classic songbook Slave Songs of the United States
Gone to the Grave
Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950
A rich survey of folk practices prior to mortuaries and the funeral industry
Toons in Toyland
The Story of Cartoon Character Merchandise
A look at the way cartoons dominated the magic of merchandising
From Midnight to Guntown
True Crime Stories from a Federal Prosecutor in Mississippi
A former prosecutor’s tales of the ne’er-do-wells and knuckle heads he helped bring to justice
D. A. Pennebaker
Interviews
Interviews with the director of Dont Look Back, The War Room, and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak
A New Orleans Family Memoir
The Big Easy family saga of an eccentric father, a workaholic mother, and the birth of the Ruth’s Chris Steak House empire
The Jumbies' Playing Ground
Old World Influences on Afro-Creole Masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean
A study of the carnival traditions that created “whole theater” folk pageants
Mario Lanza
Singing to the Gods
A biography of the Italian American tenor, star of The Great Caruso and inspiration to the Three Tenors
Desegregating Desire
Race and Sexuality in Cold War American Literature
An exploration of writers who examine integration through the charged lens of sexuality
Black Diva of the Thirties
The Life of Ruby Elzy
The biography of a black operatic soprano who died too soon
Werner Herzog
Interviews
Interviews with the director of Signs of Life; Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Grizzly Man; and Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Eric Rohmer
Interviews
Interviews with the director of Ma Nuit chez Maud
Agnes Varda
Interviews
Collected interviews with the French filmmaker who is sometimes called the "Mother of the New Wave"
The Architecture of William Nichols
Building the Antebellum South in North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi
A restoration of the legacy of one of the South’s most prolific and influential architects before the Civil War
To Do This, You Must Know How
Music Pedagogy in the Black Gospel Quartet Tradition
A landmark study tracing the current of music education that gave form and style to the black gospel quartet tradition
The State of Health and Health Care in Mississippi
A comprehensive survey of the health care crisis in one of the nation’s poorest states
Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance
A compelling history of the director’s films of war and resistance
Women Pioneers of the Louisiana Environmental Movement
Compelling accounts from early champions of Louisiana’s struggle to save natural resources
West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities
An Ethnomusicological Perspective
The first ethnomusicological study of the people who created a transnational connection in and through a world music culture
The Souls of White Folk
African American Writers Theorize Whiteness
The first book to examine whiteness as an intellectual tradition within African American literature
Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s
Why Don't They Do It Like They Used To?
An expansive treatment of the meanings and qualities of original and remade American horror movies
Hip Hop on Film
Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s
A reclamation and interpretation of a once-dismissed aspect of American film history
Drawing from Life
Memory and Subjectivity in Comic Art
Essays that query the roles of trust, truth, and family memories in autobiographical comics
Comics and Narration
How all the elements in the grammar of comics merge to create a storyline
Comics and Language
Reimagining Critical Discourse on the Form
A new theoretical framework that critiques many of the assumptions of comics studies
Chester Brown
Conversations
Collected interviews with the unconventional comics creator of Yummy Fur (1983–1994), comics memoirs such as The Playboy (1991/1992) and I Never Liked You (1991-1994), and his best-selling memoir Paying for It (2011)
Beyond The Chinese Connection
Contemporary Afro-Asian Cultural Production
From Bruce Lee to Samurai Champloo, how Asian fictions fuse with African American creative sensibilities
Hearths of Darkness
The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition
A thorough study of a movie genre that reached its cultural zenith in the 1970s but remains influential today
Time in Television Narrative
Exploring Temporality in Twenty-First-Century Programming
How shifts in time and storyline create narrative intrigue on television
Insider Histories of Cartooning
Rediscovering Forgotten Famous Comics and Their Creators
From a cartoonist and a veteran writer on the history of comics, a joyous reclamation of cartooning geniuses
The Struggle for America's Promise
Equal Opportunity at the Dawn of Corporate Capital
An examination of extraordinary uses and abuses of an American ideal during a time of perceived prosperity
Howard Chaykin
Conversations
Wide-ranging discussions with the comics artist known for the groundbreaking sci-fi satire American Flagg!
Dave Sim
Conversations
Interviews with the creator of Cerebus
Autobiographical Comics
Life Writing in Pictures
A fruitful reading of the best North American and European autobiographical comics
Song of My Life
A Biography of Margaret Walker
The first biography of the much admired author of the novel Jubilee and the poem “For My People”
The Lakes of Pontchartrain
Their History and Environments
A comprehensive exploration of the fascinating ecology and history of one of the South’s most complex and thriving estuaries
Perilous Place, Powerful Storms
Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana
A history of overreaching, gridlock, intrigue, and the final catastrophic results along America’s most vulnerable coastline
Japanese Animation
East Asian Perspectives
Never before available in English, East Asian critiques and discussion of a powerful Japanese export and popular art form