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November 9, 2022

2022 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting at the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting! We hope you’ll stop by booth 207 to say hello to editor Andreina Fernandez and to browse our titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! Stop by either our in-person booth or our virtual booth to browse our new women’s studies… Continue Reading 2022 National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting

Categories Women's Studies
November 9, 2022

2022 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting

UNC Press is excited to be exhibiting at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting! We hope you’ll stop by booth 209 to say hello to editor María García and to browse our titles on display. If you can’t join us in-person, you can always visit our virtual booth! Stop by either our in-person booth or our virtual booth to browse our titles on display! Be… Continue Reading 2022 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting

Categories Anthropology
November 8, 2022

What is North Carolina Art?

The following is an excerpt from Art of the State: Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina by Liza Roberts with a foreword by Lawrence J. Wheeler and photographs by Lissa Gotwals, which is on sale today and available wherever books are sold. What is North Carolina art? Is it the pottery made famous by artists like Ben Owen III, whose… Continue Reading What is North Carolina Art?

Categories Art / Architecture/North Carolina
November 3, 2022

New This Month: November

Happy November! Browse our new books publishing this month. We’re also kicking off our holiday sale! Use code 01HOLIDAY at checkout to save 40% on any UNC Press print books and if your order totals $75 or more, the shipping is FREE! Together: The Amazing Story of Carolina Basketball’s 2021-2022 season by Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, and Matt Bowers “This team was… Continue Reading New This Month: November

Categories Hot Off The Press/UNC Press News
October 26, 2022

“May We Forever Stand” by Imani Perry: Now Available as an Audiobook

May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem by Imani Perry, a critically acclaimed bestselling UNC Press title, is now available as an audiobook via Libro.fm, Audible, and Kobo. Praise for May We Forever Stand: “Perry provides exegesis and exhortation in explaining how a song captured a culture, and in turn became a cultural captive held fast by emotional ties… Continue Reading “May We Forever Stand” by Imani Perry: Now Available as an Audiobook

Categories Audiobooks
October 24, 2022

Trending This Month: October

See what’s trending at UNC Press with this reading list of the most viewed books on our website this month. Together: The Amazing Story of Carolina Basketball’s 2021-2022 Season by Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, Matt Bowers “This team was special. They will never forget what they accomplished this year. And they created them together.”—from the foreword by Head Coach Hubert Davis White Evangelical Racism: The… Continue Reading Trending This Month: October

Categories Reading Lists/UNC Press News
October 20, 2022

C. Vann Woodward and the Beginning of the End of Jim Crow’s Career in the SHA: Part 2

The following is the final piece in a two-part guest blog post by James. C. Cobb, author of C. Vann Woodward: America’s Historian, available now from your favorite bookstore. In case you missed it, you can find part 1 here. Though he had managed to get John Hope Franklin on the program at the 1949 meeting in Williamsburg, C. Vann Woodward knew… Continue Reading C. Vann Woodward and the Beginning of the End of Jim Crow’s Career in the SHA: Part 2

Categories Biography / Autobiography/Southern
October 18, 2022

The Overturning of Roe v. Wade and A History of Sexual Violence Towards Women of Color, Black Women, Indigenous Women, and Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People.

The following is a guest post by Bernadine Marie Hernández, author of Border Bodies: Racialized Sexuality, Sexual Capital, and Violence in the Nineteenth-Century Borderland, available wherever books are sold. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that affirmed the constitutional right to abortion. On June 7, 2022, my book about the sexual… Continue Reading The Overturning of Roe v. Wade and A History of Sexual Violence Towards Women of Color, Black Women, Indigenous Women, and Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People.

Categories Gender Studies/Guest Bloggers/Latin American & Caribbean Studies/Women's Studies
October 17, 2022

P. Gabrielle Foreman and Kiese Layman Named Among 2022 Macarthur Fellows

Last week, the MacArthur Foundation announced its 25 fellows and recipients of the “genius grant.” We were thrilled to see P. Gabrielle Foreman, co-editor of The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century, and Kiese Layman, co-editor of our Great Circle Books series, among this years list of geniuses! Join us in giving a huge congratulations to these… Continue Reading P. Gabrielle Foreman and Kiese Layman Named Among 2022 Macarthur Fellows

Categories African American Studies/Creative Nonfiction/UNC Press News
October 14, 2022

C. Vann Woodward and the Beginning of the End of Jim Crow’s Career in the SHA: Part 1

The following is part one of a two-part guest blog post by James. C. Cobb, author of C. Vann Woodward: America’s Historian, available now from your favorite bookstore. When C. Vann Woodward agreed to chair the program committee for the annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association in 1949, he was already known not only for his scholarship, but for his… Continue Reading C. Vann Woodward and the Beginning of the End of Jim Crow’s Career in the SHA: Part 1

