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.
French on Shifting Ground
Cultural and Coastal Erosion in South Louisiana
An intensive study of the disappearance of land and language in Louisiana
Damaged
Musicality and Race in Early American Punk
The first book-length account of American punk as a musical style
Cold War II
Hollywood's Renewed Obsession with Russia
Essays that critique America’s superiority complex and movies and TV shows that reignite the Cold War
Alabama Quilts
Wilderness through World War II, 1682-1950
The first book to examine the cultural and historical impact of Alabama’s quilting legacy
SEE! HEAR! CUT! KILL!
Experiencing Friday the 13th
The first-ever book devoted to close analysis of the modern, multimillion-dollar cult classic franchise
Pussy Hats, Politics, and Public Protest
A timely exploration of grassroots political protest in the age of Trump
No Future in This Country
The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner
A critical study of the career of the nineteenth-century bishop
Harmony and Normalization
US-Cuban Musical Diplomacy
How policy can transform music and how musicians and performances create lasting bonds
Groove Theory
The Blues Foundation of Funk
The first in-depth intellectual history of funk music and its growth out of the blues tradition
Chaos and Compromise
The Evolution of the Mississippi Budgeting Process
A thorough assay of the painstaking process that delivers a state budget
She Damn Near Ran the Studio
The Extraordinary Lives of Ida R. Koverman
The first biography of Hollywood’s political matchmaker, kingmaker, and MGM’s movie star maker
The Green Depression
American Ecoliterature in the 1930s and 1940s
A critical analysis of the often-understudied environmentalist literature of the mid-twentieth century
Outside and Inside
Race and Identity in White Jazz Autobiography
A unique, insider perspective on race relations in a great American music
Nichols and May
Interviews
Twenty-seven interviews and profiles ranging over more than five decades that tell Mike Nichols’s and Elaine May’s stories in their own words
Emanuel Celler
Immigration and Civil Rights Champion
The first full-length biography of the long-serving politician whose legislation on voting rights and immigration shaped modern America
A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy
The Construction of Authorship in Transmedia Franchises
A book-length study of the unique relationship between the audience and creators who are considered to be trusted fans
New Orleans in Golden Age Postcards
A fascinating tour of historic New Orleans as seen in rare postcards from the early twentieth century
Toxic Masculinity
Mapping the Monstrous in Our Heroes
An exciting exploration of the impact of hypermasculinity on the creation of the modern superhero
The Power of One
Sister Anne Brooks and the Tutwiler Clinic
The inspiring story of a doctor who empowered a community by providing health care in the Mississippi Delta
The Amazing Jimmi Mayes
Sideman to the Stars
The unforgettable life story of one amazing musician touring and playing with Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Reed, Marvin Gaye, and many more
Soul in Seoul
African American Popular Music and K-pop
How the global sensation of K-pop and Korean hip-hop draw on and expand R&B traditions
Mississippi Poets
A Literary Guide
A thorough examination of the powerful poets from a mighty literary state
Jonas Mekas
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director of avant-garde films such as Walden (Diaries, Notes, and Sketches); Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania; and As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
John Jennings
Conversations
Collected interviews with the graphic designer and comic book scholar who is best known for his collaboration with Damian Duffy on the New York Times bestseller and Eisner Award–winning graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Kindred
Hollywood Hates Hitler!
Jew-Baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures
The first book-length study of the investigation into Hollywood’s anti-Nazi films
Haunted Property
Slavery and the Gothic
A critical examination of the role of property in gothic literature depicting slavery
Critical Directions in Comics Studies
An examination of the cutting-edge critical engagement in the field of modern comics studies
Conversations with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Collected interviews with the widely acclaimed African writer and outspoken intellectual who is known for her insightful fiction, viral TED talks, and essays on feminism
Can’t Be Faded
Twenty Years in the New Orleans Brass Band Game
A collaborative blast of history and inspiration from top-of-the-line musicians
José Ferrer
Success and Survival
The first major biography of the Puerto Rican director and Tony- and Oscar-winning actor