american studies
Complicit Christianity vs. Courages Christianity: ‘The Color of Compromise’
Jemar Tisby's historical overview of the American church's complicity in racism, The Color of Compromise, will help provoke dialogue, but we face significant challenges, still.
What — and Who — Is Trans*?
Jack Halberstam provides a deep examination into how and why we name who and what we are.
‘The Art of Confession’ Ties Together Threads of Performance
Scholar Christopher Grobe crafts a series of individually satisfying case studies, then shows the strong threads between confessional poetry, performance art, and reality television, with stops along the way.
‘Country Comes to Town’ Illuminates Nashville’s and Country Music’s Internal Struggles
A fascinating piece of analysis about Music City, USA, Jeremy Hill's book is a thoughtful and thorough urban scholarship on origins and authenticity, among other things.