• By mrgord
• Popular Culture(s) of the English-Speaking World, Spring 2011
• On April 14, 2011
• Comments Off on Stuff for Next Week (Josephine Baker, James Baldwin)

Folks, We’re going to talk a little more about Langston Hughes on Tuesday, April 19, but I would like to

• By mrgord
• Popular Culture(s) of the English-Speaking World, Spring 2011
• On April 13, 2011
• Comments Off on Classroom Change (and plans, and your exam)

Hi folks, From now on, we will meet in IH342 for Popular Culture(s) of the English-Speaking World. Here’s hoping there’s

• By mrgord
• Popular Culture(s) of the English-Speaking World, Spring 2011
• On April 12, 2011
• Comments Off on Stuff I wanted to post before…

This is a bit late, but since nobody emailed me asking, I hope you all found what I was talking

• By mrgord
• Popular Culture(s) of the English-Speaking World, Spring 2011
• On April 9, 2011
• Comments Off on Readings…

Folks, Next week (starting 12 April) we’ll be discussing The Harlem Renaissance. I’ll start with a short lecture on the

• By mrgord
• Popular Culture(s) of the English-Speaking World, Spring 2011
• On April 1, 2011
• Comments Off on The Film

You can get a copy of Bamboozled here; be ready to discuss the film in connection with the Strausbaugh reading

• By mrgord
• Popular Culture(s) of the English-Speaking World, Spring 2011
• On March 27, 2011
• Comments Off on Readings from BLACK LIKE YOU

Here are a couple of chapters (Chapters 2 and 3, specifically) from John Strausbaugh’s Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult

• By mrgord
• Popular Culture(s) of the English-Speaking World, Spring 2011
• On March 23, 2011
• Comments Off on Moving Right Along…

On Tuesday, 22 March, we discussed the sitcom How I Met Your Mother. I promised one more hour of discussion–led

• By mrgord
• Popular Culture(s) of the English-Speaking World, Spring 2011
• On March 16, 2011
• Comments Off on Giant Steps Homework

Hi folks, Last time, we puzzled our way through figuring out why I asked you to look at/listen to John