University of California Press Blog» History http://www.ucpress.edu/blog Blog Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:48:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 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.

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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 Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu Now at the Oakland Museum http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15605/summoning-ghosts-the-art-of-hung-liu-now-at-the-oakland-museum/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15605/summoning-ghosts-the-art-of-hung-liu-now-at-the-oakland-museum/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:28:10 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15605 The exhibition Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu, on display at the Oakland Museum through June 30, is the first comprehensive survey of the artwork of pioneering Chinese-American artist Hung Liu. The exhibition explores the evolution of Liu’s artistic practice, and investigates the complex interactions between individual memory and history, and documentary evidence and artistic [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15605/summoning-ghosts-the-art-of-hung-liu-now-at-the-oakland-museum/feed/ 0 Fabian Drixler on the Culture of Infanticide in Eighteenth-Century Japan http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15594/fabian-drixler-on-the-culture-of-infanticide-in-eighteenth-century-japan/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15594/fabian-drixler-on-the-culture-of-infanticide-in-eighteenth-century-japan/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:23:29 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15594 Fabian Drixler’s Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950 tells the story of a society reversing deeply held worldviews. Drixler, a professor of Japanese history at Yale University, describes the book as “a cultural history of infanticide and a demographic history of fertility change wrapped into one.”

This fascinating interview on the historical practice of [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15594/fabian-drixler-on-the-culture-of-infanticide-in-eighteenth-century-japan/feed/ 0 Volume 2 of Mark Twain’s Autobiography Arrives Soon… Get the App Now! http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15545/volume-2-of-mark-twains-autobiography-arrives-soon-get-the-app-now/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15545/volume-2-of-mark-twains-autobiography-arrives-soon-get-the-app-now/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:11:37 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15545 Are you ready for more uncensored Mark Twain? The eagerly-anticipated Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2, will be published in October. Volume 2 delves deeper into Mark Twain’s life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narrative ranges effortlessly across [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15545/volume-2-of-mark-twains-autobiography-arrives-soon-get-the-app-now/feed/ 0 The Story Behind Chile’s Oscar-Nominated Film “No” http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15496/the-story-behind-chiles-oscar-nominated-film-no/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15496/the-story-behind-chiles-oscar-nominated-film-no/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:16:24 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15496 Guest Post by Mary Helen Spooner

The real life events behind No, the Chilean film nominated for the Academy Awards Best Foreign Language film, are even more compelling than what appears on screen. In 1988 General Augusto Pinochet held a one-man presidential plebiscite seeking to extend his rule for another eight years. It was not the [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15496/the-story-behind-chiles-oscar-nominated-film-no/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 Moral Fire and Mitt Romney http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15313/moral-fire-and-mitt-romney/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15313/moral-fire-and-mitt-romney/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:43:23 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15313 This guest post is cross-posted from Joseph Horowitz’s blog, Unanswered Question. Horowitz is the author of  Moral Fire and many other books. Previously a New York Times music critic, then Executive Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, he is currently Artistic Director of DC’s Post-Classical Ensemble.

Moral Fire and Mitt Romney by Joseph Horowitz

As readers of this blog [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15313/moral-fire-and-mitt-romney/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