[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]
May
28-29: Sydney Kruszka’s Guest Post: Why We Should All Read Maus: I was
beyond excited to share another Guest Post from Robin Field’s students at
King’s College, this one on Maus!
May
30: Remembering Memorial Day: Starting my annual Memorial Day series with a
post on how and why we should remember the holiday’s multiple layers.
May
31: Decoration Day Histories: Frederick Douglass: A Decoration Day series
kicks off with Douglass’ vital 1871 speech.
June
1: Decoration Day Histories: Roger Pryor: The series continues with the 1876
speech that signaled two significant shifts in American attitudes.
June
2: Decoration Day Histories: “Rodman the Keeper”: The short story which
reminds us of a community for whom the holiday’s meanings didn’t change, as the
series rolls on.
June
3: Decoration Day Histories: So What?: The series concludes with three ways
to argue for better remembering Decoration Day alongside Memorial Day.
June
4-5: A Memorial Day Tribute: A special weekend post on the holiday’s
profound AmericanStudies meanings.
June
6: Judy Garland Studying: The Wizard of Oz: A series for Garland’s 100th
birthday kicks off with two ways to analyze Garland’s most iconic performance.
June
7: Judy Garland Studying: Meet Me in St. Louis: The series continues with
three ways to analyze Garland’s next blockbuster after Wizard.
June
8: Judy Garland Studying: A Star is Born: Two ways Garland’s profound
talents are revealed by her version of a much-remade classic, as the series
sings on.
June
9: Judy Garland Studying: Judgment at Nuremberg: A few thoughts on Garland’s
most powerful scene in the acclaimed historical film.
June
10: Judy Garland Studying: The Judy Garland Show: The series concludes with
power moves behind the scenes and even more powerful presences on the screen.
June
11-12: LGBTQ Icons: A special weekend post on AmericanStudies takeaways
from how Garland and four other artists became LGTBQ icons.
June
13: Revisiting Beach Reads: Tony Hillerman: A series revisiting beach reads
from my youth kicks off with Hillerman’s Southwestern mysteries in time for the
new TV show Dark Winds.
June
14: Revisiting Beach Reads: Tom Clancy: The series continues with learning
from authors and books who (eventually) make us cringe.
June
15: Revisiting Beach Reads: Tad Williams: Why you should read an epic four-volume
sci fi series on the beach this summer, as the series reads on.
June
16: Revisiting Beach Reads: Tana French: Two ways to AmericanStudy the
amazing Irish mystery novelist.
June
17: Revisiting Beach Reads: Foer and Krauss: The series concludes with why
you should read two Holocaust novels on the beach this summer.
June
18-19: Crowd-sourced Beach Reads: One of my favorite crowd-sourced posts of
the year didn’t disappoint!
June
20: Las Vegas Studying: Bugsy Siegel: A series for the 75th of
Siegel’s murder kicks off with how his earlier cities contributed to his Las
Vegas.
June
21: Las Vegas Studying: The Godfather and Casino: The series continues with
important differences in how the two iconic gangster films portray the city.
June
22: Las Vegas Studying: Sin City: A necessary challenge to our Puritanical
roots and how it can go too far, as the series rolls (the dice) on.
June
23: Las Vegas Studying: Vegas Films: What we can learn about the city from
a handful of feature films.
June
24: Las Vegas Studying: Andre Agassi: The series concludes with the tennis
great who has embodied both sides of the city.
June
25-26: Las Vegas Studying: Vegas in Song: A special weekend post on five
great tunes to win (or, yes, lose) it all to.
June
27: Summer Camp Contexts: Camp Virginia: With my sons at sleepover camp, my
annual CampStudying series kicks off with the camp without which there’d be no
AmericanStudier.
June
28: Summer Camp Contexts: Hello Muddah: The series continues with the very
American afterlife of a classic camp song.
June
29: Summer Camp Contexts: Jewish Summer Camps: Ethnicity, community, and
the preservation and revision of tradition, as the series camps on.
June
30: Summer Camp Contexts: Playing Indian: The camp tradition that
exemplifies a troubling American trend, and how to challenge it.
July
1: Summer Camp Contexts: My Camp Anti-Racists: Couldn’t conclude the series
without sharing the story of my sons’ antiracism at last year’s sleepover camp.
July 4th
series starts Monday,
Ben
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