The Bulletin—November 15, 2012
...appear on the map as dense blue dots surrounded by rings of pink. The map illustrates how elections are decided on an urban/suburban basis, as Lydia DePillis argued in The...
Discursive Memorials: Queer Histories in Atlanta's Public Spaces
...fleeting interventions represent a move in public and contemporary art practices from permanent sculpture to projects that are temporary and engage the communities in which they are situated. This shift...
"Our Country"—Benjamin E. Wise's William Alexander Percy
...William Faulkner. Among a host of contributions to any number of scholarly debates, Wise's crisp and clear articulation of Percy's views of love and sexuality will attract the attention of...
Brushes with War
...Brown, whose assault on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry that year seemed an omen of war. When a larger meteor penetrated the earth's atmosphere the following year, the artist...
The Future of Slavery's Historical Spaces
...for a number of months at Arlington House, explained that visitors sometimes took her aside to ask in hushed tones, "Were there really slaves here?" She also observed that some...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana images
...2004, there were a number of construction projects underway in downtown Baton Rouge. Tourist on Docked Riverboat Modern-day riverboats, decorated like their nineteenth-century predecessors, transport tourists up and down...
"Little Switzerland"
"LITTLE SWITZERLAND, A Private Park that is Visited by a Large Number of People" "In considering the many improvements that are going on in various parts of the city, Little...
Ten Dollars and a Bus Ticket
...justice system and prison are frequently sensationalized when they are represented in popular culture and public discourse. The post-prison re-entry process is seldom part of anyone's depiction or discussion. Shannon...
Welcome!
...for future essays, videos, and presentations. Further, while most of the posts will be written by our staff, we are excited about publishing posts by scholars, teachers, artists, and other...
A Review of Matt Miller's Bounce: Rap Music and Local Identity in New Orleans
...of New Orleans brass band, rap, and bounce music for those returned and those still missed. In his Bounce: Rap Music and Local Identity in New Orleans, popular music scholar...