[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]
May
3: Mexican American Voices: Gloria Anzaldúa: A Cinco de Mayo series
kicks off with what a stunning autoethnographer reveals about the US and us.
May
4: Mexican American Voices: Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton: The series
continues with a handful of pieces that help us better remember an influential
Mexican American author and story.
May
5: Mexican American Voices: José Enrique de la Peña:
Takeaways from a controversial but apparently authentic Mexican American War
memoir, as the series rolls on.
May
6: Mexican American Voices: Sandra Cisneros and Esperanza: Two childhood
experiences that a classic YA short story cycle gets precisely right.
May
7: Mexican American Voices: Chavez y Huerta: The series concludes with the
inspiring lives and legacies of an interconnected pair of labor leaders.
May
8-9: Victoria Scavo’s Guest Post on Gender Roles in Italian American Culture
& Literature: The first of two awesome Guest Posts from King’s College
students of my friend Robin Field (for the second, watch this space later
today!).
May
10: Spring 2021 Moments: Jericho Brown and the Power of Poetry: A series
reflecting on the most challenging semester of my life kicks off with an
impromptu, powerful poetic discussion.
May
11: Spring 2021 Moments: Fruitvale and Blackish: The series continues with
a planned discussion that exemplified why we do what we do, even in the
toughest times.
May
12: Spring 2021 Moments: Gast’s American Progress: What my grad student
educators helped me see in a classic American painting, as the series reflects
on.
May
13: Spring 2021 Moments: Adult Learning Emails: One of the many reasons I’m
so glad to be teaching in adult ed programs, this semester more than ever.
May
14: Spring 2021 Moments: Talking Of Thee I Sing: The series concludes with
some of my ongoing book talks, and a request for more possibilities!
May
15-16: Crowd-sourced Spring 2021 Moments and Reflections: More reflections
on this most challenging of semesters—add yours in comments, please!
May
17: Small Axe and America: New Orleans and Creolization: A series on one of
my favorite recent cultural works kicks off with how NOLA helps us engage a
foundational American identity.
May
18: Small Axe and America: Remembering Reggae: The series continues with
the danger of cultural appropriation and how to remain more inclusive instead.
May
19: Small Axe and America: The Courts and Justice: The progressive
potential of the court system and how critical race theory helps us understand it,
as the series rolls on.
May
20: Small Axe and America: Police Reform: A telling question about the
possibilities and limits of police reform, and why and how we need to keep
asking it.
May
21: Small Axe and America: Caribbean American Artists: The series concludes
with five Caribbean American artists I’d put in conversation with Steve
McQueen.
May
22-23: Joe Moser’s Guest Post on Steve McQueen: A repeat of my colleague
and friend Joe Moser’s Guest Post on McQueen’s first three films!
May
24: American Beaches: Revere Beach: A pre-Memorial Day weekend series kicks
off with three telling stages in the history of America’s first public beach.
May
25: American Beaches: The Inkwell: The series continues with three layers
to one of America’s most unique historic beaches.
May
26: American Beaches: Gidget and the Beach Boys: AmericanStudying the 1960s
surfing craze, as the series bbqs on.
May
27: American Beaches: On the Beach: An intense and tragic film that couldn’t
compete with historic fears.
May
28: American Beaches: Jamie Hirami’s Guest Post on Venice Beach: The series
concludes with one more repeat Guest Post, AMST PhD student Jamie Hirami on LA’s
Venice Beach!
New Guest Post
later today,
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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