[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
October
2: LongmireStudying: Genre Plus: Ahead of its upcoming final season, a Longmire series starts with how a
cultural work can be both traditional and groundbreaking.
October
3: LongmireStudying: Walt: The series continues with clichés, classic and
revised, and a wonderful character who straddles that line.
October
4: LongmireStudying: Standing Bear: Two historical contexts for my favorite
Longmire character, as the series
rolls on.
October
5: LongmireStudying: Vic and Cady: The similar strengths and divergent arcs
of the show’s two compelling female leads.
October
6: LongmireStudying: Nighthorse: The series concludes with a scene that
embodies a character’s—and perhaps the show’s—contradictions.
October
7-8: Indigenous Performers in Popular Culture: Nipo Strongheart, Jay
Silverheels, Graham Greene, and the evolving history of indigenous performers
and roles in popular culture.
October
9: Columbus Day Alternatives: Brothers Among Nations: A series on
cross-cultural alternatives to the holiday starts with Cynthia Van Zandt’s book
on the arrival and contact era.
October
10: Columbus Day Alternatives: Ely Parker: The series continues with the
cross-cultural relationships and experiences of a 19th century icon.
October
11: Columbus Day Alternatives: W.J. Harsha and Sarah Winnemucca: Literature,
identity, and authenticity in late 19th century writing and society,
as the series rolls on.
October
12: Columbus Day Alternatives: Zitkala-Ša: The challenging and vital
cross-cultural perspective of one of America’s most unique women and voices.
October
13: Columbus Day Alternatives: Siobhan Senier on Dawnland Voices: The
series concludes with my friend and colleague Siobhan on her wonderful edited
anthology of indigenous writing.
October
14-15: Guest Post: Nancy Caronia on Italian Americans and Columbus Day: My
newest Guest Post, a challenging and compelling look at some hard cultural and
communal questions.
October
16: Children’s Histories: Mike Mulligan and His America: Inspired by a new
YA historical novel, a series on children’s book histories starts with the many
layers to a Depression-era classic.
October
17: Children’s Histories: Curious George: The series continues with two
distinct ways to look at a controversial classic.
October
18: Children’s Histories: Dr. Seuss and Propaganda: The iconic children’s author’s
surprising starting points, as the series rolls on.
October
19: Children’s Histories: Little House on the Prairie: A key difference
between the literary and TV versions of a classic story, and why it matters.
October
20: Children’s Histories: The Boneshaker: The series concludes with more
overt and more subtle lessons from a tale of historical horror.
October
21-22: Children’s Histories: The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball: What a
new YA historical novel can add to our collective memories of the Chinese
Educational Mission.
October
23: Stranger (Things) Studying: Dungeons & Dragons: Ahead of Season 2’s
release, a Stranger Things series
starts with the stigmas and benefits of role-playing games.
October
24: Stranger (Things) Studying: Weird Sciences: The series continues with
two sides to science in ‘80s pop culture, and how the show engages with both.
October
25: Stranger (Things) Studying: Lost Boys: Contextualizing and challenging
texts that feature adrift and endangered boys, as the series rolls on.
October
26: Stranger (Things) Studying: Pretty (Badass) Women: StrangerStudying the
show’s badass female leads.
October
27: Stranger (Things) Studying: ‘80s Nostalgia: The series concludes with
three layers to the show’s nostalgic embrace of all things 1980s.
October
28-29: Jeff Renye on Stranger Things: The New Weird Made Old?: In one of my
favorite Guest Posts, Jeff analyzes the show through the lens of the weird tale
tradition.
October
30: 7 Years of Scholarly Blogging: Matthew Teutsch: For AmericanStudier’s 7th
anniversary, a series on some wonderful fellow public scholarly bloggers starts
with Matthew Teutsch.
October
31: 7 Years of Scholarly Blogging: Emily Lauer on NYsferatu: The series
continues with a Halloween special, my friend and frequent Guest Poster Emily
Lauer on a new film.
November
1: 7 Years of Scholarly Blogging: Robert Greene II: Three ways you can read
the unique and wonderful voice of a South Carolina History PhD student, as the
series rolls on.
November
2: 7 Years of Scholarly Blogging: Rob Velella: The tributes conclude with a
multi-talented and –faceted public scholar, Rob Velella.
November
3: 7 Years of Scholarly Blogging: AmericanStudier: The anniversary series
concludes with two realizations from my first years of blogging, and one goal
for what’s next.
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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