Saturday, March 2, 2019

March 2-3, 2019: February 2019 Recap


[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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