[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
September
5: The Radical Origins of Labor Day: A Labor Day series kicks off with a
link to my Talking Points Memo piece on the holiday’s forgotten origins.
September
6: Cultural Work: Melville’s “Paradise” and the Lowell Offering: The series
continues with two distinct but complementary ways to give literary voice to
working women.
September
7: Cultural Work: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’ “Tenth of January”: The short story
that combines local color and sentimental fiction and builds to so much more,
as the series rolls on.
September
8: Cultural Work: John Sayles’ Matewan: When subtlety isn’t necessary in
portraying oppression and activism—but why it still helps.
September
9: Cultural Work: Miner Texts: The series concludes with three different
types of cultural representations of mining communities.
September
10-11: Labor Day Links: A special weekend post highlighting a handful of
scholarly pieces to keep the Labor Day studying going.
September
12: MusicalStudying: The Black Crook: A series inspired by the Crook’s 150th anniversary
starts with the histories and legacies of that first stage musical.
September
13: MusicalStudying: Rodgers and Hammerstein and History: The series
continues with historical stereotypes and revisions in three of the duo’s most
famous musicals.
September
14: MusicalStudying: West Side Story: The musical’s surprising history, and
its limits and strengths as a cultural text, as the series rolls on.
September
15: MusicalStudying: Angels in America and Rent: The play and musical that
together helped change our national conversations on AIDS.
September
16: MusicalStudying: Allegiance and Hamilton: The series concludes with
what links and differentiates two important recent musicals.
September
17-18: Crowd-sourced MusicalStudying: My latest crowd-sourced post, featuring
the analyses of fellow MusicalStudiers—add yours in comments!
September
19: Rhode Island Histories: Roger Williams: A Little Rhody series starts
with two inspiring layers and one frustrating one to the colony’s founder.
September
20: Rhode Island Histories: Beavertail Lighthouse: The series continues
with three telling moments in the history of America’s third oldest lighthouse.
September
21: Rhode Island Histories: The Name: Two debates over the state’s name,
and why we should better remember it in any case, as the series rolls on.
September
22: Rhode Island Histories: Political Corruption: Three figures who embody
the small state’s outsized history of political corruption.
September
23: Rhode Island Histories: Providence Sites: A few beautiful and
compelling cultural and historic sites from the state’s capitol.
September
24-25: Rhode Island Colleagues: The series concludes with five wonderful
Rhode Island scholars I’m proud to call AmericanStudying colleagues!
September
26: Legends of the Fall: Young Adult Lit: An autumn series on falls from
innocence starts with two iconic YA novels that fractured their characters’ and
my innocence.
September
27: Legends of the Fall: American Pastoral: The series continues with the
louder and quieter moments of fallen innocence in the recent classic novel.
September
28: Legends of the Fall: The Body and Stand By Me: Cynical and nostalgic
narratives of childhood innocence lost, as the series rolls on.
September
29: Legends of the Fall: Presumed Innocent: Scott Turow’s novel and the
multiple layers of fallen innocence built into the best mystery stories.
September
30: Legends of the Fall: American Pie: The series concludes with the
straightforward and more subtle sides to a beloved ballad about lost innocence.
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Topics you’d
like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to contribute? Lemme know!
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