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 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 program has developed over the time he’s worked at the Press. Niels also shares his journey from...
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 ...
By Scott Kurashige, author of The Fifty-Year Rebellion: How the U.S. Political Crisis Began in Detroit
Engulfing cities in both literal and metaphorical flames, a wave of rebellions erupts across the nation amid a pandemic killing tens of thousands of people while unemployment surg...
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...
We’re pleased to announce the latest books in the American Studies Now series coming out this fall. A series of short books covering major political and cultural moments and movements at the center of public conversation—from Black Lives Matter to climate change, indigenous politics t...
By Lia Tjandra, UC Press Art Director, with Jessica Moll, UC Press Senior Editor
There is a special
kind of excitement I feel when designing a book series. It’s more challenging
than designing a single book and also more gratifying: when united by a
coherent design, the books look ...