[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
July
4: Modeling Critical Patriotism: Frederick Douglass’ July 4th Speech:
A series on models of critical patriotism starts with the speech that
challenges us as much today as it did 150 years ago.
July
5: Modeling Critical Patriotism: William Apess’ “Eulogy on King Philip”:
The series continues with a speech that offers two complementary models of
critical patriotism.
July
6: Modeling Critical Patriotism: Suffrage Activists at the Centennial
Exposition: Critical patriotism at America’s 100th birthday
celebration, as the series rolls on.
July
7: Modeling Critical Patriotism: Carlos Bulosan’s America is in the Heart: The
author and book that critically but optimistically redefine American identity.
July
8: Modeling Critical Patriotism: Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama: The
series concludes with a controversial sermon and a follow-up speech that offer
competing visions of critical patriotism.
July
9-10: Crowd-sourced Critical Patriotisms: Fellow AmericanStudiers offer
their nominees for models of critical patriotism—share yours in comments,
please!
July
11: 20th Century Women Writers: Mary Antin and Anzia Yezierska: A
series inspired by my current grad class kicks off with the distinctions and
similarities between two Jewish American writers.
July
12: 20th Century Women Writers: Nella Larsen: The series
continues with the brief but potent career of a Harlem Renaissance writer.
July
13: 20th Century Women Writers: Sylvia Plath: The talented poet
who reminds us not to settle for accepted narratives, as the series rolls on.
July
14: 20th Century Women Writers: Leslie Marmon Silko: Two texts
that complicate and enrich our vision of Silko beyond her stunning debut novel.
July
15: 20th Century Women Writers: Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif”: The
series concludes with a few reasons to read the only short story by one of our
greatest writers.
July
16-17: Hybrid Grad Course on 20th Century Women Writers: A
special weekend post on a few of the many reasons I’m excited for this grad
course.
July
18: VikingStudying: Elementary Explorers: An Iceland-inspired series starts
with a striking change in elementary school social studies.
July
19: VikingStudying: Leif Erikson: The series continues with three telling details
about the Iceland-born world explorer.
July
20: VikingStudying: The Sagas: Two AmericanStudies contexts for the Viking
literary epics, as the series rolls on.
July
21: VikingStudying: Historic Sites: Lessons from the two discovered Viking
sites in the New World, and what might be next.
July
22: VikingStudying: Vikings on the Screen: The series concludes with a key
difference between 1960s and 21st century depictions of Vikings, and
what has endured.
July
23-24: IcelandStudying: A special weekend post on three things I learned
about America while traveling in Iceland.
July
25: American Camping: The Wendigo: A camping series starts with the scary
story that also offers cultural and cross-cultural commentaries.
July
26: American Camping: The Gunnery Camp: The series continues with two vital
lessons we can learn from the father of American camping.
July
27: American Camping: Into the Wilds: The distinct but equally American
cultural traditions for two recent wilderness stories, as the series rolls on.
July
28: American Camping: Appalachian Trailblazers: Three men who helped blaze
one of the nation’s (and world’s) premiere hiking trails.
July
29: American Camping: Camping and Race: The series concludes with two
historical and cultural contexts for a complex American divide.
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Topics you’d
like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to write? Lemme know!
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