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AMS ATX from the Department of American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin AMS ATX from the Department of American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin p Home Events Newsletter Calendar Security/Insecurity Contact Bookmark the permalink. AMS :: ATX is a blog dedicated to representing the many activities and Faculty and Grad Research: Dr. Janet Davis interests of the department of American Studies at The Un iversity of and Jeannette Vaught in Texas at Aus tiA. Together with the department's Twitter feed, th is blog American Quarterly byAm•rkansrudi•s exists to serve the AMS and Austin communities by ac ting as a hub for up­ to-date information on events and opportunities at UT and beyo nd. Those subscribing to American Quarterly will notice that two members of our community, or. Janet Davis and Jeannette Vaught, have bot h publ ished arti cl es in the Se ptember 2013 i» ue. The special issue, Species/ Race/ sex, co nsiders the "interdiscipli nary and political challenges to th inking intersectionally about species, race, and sex." A qu ick abstract of Janet's piece, entitled "cockfig ht Nationa lism : Blood Sport and the Moral Politics of American Empire and Nation Building": This essay explores the symbiotic relationship between animal welfare and ideologies of nation building and exceptionalism during a series of struggles over cockfighting in the new us Empire in the early twentieth century. Born out of the shared experience of American overseas expansionism, these clashes erupted in the American occupied Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, where the battle lines Email Subscription pitting American-sponsored animal protectionists against indigenous cockfight enthusiasts were drawn along competing charges of cruelty and claims of self­ En ter your email address to subscribe to determination. I argue that battles over the cockfight were a form of animal this blog and receive notifica tions of nationalism- that is to say, cockfight nationalism. cockfight enthusiasts and ne\v posts by email. opponents alike mapped gendered, raced, and classed ideologies of nation and join 1,705 other followers sovereignty onto the bodies of fighting cocks to stake their divergent political and cultural claims regarding the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, moral uplift, IEnter your email address benevolence, and national belonging. I Sign me up! I And a qu ick abstract ol Jeannette's, entitled "Materia Medka: Technology, vaccinati on, and Antivivisection in jazz Age Philadelphia": OnFacebook During the 1920s, the Philadelphia-based American Antivivisection Society turned American Studies at to racia/ized metaphors in its circulating periodical, rhe Starry cross, to excoriate ~r: UT Austin the expanding practice of vaccination. Since vaccines were then made from I tl§I 400 animal-derived serums, the involvement of antivivisectionists in ant/vaccine arguments is not surprising. However, the Philadelphia society's strange combination of vaccination, jazz, and vivisection reveals that its motivations to protect animals were deeply bound to broader cultural anxieties about the threat Contributors to purity posed by science, race, and sex, and that the stakes of succumbing to vaccination amounted lo no less than medical miscegenation. By turning to racialized, speciesist arguments in asking for mercy toward animals against •• • scientifically minded torture, the antivivisectionists' use of the sound and image of the tortured animal was meant more to protect the human body and keep ii •• while. Categories Enormous congratulations to both of them! We've linked to their pieces above; go fo rth and s Questions take a look. Alumni Voices Announcements. Departmental Theme Share= Faculty Research ... QQ @090 G Foodways TX Grad Research Lists * