There is a brief meditation on the “inherent superiority” of the printed word versus the so-called ‘online drivel’ that is the blogosphere over at the Edge of the American West. Scott Kaufman highlights a current issue of a historical journal, which is riddled with flaws that may or may not reduce the credibility of the [...]
Also tagged Criticism, Literature, Media, ReligionA book which should appeal to all Danish speakers with an interest in American Studies has recently appeared: Carl Pedersen (now adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School’s Center for the Study of the Americas) has published the third volume of his Danish-language USA-trilogy, titled Det andet USA. In this book Pedersen examines the roots of [...]
Also tagged History, PoliticsFor those of you who can read Danish, I have a long review of Todd Haynes’ ‘Dylan’-film I’m Not There at Kulturkapellet. Check it out, if you like Dylan, or postmodern meta-film, or both… For those of you who don’t read Danish, here is a clip from the film, depicting the hilarious first meeting between [...]
Also tagged Film, Postmodern CultureThe exquisitely designed culture/theory/aesthetics portal, Wood S Lot, has been showing us some ‘blog love’ over the last couple of days – for which we thank them, and reciprocate… I am always very inspired by their photography finds – check out this wintry image, for instance. There is always something to look at and think [...]
Also tagged History, Photography, The Arts and CultureThose of you who can read Danish might be interested in visiting Kulturkapellet, a new Aalborg based portal featuring reviews of all things cultural. It covers film, literature, theatre, music, games and the arts. Also featured are occasional essays – slightly longer and more ‘academic’ pieces on cultural and philosophical issues. There are also reviews [...]
Also tagged Criticism, Film, Literature, The Arts and CultureThis has been a rather good weekend for new issues of online journals of American Studies and general academic interest. The excellent poetry journal out of UBC, Vancouver – Studio – has its second issue out, or at least ready for a sneak preview here. The editor, Rishma Dunlop, is an excellent poet in her [...]
Also tagged Criticism, Literature, Poetry