[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
February
4: The Philippine American War: Spanish American War Origins: On the
anniversary of its opening shots, how the Philippine American War reframes our
memories of the war it extended.
February
5: The Philippine American War: Emilio Aguinaldo: The series continues with
three telling 1890s stages in the career of the revolutionary leader.
February
6: The Philippine American War: Mark Twain and Imperialism: A couple ways
to contextualize a complex and important essay, as the series rolls on.
February
7: The Philippine American War: War or Insurrection?: Why what might seem
to be a semantic distinction in how we refer to the conflict is anything but.
February
8: The Philippine American War: Filipino Americans: A few inspiring
examples of wartime and post-war Filipino American identities and stories.
February
9-10: The Philippine American War: Legacies: The series concludes with some
significant ways the war has echoed down through subsequent histories.
February
11: Movies I Love: Thunderheart: A Valentine’s week series kicks off with
three of the many reasons I love Michael Apted’s 1992 mystery thriller.
February
12: Movies I Love: Glory: The series continues with three of the many
moving, challenging, vital moments in the 1989 historical drama.
February
13: Movies I Love: Chinatown: A classic film noir mystery that’s also
pitch-perfect historical fiction, as the series screens on.
February
14: Movies I Love: Memento: The dark, cynical, and unquestionably human
final words of a contemporary American classic.
February
15: Movies I Love: The Opposite of Sex and You Can Count on Me: The series concludes
with two wonderful recent films that challenge and enrich our images of family.
February
16-17: Joe Moser’s Guest Post on Steve McQueen and 12 Years a Slave: A
special weekend Guest Post from my friend, colleague, and favorite contemporary
FilmStudier.
February
18: Film Non-Favorites: Scorcese: The annual post-Valentine’s non-favorites
series kicks off with the distinctly American problem with the acclaimed
filmmaker.
February
19: Film Non-Favorites: The Big Short and Vice: The series continues with
the value and limits of satire when it comes to contemporary, contested events.
February
20: Film Non-Favorites: The Coen Brothers: Three alternative films that
contrast with more acclaimed Coen Brothers works, as the series grumbles on.
February
21: Film Non-Favorites: The Shining: Why I greatly prefer the ending and
tone of King’s novel to Kubrick’s film.
February
22: Film Non-Favorites: Prequel Trilogies: The series concludes with two fundamental
flaws of prequels revealed by the Star Wars and Hobbit trilogies.
February
23-24: Crowd-sourced Non-Favorites: One of my favorite crowd-sourced posts
of the year, a collective airing of grievances—add yours in comments, please!
February
25: The Salem Witch Trials: Causes: For the Witch Trials’ anniversary, a series
kicks off with three stages in how we’ve tried to explain a seemingly
inexplicable historical horror.
February
26: The Salem Witch Trials: Tituba: The series continues with a couple
significant histories that the mysterious figure helps us better remember.
February
27: The Salem Witch Trials: Giles and Martha Corey: The danger and
necessity of looking closer at our historical heroes, as the series rolls on.
February
28: The Salem Witch Trials: The Mathers: Three generations of a family that
embodies the first century of Puritan New England.
March
1: The Salem Witch Trials: Collective Memories: The series and month
conclude with two distinct but perhaps interconnected ways to remember Salem and
the Witch Trials.
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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