[A Recap of the
month that was in AmericanStudying.]
December
2: AmendmentStudying: “Summertime Blues” and the 26th Amendment:
For the anniversary of the 13th Amendment’s ratification, a series
kicks off with how a classic song connects to a generation-changing amendment.
December
3: AmendmentStudying: Santa Clara County and the 14th Amendment:
The series continues with the offhand sentences through which the Court revised
an amendment and the nation’s ideas.
December
4: AmendmentStudying: The 19th Amendment and the ERA: How the
long road to the suffrage amendment might parallel a current political journey,
as the series rolls on.
December
5: AmendmentStudying: Washington, DC and the 23rd Amendment: How
the 1961 amendment echoes the capital city’s complex history, and how it helped
shift it.
December
6: AmendmentStudying: On Not Taking the 13th Amendment for Granted:
On the anniversary of its ratification, why we shouldn’t take the imperfect but
inspiring 13th Amendment for granted.
December
7-8: Future Constitutional Amendments?: The series concludes with three
ways that the Constitution might (and to my mind should) be amended in coming
years.
December
9: 50s Musical Icons: Cross-Cultural Origins: A series on 50s rock and
popular music kicks off with the cross-cultural origin points for those genres.
December
10: 50s Musical Icons: Fats Domino: On the anniversary of his recording “The
Fat Man,” the series continues with a few iconic moments in Fats Domino’s
legendary career.
December
11: 50s Musical Icons: Patti Page: Three signatures songs from the 50s
top-charting female musical artist, as the series rocks on.
December
12: 50s Musical Icons: Sinatra and Elvis: The differences between
influential and interesting, and why even the former can be problematic.
December
13: 50s Musical Icons: “American Pie”: The series concludes with the
straightforward and subtler sides to a eulogy for 50s music.
December
14-15: Crowd-sourced Musical Icons: My latest crowd-sourced post—add your
thoughts on 50s music in the comments, please!
December
16: Book Talk Recaps: Temple Graduate English Program: A series recapping
some of my sabbatical book talks kicks off with three awesome audience cohorts
from my return to Temple.
December
17: Book Talk Recaps: Two Public Scholarly Conversations: The series
continues with inspiring takeaways from two communal events at which I was
fortunate enough to share my ideas.
December
18: Book Talk Recaps: Student Responses at Four NY Colleges: Exemplary
student voices from my whirlwind tour of four NY colleges, as the series rolls
on.
December
19: Book Talk Recaps: Scuppernong Books: Three great elements, two expected
and one delightfully surprising, from my most recent bookstore talk.
December
20: Book Talk Recaps: The Boston Athenaeum: The series concludes with three
reasons why my last book talk of 2019 was a perfect way to end (for now!).
December
21-22: What’s Next for We the People: Three ways I’m excited to extend the
book talks and work into the new year, all of which could use your input!
December
23: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: Remember William Apess: My annual
holiday series kicks off with two reasons to better remember a fiery Native American
preacher.
December
24: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: Remember Yuri Kochiyama: The
series continues with a few reasons to better remember the Japanese American
activist.
December
25: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: Remember Dorothy Day: Why we should
better remember the reformer who embodies
the true meaning of Christmas, as the series rolls on.
December
26: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: Remember Gloria Anzaldúa:
What better remember the challenging autoethnographer reveals about American community
and identity.
December
27: Wishes for the AmericanStudies Elves: Remember Abraham Cahan: The
series concludes with the advice a prolific journalist and author might offer
us all.
Year in Review
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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