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SDSU Press and MALAS Public Lecture

Photographer Antonio Turok: Mexico Resistance

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 11am-12:15 at SDSU Main Campus GMCS 333

Join us for photographer Antonio Turok's lecture. The lecture will cover Turok's black-and-white photo series depicting the Chiapas and Oaxaca's indigenous people over the past decades. The lecture is open to all who are fully vaccinated, masked and interested to explore Turok's honest and raw series on the human condition.  

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21st Century Cultural Studies Sorcery! Cast a Spell Today!

Our latest bibliographic exercise in intellectual sorcery is all the buzz! Listen: “CULTURAL STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE...

Posted by San Diego State University Press on Monday, September 13, 2021

Newest From Amatl Comix-- Darius S. Gainer's BLACK REPRESENTATION IN THE WORLD OF ANIMATION

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BLACK REPRESENTATION IN THE WORLD OF ANIMATION BY DARIUS S. GAINER 

Darius Gainer explores the history of Black bodies in movies and beyond in AmatlComix newest title Black Representation in the World of Animation. His work puts SDSU Press' AmatlComix into the dimension of the silver screen. Gainer's work is available for PURCHASE TODAY. Not only will a purchase of Black Representation in the World of Animation be supporting San Diego State University Press, but Gainer's work will unravel your understanding of ethnic representation in animation.  

 

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Now Available from Amatl Comix, A Landmark Critical Examination of Black Representation in the History of Animated Motion Pictures! By Darius Gainer!

Stop the presses! A pathbreaking, dynamic new book in cinema studies, ethnic studies, animation history, and...

Posted by San Diego State University Press on Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Emerita Professor Wins San Diego Book Award for Her Memoir MY NATIVE LAND IS MEMORY Published by San Diego State University Press

Oliva Espín, professor emerita of women’s studies, won a San Diego Book Awards Association award for her memoir My Native Land is Memory: Stories of a Cuban Childhood published by SDSU Press.   

The narrative explores life in Cuba during the 40s and 50s and enlightens readers about her life experiences during this transitional time.   

“Right from the beginning, ‘My Native Land’ is a raw, compelling journey to a Cuba about to be changed forever. Oliva Espín’s unique perspective and powerful writing emotionally captures an immigrant’s story that resonates across countries and is relevant today,” wrote Ronnie Ramos, executive editor of The Daily Memphian.  

Here we ask Espín to delve into the process and publication of her memoir.  Can you tell me a bit about your writing process?  

I wrote without following any particular order. When I remembered something I wrote about it. Eventually I put the pieces in chronological order and then wrote some pieces to "fill the holes"  in the time sequence. Writing about some events made me remember others.   I workshopped the pieces in my women writers group and also had some friends read the manuscript. Their feedback, questions, and suggestions helped me clarify points and revise the writing.  How long did you spend writing before being published? It took me about 10 years to write. The manuscript underwent many transformations along the way. After it was finished, it took some time to get it published.  

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What do you want people to take away after reading your memoir? 

First, I hope that reading about my experiences touches people and evokes some moments in their own lives. Many people who have life experiences very different from mine have told me that they see some similarities despite those differences. In turn, hearing people's comments about the book and about my life story has also made me see many events in a new light.  Next, I want people to understand Cuba a little bit better. Specifically, pre-revolutionary Cuba. Most people know very little about it or harbor distorted notions and misinformation about the country. I hope they get a small slice of life in Cuba in the 40s and 50s and a bit about the transition to the revolution, as experienced by one person. I like them to see some of everyday life back there and then when they read my story. Although my story is just one story, I hope it illuminates other stories. 

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How did you feel when you were told you won the award from San Diego Book Awards? 

Delighted, of course. I have written many academic books before, but this book is a completely new way of writing for me and it is also a lot closer to me than anything I have written before. That's why it took me so long to finish. It is gratifying that the effort paid off. Writing this book has opened new doors and created new friendships for me. The process of its creation and publication has also put me in touch with my own childhood in a renewed way. Getting this award is an affirmation of the story and its writing.   ​​​​​​​

San Diego Book Awards Association: Announcing the 2021 San Diego Book Awards Winners

source: https://sdsuedu.sharepoint.com/sites/stratcomm/SitePages/Faculty-Staff/emerita-professor-receives-sd-book-award.aspx

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San Diego State University Press Author Oliva Espin Virtual Book Presentation! My Native Land is Memory for Florida International University's Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs!

