By Dana Polan, author of Dreams of Flight: “The Great Escape” in American Film and Culture I had long wanted to revisit the 1963 classic The Great Escape, ever since seeing it …
Read More >What do the soundtracks of the James Bond film franchise reveal about intersections between pop music and our mass-culture notions of glamour and class? Billie Eilish’s title song to No Time to Die, the latest Bond movie released September 2021, offers a perfect illustration.
Read More >As we convene virtually for this year’s conference of the American Studies Association, we invite you to read the current issues of the following journals for free from the comfort of your …
Read More >As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Executive Editor Niels Hooper to talk about his History, American Studies, and Middle East Studies lists, and how our …
Read More >While Trump has bragged about not paying taxes, immigrants and their advocates have stressed immigrants’ contributions to the United States. We’re reminded that immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes annually and fill jobs that most US citizens don’t want.
Read More >In the latest issue of Feminist Media Histories on the theme of “Activism,” Marisa Hicks-Alcaraz and Eve Oishi co-wrote the essay “Negotiating Political Identity in Community-Based Film Festivals: Perspectives from Curator/Scholar/Activists.” Oishi …
Read More >UC Press is honored to announce that four of our publications have been nominated by the Association of American Publishers for the 2019 PROSE Awards in their respective academic subject areas. Starting …
Read More >This guest post is published around the Joint Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society in Madison, WI, occurring June …
Read More >A version of this post was originally published in conjunction with the book’s publication date. This post is republished to reflect on Oprah’s speech at the 2018 #GoldenGlobes. Have you heard the …
Read More >American Studies has long been a home for adventurous students seeking to understand the culture and politics of the United States. This welcoming spirit has found appeal around the world, but at the heart …
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