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December 3, 2015 (December 3, 2015)

Throwbacklist Thursday

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Why does Sylvester Stallone wanna make more Rocky Movies? Because he can’t sing or dance. Also, Rocky movies usually strike money. (Not that everyone is a fan.) Creed, the most recent […]

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December 2, 2015 (December 2, 2015)

Roll Over, Tchaikovsky! awarded by the Society for Ethnomusicology

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Roll Over, Tchaikovsky! Russian Popular Music and Post-Soviet Homosexuality by Stephen Amico has been awarded the Marcia Herndon Prize by the Gender and Sexualities Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology. […]

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December 1, 2015

$2.99 e-book sale to celebrate Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday

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For the month of December 2015, to coincide with Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday, we have lowered the e-book list price of When Frankie Went to Hollywood: Frank Sinatra and American Male […]

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December 1, 2015

$2.99 e-book sale on Ethnomusicology titles

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For the month of December 2015, we have lowered the e-book list price of two ethnomusicology titles in the University of Illinois Press catalog to $2.99. Hawaiian Music in Motion: […]

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November 30, 2015 (November 30, 2015)

Ask the Bolshevik

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Meet the UI Press is a recurring feature that delves into issues affecting academic publishing, writing, education, and related topics. Today, industry advice columnist The Bolshevik answers your questions. Dear Bolshevik, […]

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November 18, 2015 (November 16, 2015)

Of cats and bats, mostly cats

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It is seldom mentioned that cats are one of the great lawyers of the animal kingdom. Say “no” to a cat and it will look at you with an expression that […]

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November 17, 2015 (November 17, 2015)

Muddying the Waters recognized at NWSA

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Muddying the Waters: Coauthoring Feminisms across Scholarship and Activism by Richa Nagar was named as Honorable Mention in the Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize by the National Women’s Studies Association. The […]

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November 16, 2015

Making Photography Matter wins National Communication Association award

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Making Photography Matter: A Viewer’s History from the Civil War to the Great Depression by Cara A. Finnegan has won the Outstanding Book of the Year by the National Communication […]

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November 16, 2015 (November 16, 2015)

Godwin’s forefathers

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The uber-digital generation may think that Internet traditions began with them, or at least no further back than their parents. For example, anyone spending time on political blogs or in […]

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November 13, 2015 (November 9, 2015)

Q&A with Feminist Media Studies series editor Carol Stabile

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University Press Week gives us an opportunity to introduce readers to some of the most interesting scholarship happening not only at the Illinois Press but also the work being published […]

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November 12, 2015 (November 13, 2015)

University Press Week: Throwbacklist Thursday

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Which came first, the cave painting or the story behind the images? Even anthropologists wonder. Storytelling is at least a contender for Second Human Art, cooking being the agreed-upon first, not […]

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November 11, 2015 (November 5, 2015)

Getting Published with a University Press: AAUP Press Week online event

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University Press Week is celebrated worldwide from November 8-14. The week is designed to draw attention to the great scholarly publishing work that challenges boundaries and stimulates thought. During Press Week […]

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