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The Definitive Critical Study of Renée Riese Hubert : Conjunctions: Verbal-Visual Relations

Conjunctions: Verbal-Visual Relations, an engaging volume of original essays by international scholars, investigates verbal-visual relations, broadly conceived, in the modern period. The book explores how thinkers in various fields--aesthetics, poetry, visual art, philosophy, and book illustration--have approached the problematic relationship between the verbal and the visual.  

Conjunctions honors the work of a pioneering scholar of interarts studies, Renée Riese Hubert. Contributors include Michel Deguy, Judd D. Hubert, Claude Gandelman, Laurie Edson, Marjorie Perloff, Roger Shattuck, Georges Roque, Sydney Lévy, Anne-Marie Christin, Richard Vernier, Breon Mitchell, Steven Winspur, Roger Cardinal, Robert W. Greene, Eric T. Haskell,and others. A biography and list of publications by Renée Riese Hubert also appear. 

Conjunctions: Verbal-Visual Relations (Essays in Honor of Renee Riese Hubert): Edson, Laurie: 9781879691452: Amazon.com: Books Conjunctions: Verbal-Visual Relations (Essays in Honor of Renee Riese Hubert) (Paperback) edited by Laurie Edson. ISBN 1-879691-45-0 | paper, 332 pp. illustrated US $20   

About Renée Riese Hubert  

Renée Riese Hubert was one of the most accomplished, productive, and generous scholars and teachers of literature on the UC Irvine campus. Professor Emerita of French and Comparative Literature, she also made significant and lasting contributions to Women’s Studies and the UCI Emeritae/i Association. The daughter of German Jewish parents who were prominent physicians, public intellectuals and activists who worked in the service of liberal causes, Renée Riese was forced to leave Nazi Germany as a young girl and settle with her family in France. She was educated in Paris and found her first vocation there, publishing six volumes of poetry in French that won high acclaim in her elective country and language... She went on to obtain her Ph.D. from Columbia University and then taught for twenty years in comparative literature and French at UC Irvine, where Hubert actively shaped Comparative Literature, Art History, Fine Arts and Women’s Studies. https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/renee-riese-hubert/

Coming Soon from Amatl Comix! Darius Gainer's First Book: BLACK REPRESENTATION IN THE WORLD OF ANIMATION #britwoa #animation #animationstudies #history #moviehistory

To say we here at AmatlComix are happy is a ridiculous understatement! #britwoa, BLACK REPRESENTATION IN THE WORLD OF...

Posted by William Nericcio on Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Our Latest Journal is LIVE!!! pacificREVIEW 2021 : A West Coast Arts Review Annual | The Mirror Maze edited by Nayeli Castañeda-Lechuga and Crew!

https://amzn.to/3zGKNJj NOW IN PRINT! Edited by Nayeli Castaneda and crew! pacific REVIEW 2021: A West Coast Arts...

Posted by Pacific Review on Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Mexican, Mexican-American, and Latinx Non-Fiction from the U.S./Mexico Borderlands! BORDER LIVES from SDSU Press

Border lives: Personal Essays on the U.S.-Mexico Border https://t.co/5H4fKL1CLG

contributors: James Bradley, David Clayton, José Manuel Di Bella, Carlos Fabián Saravia, Emily Hicks, Ramona Mejía, Wm Nericcio, Harry Polkinhorn, Leobardo Saravia Quiroz, Gabriel Trujillo Muñoz. pic.twitter.com/L5fUayyxvp

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Still Yet More Ways to Get Your Hands on SDSU Press Books and Journals!

Though we handle most of the printing and shipping for our 175+ catalogue of texts (see them all here: amzn.to/3ymgA1O),...

Posted by San Diego State University Press on Saturday, July 3, 2021

Oliva Espin's MY NATIVE LAND IS MEMORY Now an Award Winning Memoir -- An SDSU Press Original

Congratulations to Dr. Oliva Espin, Professor Emerita, Women's Studies Department, SDSU, whose MY NATIVE LAND IS MEMORY...

Posted by San Diego State University Press on Saturday, July 3, 2021

Everett Gee Jackson Fans and Collectors

Fans and collectors of Everett Gee Jackson need to add these two classic hardcovers from our backlist to their...

Posted by San Diego State University Press on Friday, July 2, 2021

The Definitive Work on Raymond Federman, #raymondfederman! Federman A to X-X-X-X: A Recyclopedic Narrative, Edited by Thomas Hartl, Larry McCaffery, and Doug Rice

Who published and distributed the definitive work on Raymond Federman? SDSU Press! Federman A to X-X-X-X: A Recyclopedic...

Posted by San Diego State University Press on Wednesday, June 23, 2021