The American Studies Now series refuses the distinction between politics and culture—focusing on historical cultures of power and protest on the one hand, or the political importance of cultural practices on the other. These short, timely books focus on the issues that matter today and ar...
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 own home. Click on the journal covers below to access the free issues.
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Although the 2021 American Studies Association meeting is now virtual, it was originally set to take place in Puerto Rico with the theme “Creativity within Revolt.” According to ASA, “revolt expresses a will toward collective being that radically challenges, displaces, and potentially abo...
By Scott Kurashige, author of The Fifty-Year Rebellion: How the U.S. Political Crisis Began in Detroit
This essay was originally published on skurashige.medium.com.
Repeat this phrase over and over: This is not a “close” election. Trump is trying to steal an election by precluding ...
UC Press is thrilled to be publishing a number of new titles groundbreaking books in American Studies.
Never-Ending War on Terrorby Alex Lubin
A concise primer to the political, cultural, and social consequences of the perpetual US global war on terror.
An entire gene...
By L.H. Stallings, author of A Dirty South Manifesto: Sexual Resistance and Imagination in the New South
I am the protector of your dead my mother is Marie Laveau my daddy Stagolee I am the earth shaker protector of women do u know me?“Superhero”—Kelly Norman Ellis
I know my mam...
By Julie Sze, author of Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger
Bong Joon- Ho’s acclaimed film, Parasite offers a trenchant and thrilling critique of capitalism. In it, a poor family (the Kims) that “infiltrate” a rich family (the Parks) through deceptions that veer into un...
UC Press is proud to be part of the Association of University Press’s eighth annual University Press Week, whose overall theme this year is Read. Think. Act.“Through this positive theme AUPresses members worldwide seek to encourage people to read the latest peer-reviewed publications abou...