Saturday, September 2, 2017

September 2-3, 2017: August 2017 Recap



[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]
July 31: Troubled Children: The Menéndez Brothers: A Lizzie Borden-inspired series starts with two legacies to the sensational case beyond the televised trial.
August 1: Troubled Children: The Turn of the Screw: The series continues with two cultural fears lurking beneath Henry James’ ghost story.
August 2: Troubled Children: Dennis the Menace: Three telling contexts for a longstanding menace on the funny pages, as the series rolls on.
August 3: Troubled Children: Horror Films: How three horror films about demonic children embody their respective eras.
August 4: Troubled Children: Lizzie Borden: On the 125th anniversary of the murders, what we’ll never know about them and what they can help understand nevertheless.
August 5-6: Inspiring Children: The series concludes with three reasons why my sons are not at all troubling children!
August 7: AmericanStudying the Pacific: Guadalcanal: On the battle’s 75th anniversary, a Pacific-studying series kicks off with three texts to help us understand the lengthy campaign.
August 8: AmericanStudying the Pacific: Midway and The Thin Red Line: The series continues with clear and telling differences between two star-studded epic films.
August 9: AmericanStudying the Pacific: Model-making: What a childhood building models can help us understand about war, as the series rolls on.
August 10: AmericanStudying the Pacific: U.S.S. Midway Museum: Two different and even opposed roles served as San Diego’s unique military museum.
August 11: AmericanStudying the Pacific: Nagasaki: The series concludes with an all-too-timely piece on the dropping of the second nuclear bomb.
August 12: Birthday Bests: 2010-2011: 34 favorite posts from my blog’s first year!
August 13: Birthday Bests: 2011-2012: 35 favorites from year two!
August 14: Birthday Bests: 2012-2013: 36 favorites from year three!
August 15: Birthday Bests: 2013-2014: 37 favorites from year four!
August 16: Birthday Bests: 2014-2015: 38 favorites from year five!
August 17: Birthday Bests: 2015-2016: 39 favorites from year six!
August 18-20: Birthday Bests: 2016-2017: And for my 40th (!) birthday, 40 favorite posts from the most recent, seventh year of AmericanStudies!
August 21: Famous Virginians: Arthur Ashe: A Virginia series starts with three ways the state’s African American community contributed to the development of the legendary athlete.
August 22: Famous Virginians: Willa Cather: The series continues with way it mattered when the famous author finally returned to Virginia.
August 23: Famous Virginians: Ella Fitzgerald: Three songs that help trace the career of the First Lady of Song, as the series rocks on.
August 24: Famous Virginians: George C. Scott: Three defining military roles for the legendary film and stage actor.
August 25: Famous Virginians: S.R. Siddarth: The series concludes with a recent political moment that embodies the battle between exclusion and inclusion.
August 26-27: #NoConfederateSyllabus: A special post highlighting the work Matthew Teutsch and I have done to start #NoConfederateSyllabus—your suggestions and additions needed and appreciated!
August 28: American Labor: Melville and The Lowell Offering: A Labor Day series starts with two distinct but complementary ways to give voice to working women.
August 29: American Labor: Life in the Iron Mills: The series continues with the striking novella that asks us to empathize with some of our worst labor conditions.
August 30: American Labor: “The Tenth of January”: A short story that combines genres to become something much more, as the series rolls on.
August 31: American Labor: The Haymarket Affair: 19th century European revolutions and a controversial moment in American labor history.
September 1: American Labor: The Triangle Fire: The series concludes with legacies and memories of the tragic industrial accident.
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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