[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
November
6: Veterans Days: The Bonus Army: A Veterans Day series kicks off with the
radical veterans movement that ended in both tragedy and success.
November
7: Veterans Days: Miyoko Hikiji: The series continues with the book and author
that can help bring our conversations about veterans into the 21st
century.
November
8: Veterans Days: The Harrisburg Veterans Parade: One of the terrible, and
then one of the great, American moments, as the series rolls on.
November
9: Veterans Days: Veterans’ Organizations: The distinct and even
contradictory reasons why veterans’ organizations are formed.
November
10: Veterans Days: The Best Years of Our Lives: The series concludes with
the film and performance that capture the spectrum and significance of veterans’
experiences.
November
11-12: Crowd-sourced Veterans Days: A wonderful crowd-sourced collections
of Veterans Day texts and stories.
November
13: AthleteStudying: Pudge Heffelfinger: On the 125th anniversary
of his signing as the first professional football player, Pudge kicks off an
AthleteStudying series.
November
14: AthleteStudying: Ruth and Gehrig: The series continues with the iconic
teammates who represents two contrasting narratives of American identity.
November
15: AthleteStudying: Curt Flood: Three documents that together tell the
story of the athlete who changed professional sports forever, as the series
rolls on.
November
16: AthleteStudying: The Williams Sisters: Two factors that have entirely
changed my perspective on the tennis superstars.
November
17: AthleteStudying: Women’s Soccer Stories: The series concludes with two
individual and one collective way to AmericanStudy our recent crop of soccer
stars.
November
18-19: Curry, LeBron, and Sports in the Age of Trump: A special post on two
NBA stars and professional athletes in the age of Trump.
November
20-26: Collegial Thanksgivings: A Thanksgiving week special post,
highlighting five inspiring women with whom I’m very thankful to work!
November
27: 80s AlbumStudying: Brothers in Arms and War: For Thriller’s 35th
anniversary, an 80s AlbumStudying series starts with Dire Straits’ classic and
images of war.
November
28: 80s AlbumStudying: Public Enemy, N.W.A., and Protest Rap: The series continues
with two seminal rap albums and protest music.
November
29: 80s AlbumStudying: Building the Perfect Beast and Political Pop: Three
different ways a pop album can offer political commentary, as the series rocks
on.
November
30: 80s AlbumStudying: Thriller and Dualities: On its 35th anniversary,
three factors that helped make Thriller
so influential and iconic.
December
1: 80s AlbumStudying: Born in the U.S.A. and Patriotism: The series
concludes with two ways to argue for the critical patriotic possibilities of a
misunderstood album.
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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