By Francine Banner, author of Beyond Complicity: Why We Blame Each Other Instead of Systems What does it mean to be complicit? This question is at the heart of my book, Beyond …
Read More >by Patricia Ventura and Edward K. Chan, co-authors of White Power and American Neoliberal Culture We didn’t set out to write a catalogue of horror—instead we stumbled upon these sadistic texts of …
Read More >By Ahmed White, author of Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers In the late 1910s and early 1920s, the Industrial Workers of the World was …
Read More >Delinquent takes readers on a journey from Capital One’s headquarters to street corners in Detroit, kitchen tables in Sacramento, and other places where debt affects people’s everyday lives. Uncovering the true costs of consumer credit …
Read More >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 …
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