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Archive for March, 2010

Good Bye, Leaven!

Posted in advertising, african-americans, food, holidays, Jews, religion, video on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

To the domestically-inclined, Break out your horseradish everybody! Passover is officially here, bringing with it gefilte fish, chocolate-covered matzo, brisket, and all the other healthy treats you’ve come to associate with the feast of the unleavened bread. In truth, perverse as it might sound, I do look forward to Passover every year, I suppose because [...]

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Battle of the Textbooks

Posted in books, education, tagged on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Apparently while I was on vacation, the Texas Board of Education moved to add a dose of conservative (and evangelical) historiography into the state social studies curriculum—Milton Friedman! Phyllis Schlafly! Jesus! As Sam Tanenhaus noted last Sunday in the New York Times, some of their revisions are more controversial than others. What matters more is [...]

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Q & A: Tania Modleski, Feminist Film Critic

Posted in books, feminist theory, film, Lazy Scholar Interview, television, visual culture on March 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Dear diligent-ish followers, Today marks the premiere of a semi-regular feature in these pages: the Lazy Scholar Interview. Each entry asks scholars of American culture a series of questions about the books, resources, and trends that inspire, excite, distract, or vex them—often at the same time. With that flourish, I’m pleased to introduce the first [...]

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Lesbian Love Between the Covers

Posted in books, LGBT, pulp fiction, visual culture on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Dear spring break scholars gone wild, I’ve just returned to Cambridge after a joyous ride through the Southwest, from Los Angeles to Santa Fe and back—so expect some Divided States posts in the coming weeks. For now though, I’m suffering from spring break hangover, making it somewhat hard to keep my eyes and mind focused. [...]

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African-American Portraits, Black and White Photographers

Posted in african-americans, photography, visual culture, tagged on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Dear deadline dodgers, Regular readers may have noticed my online output has slowed lately, for which I can only blame the short days, the rainy weather, and that fine art some call “dissertating.” Alas, in my delinquency, I missed a chance to offer a Black History Month missive—so I hope you’ll accept this belated attempt. [...]

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