A Closer Look

Musical Competition and the Hidden Labor of Learning: A Closer Look at PME 25.2

Take a closer look at the scholarship behind IU Press Journals! “The Phantasmagoria of Competition in School Ensembles,” from the Philosophy of Music Education Review’s newest issue, is now available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Joseph elaborates on the philosophical question of how to measure student learning in music education, through the concept of competition and performance.

A Wizard of Silks and Tulle: ‘Phantom Thread’ and Charles Worth

In celebration of the Oscar-nominated film, Phantom Thread, revisit Abigail Joseph’s article, “’A Wizard of Silks and Tulle’: Charles Worth and the Queer Origins of Couture,” from the Victorian Studies’ archives, available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Abigail elaborates on the similarities between 19th century Parisian fashion designer, Charles Worth, and the fictional Reynolds Woodcock.

Refocusing Inter-American Studies: A Closer Look at JML 41.1

Take a closer look at the scholarship behind IU Press Journals! Vaughn Anderson’s article, “‘Revision of the Golden Rule’: John Cage, Latin America, and the Poetics of Non-Interventionism,” from the Journal of Modern Literature’s newest issue, is now available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Vaughn explores inter-American relations characterized by willful neglect, strategic ignorance, and carefully curated silence.

Charlotte Salomon and “Something Really Crazy”: A Closer Look at JML 41.1

Take a closer look at the scholarship behind IU Press Journals! Ariela Freedman’s article, “Charlotte Salomon, Degenerate Art, and Modernism as Resistance,” from the Journal of Modern Literature’s newest issue, is now available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Ariela elaborates on the cultural importance of proto-graphic novel author, Charlotte Salomon.

A Gothic Understanding of Samuel Beckett’s Unsettling Laughter: A Closer Look at JML 40.4

Hannah Simpson’s article, “Strange laughter”: Post-Gothic Questions of Laughter and the Human in Samuel Beckett’s Work,” from the Journal of Modern Literature’s newest issue, is now available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Hannah elaborates on the unpredictable laughter found in Beckett’s characters and the surprising responses to our own laughter.

Pot Thoughts: A Closer Look at JML 40.4

Take a closer look at the scholarship behind IU Press Journals! Hunter Duke’s article, “Beckett’s Vessels and the Animation of Containers,” from the Journal of Modern Literature’s newest issue, is now available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Hunter elaborates on the meaning and function of containers of all kinds across Beckett’s writing.

Queering Wyndham Lewis’ “Homophobia”: A Closer Look at JML 40.3

Take a closer look at the scholarship behind IU Press Journals! Paul Scott Stanfield’s article, “The Betrayed Father: Wyndham Lewis, Homosexuality, and Enemy of the Stars,” from the Journal of Modern Literature’s newest issue, is now available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Paul elaborates on attitudes can be neither avowed nor discarded.

Virginia Woolf and the Art and Politics of Conversation: A Closer Look at JML 40.3

Take a closer look at the scholarship behind IU Press Journals! Erin Greer’s article, “‘A Many-Sided Substance’: The Philosophy of Conversation in Woolf, Russell, and Kant,” from the Journal of Modern Literature’s newest issue, is now available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Erin elaborates on the creation of shared realities through the art of conversation.

Reality through the Lens of Hip-Hop Cinema: A Closer Look at BLC 8.2

Take a closer look at the scholarship behind IU Press Journals! Regina N. Bradley’s article, “Introduction: Hip-Hop Cinema as a Lens of Contemporary Black Realities,” from Black Camera’s newest issue, is now available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Regina elaborates on hip-hop culture as a visual medium and not as an afterthought behind hip-hop music.

The Useless Energy of Haunted Things: A Closer Look at VIC 59.2

Take a closer look at the scholarship behind IU Press Journals! Aviva Briefel’s article, “Freaks of Furniture”: The Useless Energy of Haunted Things,” from Victorian Studies newest issue, is now available on JSTOR & Project MUSE. Below, Aviva elaborates on the historical “epidemic” of spirits communicating through domestic objects.

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