Recent Books
Media Cultures of the Russian 1990s: Inventing the Post-Soviet Public Sphere
Maya Vinokour
Examining Russian-language media from the “long 1990s”—the period beginning with Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost (“openness”) and ending with the election of President Vladimir Putin—Media Cultures of the Russian 1990s shows how post-Soviet civil society emerged simultaneously with the explosion of new media, especially a newly liberated television and internet.
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Painting History: The Murals of Northern Ireland, 1908–2024
Tony Crowley
Painting History: The Murals of Northern Ireland, 1908–2024 is the first book-length study of the oldest and most enduring tradition of political wall art. Tony Crowley shows how muralism became an important medium for the unionist and loyalist community in its political domination of public space before and after Partition.
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Constructed Latinx(s) Identities: Racialized Bodies in Visual and Textual Culture
José I. Lara
Constructed Latinx(s) Identities: Racialized Bodies in Visual and Textual Culture explores recent forms and interpretations of Latinx communities present in film, literature, television, and other cultural expressions. Using specific case studies, the authors of this collection delve into the intersections of identity in Latinx production and representation and challenge the colonial and modern power structures that have continuously racialized and gendered Latinx bodies.
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Expressive Networks: Poetry and Platform Cultures
Matthew Kilbane
Expressive Networks convenes an urgent conversation on digital media and the social life of contemporary poetry. Tracing how poems circulate through online spaces and how capitalized platforms have come to pattern the reading and writing of poetry, contributors emphasize both the expressivist cast of digital literary culture and the deep-running ambivalence that characterizes aesthetic and critical responses to platformed cultural production.
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Open Access Books for a Democratic Future
Titles to read for understanding threats to US democracy
Published December 4th, 2024
What is Virtual Reality Good For?
Brian Beams on the past, present, and future potential of VR
Published October 16th, 2024
New Series Announcement: Urgent Knowledges
Translation series that highlights Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and similarly marginalized intellectual traditions in the geocultural area known as Latin America, including the Caribbean.
Published September 12th, 2024
Conferences
Amherst College Press representatives will be attending the following conferences. Email us if you'd like to meet up.
Association of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Annual Convention: November 20-23, 2025
ACP will be on site for this year's ASEEES in Washington, D.C.
Northeast Modern Language Association's Annual Convention: March 5-8, 2026
ACP will be on site for this year's NeMLA Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania