Valentine’s Day and the History of Heterosexuality
February 11, 2021
—Rebecca L. Davis
The meanings that people attach to heterosexuality, and even their sense of what heterosexuality is and why it matters, have a rich and fascinating history.
Category: American Studies
Reckonings and Passages
February 2, 2021
—Michelle D. Commander
A profoundly personal story, Avidly Reads Passages is my journey into the past to gain better understandings about slavery and white supremacy and how they reverberate and threaten Black lives in our own times.
Ballroom, Tango, and the Patriarchy
November 4, 2019
—Julia A. Ericksen A recent article in the New York Times described the ways in which young women and men are remaking Argentine tango, the dance that seems to embody… READ MORE
Fear of Muslims in American Society
October 31, 2019
—Ann Gordon, L. Edward Day, Christopher D. Bader, and Joseph O. Baker
The authors of Fear Itself pull data from their Chapman University survey on American fear of Muslim Americans and Islam
Why are some Americans changing their names?
October 28, 2019
—Kirsten Fermaglich
NYU Press author answers the question: Why, in the 21st century, are people feeling compelled to change their names?
“Something is about to go terribly wrong” at the border—notes from a Deaconess
September 19, 2019
—Jenny Wiley Legath
What we can learn from one Deaconess’ experience with migrants in Brownsville, TX and across the border
Dr. Kelly Ryan explores social violence and civil rights in new book on Early America
August 29, 2019
—Steven Krolak
Kelly A. Ryan explores the many ways in which men used violence to enforce their dominance in American slavery in her new book.
The limits of the language of terror
August 19, 2019
—Piotr Szpunar
The tragedies in El Paso and Gilroy have spurred demands that US government and security institutions (as well as American political culture more generally) change course and apply the label of terrorist to white supremacists.
