University Of Texas Press: 2424 books
Apple Pie and Enchiladas
Latino Newcomers in the Rural Midwest
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
The sudden influx of significant numbers of Latinos to the rural Midwest stems from the recruitment of workers by food processing plants and small factories springing up in rural areas. Mostly they work at back-breaking jobs that local residents are not willing to take because of the low wages and few...
Environmental City
People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Modern Austin
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
As Austin grew from a college and government town of the 1950s into the sprawling city of 2010, two ideas of Austin as a place came into conflict. Many who promoted the ideology of growth believed Austin would be defined by economic output, money, and wealth. But many others thought Austin was instead...
by William Whittington
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
Sound is half the picture, and since the 1960s, film sound not only has rivaled the innovative imagery of contemporary Hollywood cinema, but in some ways has surpassed it in status and privilege because of the emergence of sound design.This in-depth study by William Whittington considers the...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
Since 1975, when the U.S. government adopted a policy of self-determination for American Indian nations, a large number of the 562 federally recognized nations have seized the opportunity to govern themselves and determine their own economic, political, and cultural futures. As a first and crucial step...
Dissident Women
Gender and Cultural Politics in Chiapas
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Yielding pivotal new perspectives on the indigenous women of Mexico, Dissident Women: Gender and Cultural Politics in Chiapas presents a diverse collection of voices exploring the human rights and gender issues that gained international attention after the first public appearance of the Zapatista...
Fragmented Lives, Assembled Parts
Culture, Capitalism, and Conquest at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Established in 1659 as Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Mansos del Paso del Norte, Ciudad Juárez is the oldest colonial settlement on the U.S.-Mexico border-and one of the largest industrialized border cities in the world. Since the days of its founding, Juárez has been marked by different...
Disney's Most Notorious Film
Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
The Walt Disney Company offers a vast universe of movies, television shows, theme parks, and merchandise, all carefully crafted to present an image of wholesome family entertainment. Yet Disney also produced one of the most infamous Hollywood films, Song of the South. Using cartoon characters and live...
American Film Cycles
Reframing Genres, Screening Social Problems, and Defining Subcultures
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
A series of movies that share images, characters, settings, plots, or themes, film cycles have been an industrial strategy since the beginning of cinema. While some have viewed them as "subgenres," mini-genres, or nascent film genres, Amanda Ann Klein argues that film cycles are an entity...
War, Women, and Druids
Eyewitness Reports and Early Accounts of the Ancient Celts
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
"The ancient Celts capture the modern imagination as do few other people of classical times. Naked barbarians charging the Roman legions, Druids performing sacrifices of unspeakable horror, women fighting beside their men and even leading armies—these, along with stunning works of art, are the images...
Rural Politics in Nasser's Egypt
A Quest for Legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
On September 29, 1970, President Gamal Abdel Nasser died of a heart attack. The hysterical outpouring of grief at the state funeral dramatized the depth to which the loss of this charismatic leader shook the Arab world. Few men have achieved the love, prestige, and adulation that Nasser received from...
House of Plenty
The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Luby's Cafeterias
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Scarred by the deaths of his mother and sisters and the failure of his father's business, a young man dreamed of making enough money to retire early and retreat into the secure world that his childhood tragedies had torn from him. But Harry Luby refused to be a robber baron. Turning totally against the...
by Joseph Roisman
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
From antiquity until now, most writers who have chronicled the events following the death of Alexander the Great have viewed this history through the careers, ambitions, and perspectives of Alexander’s elite successors. Few historians have probed the experiences and attitudes of the ordinary soldiers...
Multicultural Comics
From Zap to Blue Beetle
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
Multicultural Comics: From Zap to Blue Beetle is the first comprehensive look at comic books by and about race and ethnicity. The thirteen essays tease out for the general reader the nuances of how such multicultural comics skillfully combine visual and verbal elements to tell richly compelling stories...
Planning the Family in Egypt
New Bodies, New Selves
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
In this ethnographic study, the author examines the policies and practices of family planning programs in Egypt to see how an elitist, Western-informed state attempts to create obliging citizens. The state sees voluntary compliance with the law for the common good as the cornerstone of modernity. Family...