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When George Jones recorded "He Stopped Loving Her Today" more than thirty years ago, he was a walking disaster. Twin addictions to drugs and alcohol had him drinking Jim Beam by the case and snorting...

A THOROUGH STUDY OF A MOVIE GENRE THAT REACHED ITS CULTURAL ZENITH IN THE 1970S BUT REMAINS INFLUENTIAL TODAY Hearths of Darkness traces the origins of the 1970s family horror subgenre to certain...

Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film traces the origins of the 1970s family horror subgenre to certain aspects of American culture and classical Hollywood cinema. Far from...

Whatever happened to Bozo the Clown, to Aunt Norma, to Solomon C. Whiskers, those television celebrities who hammed it up between cartoons and contests during local kids' shows? In Hi There, Boys...

Early hip hop film musicals have either been expunged from cinema history or excoriated in brief passages by critics and other writers. Hip Hop on Film reclaims and reexamines productions such as...

Early hip hop film musicals have either been expunged from cinema history or excoriated in brief passages by critics and other writers. Hip Hop on Film reclaims and reexamines productions such as...

With essays by Baru, Bart Beaty, C?cile Vernier Danehy, Hugo Frey, Pascal Lef?vre, Fabrice Leroy, Amanda Macdonald, Mark McKinney, Ann Miller, and Clare Tufts In Belgium, France, Switzerland, and...

A biography of the great noir actor who perfected the male mask of steely impassivityAuthor: Carl RollysonPublisher: University Press of MississippiPublication Date: Jan 30, 2024Number of Pages: NA...

Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos undertakes an interdisciplinary exploration of the African American West through close readings of texts from a variety of media. This approach allows for both an...

Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos undertakes an interdisciplinary exploration of the African American West through close readings of texts from a variety of media. This approach allows for both an...

In large part due to its emphasis on gore, screaming teenage girls, and otherworldly elements, horror films have received little critical attention from mainstream movie magazines and film-studies...

How contemporary science fiction, fantasy, and horror indicate a way forward in change and crisisAuthor: Jesse S CohnPublisher: University Press of MississippiPublication Date: Apr 23, 2024Number of...

One of the most distinctive voices in mainstream comics since the 1970s, Howard Chaykin (b. 1950) has earned a reputation as a visionary formal innovator and a compelling storyteller whose comics...

One of the most distinctive voices in mainstream comics since the 1970s, Howard Chaykin (b. 1950) has earned a reputation as a visionary formal innovator and a compelling storyteller whose comics...

The first career-spanning biography of a central and significant figure in queer comicsAuthor: Janine UtellPublisher: University Press Of MississippiPublication Date: Feb 08, 2023Number of Pages: 252...

Howard Hawks (1896-1977) is one of America's great film directors. During a career that spanned fifty years and produced more than forty films, this writer, producer, and director made highly...

Huey P. Newton's powerful legacy to the Black Panther movement and the civil rights struggle has long been obscured. Conservatives harp on Newton's drug use and on the circumstances of his death in a...

Until now, no book has covered all of Cold War air combat in the words of the men who waged it. In I Always Wanted to Fly, retired United States Air Force Colonel Wolfgang W. E. Samuel has gathered...

In I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta, Stephen A. King reveals the strategies used by blues promoters and organizers in Mississippi, both African American and...

In I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta, Stephen A. King reveals the strategies used by blues promoters and organizers in Mississippi, both African American and...

An unflinching history critiquing librarianship during the Jim Crow eraAuthor: Wayne A WiegandPublisher: University Press of MississippiPublication Date: Aug 30, 2024Number of Pages: NA...

Following the collapse of Reconstruction in 1877, African Americans organized a movement--distinct from the white Populist movement--in the South and parts of the Midwest for economic and political...

Following the collapse of Reconstruction in 1877, African Americans organized a movement--distinct from the white Populist movement--in the South and parts of the Midwest for economic and political...

How the YA book market has shifted in favor of transgender inclusivityAuthor: Emily CorbettPublisher: University Press of MississippiPublication Date: May 28, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

An overdue amendment to the conventional history and study of jazzAuthor: Mike SmithPublisher: University Press of MississippiPublication Date: May 28, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

How Indigenous creators impact the landscape of superhero, science fiction, historical, and experimental comicsAuthor: James J. DonahuePublisher: University Press of MississippiPublication Date: Apr...

Although Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) holds an undisputed place in the pantheon of major filmmakers, mention of his name unjustly evokes images of monolithic gloom and despair. All of his pictures,...

In the early twentieth century, two wealthy white sisters, cousins to a North Carolina governor, wrote identical wills that left their substantial homeplace to a black man and his daughter. Maggie...

"Indian summer is like a woman. Ripe, hotly passionate, but fickle, she comes and goes as she pleases so that one is never sure whether she will come at all, nor for how long she will stay." So...

Contributions by Cynthia Baron, Elizabeth Binggeli, Kimberly Nichele Brown, Priscilla Layne, Eric Pierson, Charlene Regester, Ellen C. Scott, Tanya L. Shields, and Judith E. Smith Intersecting...