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Somewhere between the virtuosic parodies of Frank Zappa and the screwball wit of Monty Python, the Firesign Theatre reinvented the comedy album in the 1960s and ’70s. Jeremy Braddock explores their legacy.

By Jennifer S. Clark, author of Producing Feminism: Television Work in the Age of Women's LiberationWhen I started writing a book about the women’s movement and television, I imagined that it would explore how feminism changed what Americans saw on their TV screens. But as the project developed,

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our November 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news! Reyhan Durmaz2023 Book Prize, Honorable MentionMiddle East MedievalistsRey

University of California Press (UC Press) is seeking applications for the editorship of the journal Film Quarterly. The applicant appointed to this position will succeed Interim Editor Rebecca Prime when her term ends June, 30 2024.Film Quarterly (FQ) has been publishing peer-reviewed articles,

Credited with popularizing the label "ex-wife" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women, single mothers, work-life balance, and a host of new challenges facing modern women. Her best sellers, Hollywood film deals, marriages and divorces, and run-ins with the law made

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our February 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Kaveh Askari 2023 Katherine Singer Kovàcs Book AwardSociety for Cinema and Medi

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners from October 2022. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr 2022 John C. Ewers Award Wes

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners from August and September 2022. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!Daniel Morgan2021 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize

By Armond R. Towns, author of On Black Media PhilosophyIn 1955, the British colonial psychiatrist J.C. Carothers published The Psychology of Mau Mau. The report was directed to the Protectorate of Kenya and spoke to the revolutionary push by the Kenyan people against British colonial rule. Carot

Resonance is delighted to be welcoming three new associate editors to the journal's editorial team. This is the first of a series of blog interviews with the new associate editors. In this inaugural post, Resonance Co-Editor Jay Needham interviews incoming Associate Editor Josh Shepperd. Shepperd is