Categories Biography / Autobiography/Guest Bloggers/Southern
October 10, 2022

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: A Reading List

Happy Indigenous peoples’ day! Today, especially, is a good day to learn about Indigenous history. As we take today to honor the histories and cultures of Indigenous people, we’ve curated a reading list of some of our indigenous titles. Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America by Michael John Witgen Published by the… Continue Reading Indigenous Peoples’ Day: A Reading List

Categories Native Amer./Indigenous Studies/Reading Lists
October 7, 2022

Iconic Books From The Past 100 Years: Part 3

Over the past 100 years UNC Press is proud to have published an extensive catalog of award winning and highly praised books. As we celebrate our centennial, we’ve looked back at these prestigious titles to highlight some of our most influential and iconic books. Find the first two installations in our Iconic Books blog series here. Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks… Continue Reading Iconic Books From The Past 100 Years: Part 3

Categories UNC Press News/UNCP 100 Iconic Books
October 6, 2022

Why Violent Fraternity Hazing Persists Despite the Known Dangers

The following is a guest blog post by Jana Mathews, author of The Benefits of Friends: Inside the Complicated World of Today’s Sororities and Fraternities, available now from your favorite bookstore. The storyline is so familiar that it constitutes its own subgenre of true crime: on February 26 2021, first-year Virginia Commonwealth University student Adam Oakes died from alcohol poisoning at a… Continue Reading Why Violent Fraternity Hazing Persists Despite the Known Dangers

Categories Gender Studies/Sociology
October 5, 2022

Lula’s Rise From Metalworker to President of Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva commonly known as “Lula,” has won the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections by 48.4%, much tighter than many had expected. As we await the second round of election please enjoy this excerpt of Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil by John D. French, which was the winner of… Continue Reading Lula’s Rise From Metalworker to President of Brazil

Categories Excerpts/Latin American/Caribbean Hist./Political Science
September 29, 2022

Trending This Month: September

See what’s trending at UNC Press. Enjoy this reading list of the most viewed books on our website this month. Capitalism and Slavery, Third Edition by Eric Williams with a new foreword by William A. Darity Jr. and an introduction by Colin A. Palmer “[This] new edition of Capitalism and Slavery . . . reminds us in particular of Williams’s… Continue Reading Trending This Month: September

Categories Reading Lists/UNC Press News
September 28, 2022

Lost in Fresia

The following is an excerpt from The Investigative Brigade: Hunting Human Rights Criminals in Post-Pinochet Chile by Pascale Bonnefoy Miralles, available now from your favorite bookstore. Lost in Fresia The rain poured down in torrents, and wind whipped against the small Cessna plane suspended in the black of night in flight from Santiago to Puerto Montt. The four passengers on board… Continue Reading Lost in Fresia

Categories Latin American/Caribbean Hist.
September 27, 2022

Passion Plays: How Religion Shaped Sports in North America Available as an Audiobook

Passion Plays: How Religion Shaped Sports in North America by Randall Balmer is now available as an audiobook, narrated by Randall, from Audible, Libro.fm, and Kobo. Praise for Passion Plays: “An engaging look at the historical conditions surrounding America’s secular, on-field religions.”—Kirkus Reviews “This entertaining history examines the religious and cultural roots of baseball, basketball, football, and hockey…The illuminating insights… Continue Reading Passion Plays: How Religion Shaped Sports in North America Available as an Audiobook

Categories Audiobooks
September 23, 2022

Opposition and Misperceptions of Black Reparations

The following is an excerpt from the new preface of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century, Second Edition by William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen, available now from your favorite bookstore. Opposition to Black Reparations Two major strands of raw opposition to reparations arise out of misperceptions. One category of misperceptions involves the… Continue Reading Opposition and Misperceptions of Black Reparations

Categories African American History/African American Studies/Excerpts
September 21, 2022

Even When China and the US Were Allies, Chinese and Americans Struggled to Get Along

The following is a guest blog post by Zach Fredman, author of The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941–1949, available now wherever books and e-books are sold. Ties between China and the United States have deteriorated to their lowest point since the two countries normalized diplomatic relations in 1979. But Sino-U.S. relations have always been fraught.… Continue Reading Even When China and the US Were Allies, Chinese and Americans Struggled to Get Along

Categories Asian American Studies/Asian Studies/Diplomatic History / International Affairs/Military History
September 20, 2022

The Theatrical Origins of Eddie Murphy’s Mr. Wong

The following is a guest blog post by Josephine Lee, author of Oriental, Black, and White: The Formation of Racial Habits in American Theater, available now wherever books are sold. Much like the 1996 comedy The Nutty Professor, the 2007 Norbit served as a star vehicle for Eddie Murphy’s impersonations. Murphy played both the nebbish Norbit and Rasputia, his tyrannical wife (the latter complete with… Continue Reading The Theatrical Origins of Eddie Murphy’s Mr. Wong

Categories African American Studies/Asian American Studies/Guest Bloggers/Theatre & Performing Arts