The University Press of Mississippi was founded in 1970 and is supported by Mississippi's eight state universities. UPM publishes scholarly books of the highest distinction and books that interpret the South and its culture to the nation and the world. From its offices in Jackson, the University Press of Mississippi acquires, edits, distributes, and promotes more than eighty new books every year. Over the years, the Press has published more than 1000 titles and distributed more than 2,600,000 copies worldwide, each with the Mississippi imprint.
Djeha, the North African Trickster
The first annotated English translation of sixty ancient folktales featuring an icon of the Maghreb
Cloverfield
Creatures and Catastrophes in Post-9/11 Cinema
The first comprehensive study of a franchise that revived giant creature attacks and plumbed the traumatized human psyche
Activism in the Name of God
Religion and Black Feminist Public Intellectuals from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
An extensive collection that highlights the contributions of often-forgotten Black women in the public sphere
Sylvia Plath Day by Day, Volume 1
1932-1955
A fascinating investigation into the life and art of one of America’s greatest poets
Path to Grace
Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement
Remarkable narratives from the heretofore unsung champions of the civil rights movement
Starmaker
David O. Selznick and the Production of Stars in the Hollywood Studio System
A thorough study of the legendary producer and his creative business savvy
Pieces of Freedom
The Emancipation Sculptures of Edmonia Lewis and Meta Warrick Fuller
A visual narrative of the Black emancipation experience, voiced through the sculptures of two nineteenth-century African American female artists
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
Interviews that capture the complexities and contradictions that have defined Carter's life as a national public figure for the last fifty years—and that have helped to both reflect and shape the highest aspirations of the American experiment
Matria Redux
Caribbean Women Novelize the Past
A feminist exploration of postcolonial Caribbean literature, analyzed within the framework of an imagined maternal space and time
Making Music
The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County
An intimate look at the role of the banjo in a long-standing, joyful musical tradition vital to the Appalachian region
In the Shadows of the Big House
Twenty-First-Century Antebellum Slave Cabins and Heritage Tourism in Louisiana
How plantation museums reveal contemporary struggles in the public history of slavery
Imperiled Whiteness
How Hollywood and Media Make Race in "Postracial" America
How media have bolstered and encouraged the figment of a threatened white populace
Forging Freedom in W. E. B. Du Bois's Twilight Years
No Deed but Memory
An overdue engagement with the latter three decades of an abundant career
Feel My Big Guitar
Prince and the Sound He Helped Create
A collection of dynamic perspectives on a compelling musical genius and enigma
Faulkner's Families
A new and fascinating volume that explores the theme of family in the works by the great Mississippi writer
Christian Petzold
Interviews
A rich resource for readers interested in the renowned German filmmaker’s work or contemporary German cinema but also those looking for theoretically challenging and sophisticated commentary offered by one of global art cinema’s leading figures
Part of the Magic
A Collection of Disney-Inspired Brushes with Greatness
A behind-the-scenes look at some of Disney's greatest creative legends as told by an industry insider
Wait Five Minutes
Weatherlore in the Twenty-First Century
A folkloristic engagement with the weather and its pervasiveness in our lives
The Velveteen Rabbit at 100
A new series of engaging and fascinating essays on the beloved children’s classic