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.
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 history 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
Season to Taste
Rewriting Kitchen Space in Contemporary Women’s Food Memoirs
An exciting and detailed study of the explosion of women’s food writing in the early 2000s
Hidden Harmonies
Women and Music in Popular Entertainment
An exploration of the untold stories of lesser-known female musicians
Caribbean Children's Literature, Volume 2
Critical Approaches
The second installment of an essential anthology on children’s literature of the Caribbean and its diaspora
Caribbean Children's Literature, Volume 1
History, Pedagogy, and Publishing
The first installment of an essential anthology on children’s literature of the Caribbean and its diaspora
A Thousand Places Left Behind
One Soldier’s Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII Burma
A veteran’s harrowing remembrance of jungle warfare and intelligence operations
To Dance, to Live
A Biography of Thalia Mara
A moving biography of a dancer, teacher, and arts patron recognized internationally for her efforts in dance education and for bringing world-class ballet to Mississippi
The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education
Elizabeth and Waties Waring's Campaign
An illuminating look at the little-known rhetorical campaign that helped advance the cause of school desegregation
Race and the Animated Bodyscape
Constructing and Ascribing a Racialized Asian Identity in Avatar and Korra
How race is constructed and ascribed in the fantasy world of one popular US franchise
Queer Oz
L. Frank Baum's Trans Tales and Other Astounding Adventures in Sex and Gender
The first scholarly monograph to focus on L. Frank Baum’s portrayals of queerness and sexuality in his more than seventy works of fiction
If You Should Go at Midnight
Legends and Legend Tripping in America
A fun and thorough investigation of the captivating world of legend tripping
Abbas Kiarostami
Interviews
A well-rounded picture of the late Iranian filmmaker through his conversations with journalists, film scholars, critics, students, and audience members