[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
April
30: Haymarket Histories: An American Revolution?: A series on the Haymarket
Affair’s anniversary starts with whether we can consider the Labor Movement a
19th century revolution.
May
1: Haymarket Histories: The May Day Strike: The series continues with a
motivation, a debate, and an effect of one of the earliest nationwide strikes.
May
2: Haymarket Histories: Historical Ambiguities: What we’ll never know about
Haymarket and what we can say anyway, as the series rolls on.
May
3: Haymarket Histories: The Trial: Two frustrating failures of and one
inspiring moment from a farcical show trial.
May
4: Haymarket Histories: Remembering Haymarket: The series concludes with
two existing ways to better remember Haymarket, and one I’d love to see.
May
5-6: Scholarly Tribute: Erik Loomis: A special weekend tribute post, on
three ways to read the vital voice of one of our best labor historians.
May
7: Hap & Leonard Studying: ‘60s Legacies: A series on the wonderful
SundanceTV show starts with three layers to its portrayal of ‘60s legacies in
its ‘80s setting.
May
8: Hap & Leonard Studying: Redefining Lynching: The series continues
with two important historical layers to the show’s amazing second season.
May
9: Hap & Leonard Studying: Crime and Punishment: Some of the show’s
wonderful supporting characters from within the world of the justice system, as
the series rolls on.
May
10: Hap & Leonard Studying: The Devil Went Down to Texas: A mythic and
a very real context for the season three frame.
May
11: Hap & Leonard Studying: Interracial Friendship: The series
concludes with adding the title characters to a fun and important list.
May
12-13: A Tribute to Michael K. Williams: A special weekend tribute to three
stages in the evolution of one of our best actors.
May
14: Spring Semester Recaps: 19th Century African American Literature:
A Spring semester reflection series starts with three texts I had never had the
chance to read until I taught them in this course.
May
15: Spring Semester Recaps: American Literature I: The series continues
with the long-overdue, vital step of including Yung Wing in my Am Lit I course.
May
16: Spring Semester Recaps: English Studies Capstone: Two education-focused
texts I’ve used in Capstone and my search for a new one, as the series rolls
on.
May
17: Spring Semester Recaps: American Literature II Online: Three texts that
worked surprisingly well in my first online American Lit survey course.
May
18: Spring Semester Recaps: My Saturday Evening Post Gig: The series
concludes with two things I’ve learned from my first few months at a new online
writing gig.
May
19-20: Summer and Fall Previews: A special weekend post on three courses I’m
looking forward to teaching in the semesters to come!
May
21: Irene Martyniuk’s Guest Post on Clara Barton: A series on the American Red
Cross’s anniversary starts with my colleague’s Guest Post on its founder.
May
22: Nursing Histories: Molly Pitcher: The series continues with the myths
and histories of an iconic war hero.
May
23: Nursing Histories: Walt Whitman: Three texts through which Whitman
wrote about his experiences as a Civil War nurse, as the series rolls on.
May
24: Nursing Histories: WWI Nurses: How nurses can help us push beyond our
understandable but simplistic images of wartime military service.
May
25: Nursing Histories: Medal of Honor Medics: The series concludes with
three of the fifteen medics who received the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam
War.
May
26-27: PBS Documentary on the Chinese Exclusion Act: A special post
highlighting both a vital new film and my Saturday
Evening Post piece inspired by it.
May
28: BlockbusterStudying: The Fast and the Furious Series: A Memorial Day
movie series starts with two ways to AmericanStudy the surprisingly popular
franchise.
May
29: BlockbusterStudying: The Last Jedi: The series continues with the thoughtful
questions behind a controversial character arc, and why they’re so vital.
May
30: BlockbusterStudying: Wonder Woman: The historical activist women who
would appreciate a wondrous one, as the series rolls on.
May
31: BlockbusterStudying: Coco: The animated film that’s at least as
culturally and historically significant as Black
Panther.
June
1: BlockbusterStudying: Get Out: The series concludes with three of the
many horror and genre film contexts for Jordan Peele’s blockbuster.
Next series starts
Monday,
Ben
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