Bartolomeo Taegio’s La Villa–Now Available in English
07/11/2011
La Villa Bartolomeo Taegio. Edited and translated by Thomas E. Beck 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 16 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4317-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A… READ MORE
Penn Press Log
It Don’t Mean One Thing
Penn Press intern and social dancer Hannah Ehlenfeldt shares her thoughts on swing dance fashions past and present. Styles from the 1930s and 40s were revived in the 1990s, then… READ MORE
Penn Press Medieval Studies Book Inspires Philadelphia Metal/Hardcore Punk/Noise Band
07/07/2011
It's no joke. The regional offshoot of The Onion's A.V. Club mentions a Penn Press book on medieval history in a review of an album by Philadelphia's "metal, hardcore punk,… READ MORE
Name that Zoot Contest: Week One
07/06/2011
It's time to play Name that Zoot, the best university press contest, north, south, east, or west. Take a look at the man on the cover of Zoot Suit: The… READ MORE
Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel–Now Available
07/05/2011
Palestinian Ethnonationalism in Israel Oded Haklai 264 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4347-5 | $59.95 | £39.00 A volume in the National and Ethnic Conflict in… READ MORE
The Paradox of Relevance–Now Available
06/28/2011
The Paradox of Relevance: Ethnography and Citizenship in the United States Carol J. Greenhouse 360 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4312-3 | $59.95 | £39.00 As… READ MORE
Susan Hiner Wins Costume Society of America Award for Accessories to Modernity
Congratulations to Susan Hiner. Earlier this month, the Costume Society of America awarded the 2011 Millia Davenport Publication Award to Hiner for her book Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the… READ MORE
Coming Soon: The Name That Zoot Contest
Greetings sharpies, zazous, pachucos, and pachucas! Get hep to this extreme fashion history contest. Each week in July, Penn Press will give away a copy of Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic… READ MORE
Mapping Mongolia–Now Available
Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present Edited by Paula L.W. Sabloff 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 51 illus. Cloth Jun 2011… READ MORE
A Life Spent Changing Places–Now Available
A Life Spent Changing Places Lawrence Halprin. Foreword by Laurie Olin 288 pages | 8 1/2 x 11 | 102 color, 93 b/w illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4263-8 |… READ MORE