[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
March
5: Boston Massacre Studying: Soldiers in the City: On the anniversary of
the Boston Massacre, a series starts with two ways to contextualize the dynamic
that precipitated the event.
March
6: Boston Massacre Studying: Crispus Attucks: The series continues with
adding layers to collective memories, and what we do when we can’t know for
sure.
March
7: Boston Massacre Studying: John Adams: A Founding Father’s frustrating
role in the massacre’s aftermath, and why it still matters.
March
8: Boston Massacre Studying: Christopher Monk: The massacre’s sixth
casualty and the vagaries of historical memory, as the series rolls on.
March
9: Boston Massacre Studying: Collective Memory Media: The series concludes with
three forms of media that have contributed to our collective memories of the
massacre.
March
10-11: Boston Massacre Studying: My Sons’ Thoughts: One of my favorite
Guest Posts ever, featuring thoughts from my sons’ experiences learning about
the massacre!
March
12-18: Spring Break: It wasn’t really Spring, but the blog took a break
nonetheless—and asked for your ideas, which you can still share in comments!
March
19: Black Panther Studying: The Original Comic: A series on the blockbuster
film starts with the 1960s comic and Black Power.
March
20: Black Panther Studying: Erik Killmonger: The series continues with the
fascinating debates over the film’s most American character.
March
21: Black Panther Studying: Everett Ross: The film’s unfortunate change to
a longstanding comic character, and his important role nonetheless.
March
22: Black Panther Studying: Gender and Violence: Two distinct but
interconnected associations of gender and violence in the film, as the series
rolls on.
March
23: Black Panther Studying: Liberia, Garvey, and Wakanda: The series
concludes with historical and cinematic American visions of Africa.
March
24-25: Black Panther Studying: Ryan Coogler’s Films: A special weekend post
on three choices that emblematize filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s unique and vital
American voice.
March
26: Baseball Stories: Play for a Kingdom: An Opening Day series starts with
baseball, America, and the Civil War.
March
27: Baseball Stories: The Given Day: The series continues with Babe Ruth,
symbolism, and race in America.
March
28: Baseball Stories: Field of Dreams and The Brothers K: Whether baseball
can help heal generational divides, as the series rolls on.
March
29: Baseball Stories: South Street: Pessimism, optimism, realism, and
baseball in David Bradley’s tragicomic novel.
March
30: Baseball Stories: Boston Strong: The series concludes with the communal
roles, and limits, of sports in the aftermath of tragedy.
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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