tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post3631271566325618187..comments2024-01-14T23:07:20.775-06:00Comments on dcat: Scool House Rockdcathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post-41501763021941967962008-10-14T15:07:00.000-05:002008-10-14T15:07:00.000-05:00Thanks, Ed. Absolutely -- I use sports or other as...Thanks, Ed. Absolutely -- I use sports or other aspects of pop culture in all of my classes and try to ground them in the context of the world in which sports or whatever happens.<BR/><BR/>dcatdcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post-65612594097296501832008-10-13T22:16:00.000-05:002008-10-13T22:16:00.000-05:00Hey Derek - Yeah, I think there is much room for d...Hey Derek - Yeah, I think there is much room for disagreement, but again, it is great for discussion, and a fantastic way to get at the idea that popular culture doesn't just float above "real" social history like cotton candy - that it's popular for a reason and can be revealing. What it reveals is another story... <BR/>Congrats on your book. I'm fighting like hell to get my manuscript revisions done in the next couple of weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post-23295274548052908802008-10-13T22:02:00.000-05:002008-10-13T22:02:00.000-05:00Ed -- Thanks for weighing in. That's a great usage...Ed --<BR/> Thanks for weighing in. That's a great usage of SHR. I have to admit, though, I disagree with Jacobson's depiction of the Rocky movies and said as much when I reviewed his book "Roots, Too" a little while back.dcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post-36380985372304819442008-10-13T19:47:00.000-05:002008-10-13T19:47:00.000-05:00I always show "The Great American Melting Pot...I always show "The Great American Melting Pot" in my Race & Ethnicity in the U.S. Since 1890 course and it makes for a great conversation starter. They are amazed to think you can contextualize a cartoon as emblematic of the "decade of ethnics" in the 1970s. Of course, thanks to Matthew Frye Jacobson, it also gives me an excuse to show "Rocky." :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com