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 …
Read More >Over the past few days, we received an influx of requests from faculty for books that provide context around the tragic events in Charlottesville. We’ve curated the list of titles below. Our …
Read More >Detroit has stood at the center of a growing crisis in the United States tied to racial conflict, the collapse of the middle class, and political polarization. No city, argues historian Scott …
Read More >By Scott Kurashige, author of The Fifty-Year Rebellion: How the U.S. Political Crisis Began in Detroit This guest post is part of a blog series of contributions by authors in American Studies Now, an e-book first …
Read More >By Roderick A. Ferguson, author of We Demand: The University and Student Protests This guest post is part of a blog series of contributions by authors in American Studies Now, an e-book first series of …
Read More >Much of the most exciting contemporary work in American Studies refuses the distinction between politics and culture — focusing on historical cultures of power and protest on the one hand, or the …
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