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Monthly Archives: June 2013
A Steampunk Class at UC Davis?
This week, I’m proposing a section of UC Davis’s First-Year Seminar program focused on steampunk. I’ve really wanted to teach it from a perspective that goes beyond just the literature, so this course will incorporate design, costuming, retro-fitting, and gaming … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, costuming, First-Year Seminar, gaming, steampunk, UC Davis, university of california
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What Will We Be Nostalgic for in the Future?
The last writing assignment from my Topics in the Novel class asked a simple question that applied our discussion of books like Ragtime, …Kavalier and Clay, and Boneshaker: What part of our current culture will illicit nostalgia in the future? … Continue reading
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Tagged American Graffiti, boneshaker, Buddy Holly, Howard Waldrop, Kavalier and Clay, Mickey Mouse, nostalgia, ragtime
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Rock Music Nostalgia and the Replacements’ Reunion
The reformation of the Replacements for three just-announced shows at the Riot Fest this summer is a conundrum. Where’s this leave a ‘Mats fan who devotes time to studying music nostalgia? The reunion is a big deal. A big, imperfect … Continue reading
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Tagged mats, replacements, replacements reunion, riot fest, slim dunlap, songs for slim, stinson, westerberg
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Final Exam Questions: Steampunk, Nostalgia, SF Novels
Because it’s finals week at UC Davis, I thought I’d go ahead and publicly post the final exam questions from last quarter’s novels class on nostalgia and desiderium. Here’s a taste of the questions I asked. Students could write about … Continue reading
Goonan’s In War Times: SF Nostalgia and Lost Jazz Giants
Kathleen Ann Goonan’s In War Times (2007) is a splendid book, and in many ways it represented the culmination of all the threads my Topics in the Novel class considered: nostalgia, science fiction, jazz, comic books, history-as-pastiche, youth rebellion, time … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Parker, In War Times, Jazz, Kathleen Goonan, Miles Davis, nostalgia, Sci Fi, science fiction
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