With the recent loss of UC Press authors David Bordwell and Cari Beauchamp, our Film & Media Studies Editor Raina Polivka shares a reflection on their contributions and legacy in the film …
Read More >March 8th is International Women’s Day, and to recognize the ongoing struggle for equal rights for women across the world, UC Press is spotlighting books that shine light on the issues facing …
Read More >Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco celebrates the erotic performance cultures that have shaped San Francisco. It preserves the memory of the city’s bohemian past and its essential …
Read More >By Jennifer Hendricks, author of Essentially a Mother: A Feminist Approach to the Law of Pregnancy and Motherhood When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and abolished the right to abortion, …
Read More >This interview was originally published on New Books Network and an excerpted version is reposted here with permission. Hello and welcome to New Books in Middle Eastern Studies. I am your host, …
Read More >Below, author Rafael Rachel Neis provides a comic on When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven: Rabbis and the Reproduction of Species, a provocative and trailblazing work in the study of …
Read More >Through a rigorous ethnographic inquiry into the material foundations of sexual identity, The Struggle to Be Gay—in Mexico, for Example makes a compelling argument for the centrality of social class in gay …
Read More >My Girls explores the overlooked yet transformative power of female friendship in a low-income Boston-area neighborhood. In this innovative and compassionate book, researcher Jasmin Sandelson joins teenage girls in their homes, at their …
Read More >“Twelve Feminist Lessons of War should be treated as a celebration of Enloe’s groundbreaking work.”—Megan MacKenzie for The World Today Named a “Top 10 Book for International Women’s Day” by International Affairs Renowned …
Read More >UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our August 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the …
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