[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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