University of California Press Blog » American Studies http://www.ucpress.edu/blog Blog Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:29:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Carrying Civil Rights Forward through Scholarship http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15934/carrying-civil-rights-forward-through-scholarship/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15934/carrying-civil-rights-forward-through-scholarship/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:13:06 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15934 From Martin Berger’s Freedom Now!. Unidentified photographer, Woman Resisting Arrest, Birmingham, Alabama, April 14, 1963. Courtesy of Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.

It’s been 50 years since the March on Washington, and the issues of racial equality and economic justice are just as vital as ever.

UC Press is proud to contribute to the preservation of Martin [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15934/carrying-civil-rights-forward-through-scholarship/feed/ 0 John Iceland Studies the Growing Issue of Economic Insecurity http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15823/john-iceland-studies-the-growing-issue-of-economic-insecurity/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15823/john-iceland-studies-the-growing-issue-of-economic-insecurity/#comments Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:49:45 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15823 Despite some signs that the economy is getting better, poverty is still a persistent threat for the majority of Americans, a new study by the AP has found. Survey data showed that 4 in 5 adults have struggled with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives. It also found [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15823/john-iceland-studies-the-growing-issue-of-economic-insecurity/feed/ 0 Replenished Ethnicity Author on Immigration Reform in the L.A. Times http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15784/replenished-ethnicity-author-on-immigration-reform-in-the-l-a-times/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15784/replenished-ethnicity-author-on-immigration-reform-in-the-l-a-times/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:37:59 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15784

Tomás R. Jiménez, author of Replenished Ethnicity: Mexican Americans, Immigration, and Identity, recently contributed an op-ed to the L.A. Times on the immigration bill just passed in the Senate whose fate will now be determined by the House of Representatives. Jiménez and co-author Helen B. Marrow argue against claims that Mexicans who immigrate to the U.S. [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15784/replenished-ethnicity-author-on-immigration-reform-in-the-l-a-times/feed/ 0 UC Press Podcast: Teardown http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15761/uc-press-podcast-teardown/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15761/uc-press-podcast-teardown/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:40:36 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15761 Last week’s news that Detroit will default on $2 billion of debt has left many wondering what will happen to cities in similar financial distress, and to the nation’s economy as a whole. Gordon Young’s new memoir, Teardown, offers a unique perspective from inside one such city: Flint, Michigan. The birthplace of General Motors, Flint once boasted one of the [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15761/uc-press-podcast-teardown/feed/ 0 Phil Tiemeyer on Plane Queer and the History of Male Flight Attendants http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15630/phil-tiemeyer-on-plane-queer-and-the-history-of-male-flight-attendants/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15630/phil-tiemeyer-on-plane-queer-and-the-history-of-male-flight-attendants/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:41:02 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15630 Phil Tiemeyer, author of Plane Queer: Labor, Sexuality, and AIDS in the History of Male Flight Attendants recently spoke about the history of the profession and how it came to be identified with gay men on the Michelangelo Signorile Show.

Listen now:

Tiemeyer will be at the GLBT History Museum in San Francisco on Thursday, April 11 to [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15630/phil-tiemeyer-on-plane-queer-and-the-history-of-male-flight-attendants/feed/ 0 New Orleans Suite Authors Talk Post-Katrina Music with UC Santa Cruz http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15559/new-orleans-suite-authors-talk-post-katrina-music-with-uc-santa-cruz/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15559/new-orleans-suite-authors-talk-post-katrina-music-with-uc-santa-cruz/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:00:48 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15559 UC Santa Cruz recently interviewed Eric Porter, Professor of History and American Studies, and Lewis Watts, professor of Art, about their new book, New Orleans Suite: Music and Culture in Transition. Using both visual evidence and the written word, Watts and Porter pay homage to the city, its region, and its residents, by mapping recent and often contradictory social [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15559/new-orleans-suite-authors-talk-post-katrina-music-with-uc-santa-cruz/feed/ 0 UC Press Podcast: Joshua Bloom on the Rise of the Black Panther Party http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15436/uc-press-podcast-joshua-bloom-on-the-rise-of-the-black-panther-party/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15436/uc-press-podcast-joshua-bloom-on-the-rise-of-the-black-panther-party/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:18:18 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15436 In the latest episode of the UC Press Podcast, Black Against Empire co-author Joshua Bloom talks about the political and cultural dynamics that gave birth to the Black Panther Party, why Oakland in particular was the perfect setting for a dawning revolutionary movement, and the lasting historical impacts of what the Panthers fought for.

Bloom is [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15436/uc-press-podcast-joshua-bloom-on-the-rise-of-the-black-panther-party/feed/ 0 Hilary Hallett on the Women Who Made Hollywood http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15424/hilary-hallett-on-the-women-who-made-hollywood/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15424/hilary-hallett-on-the-women-who-made-hollywood/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:42:24 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15424 Columbia history professor Hilary Hallett has been getting some wonderful advance praise for her new book, Go West, Young Women!, which explores the influx of women in early Hollywood and their role in the development of Los Angeles and the nascent film industry. The Huffington Post included Go West, Young Women! in their list of 10 [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15424/hilary-hallett-on-the-women-who-made-hollywood/feed/ 0 W. Joseph Campbell’s Top Mythbusting Posts of 2012 http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15417/w-joseph-campbells-top-mythbusting-posts-of-2012/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15417/w-joseph-campbells-top-mythbusting-posts-of-2012/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:28:39 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15417 The author of Getting It Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism, W. Joseph Campbell, has rounded up 2012′s most prominent media-driven myths and errors. Visit Campbell’s blog, Media Myth Alert, for the year’s five top writeups, the first of which is excerpted below:

Calling out the New York Times on ‘napalm girl’ photo error (posted June 3)

The 40th anniversary of the [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15417/w-joseph-campbells-top-mythbusting-posts-of-2012/feed/ 0 LARB’s Guide to A People’s Guide to Los Angeles http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15201/larbs-guide-to-a-peoples-guide-to-los-angeles/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15201/larbs-guide-to-a-peoples-guide-to-los-angeles/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:34:36 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15201 Mondays in August, the Los Angeles Review of Books is running a series of excerpts and photos from A People’s Guide to Los Angeles—a look at eye-opening alternatives to L.A.’s usual tourist destinations by Laura Pulido, Laura Barraclough, and Wendy Cheng.

The book documents 115 little-known sites in the City of Angels where struggles related to race, class, gender, [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15201/larbs-guide-to-a-peoples-guide-to-los-angeles/feed/ 0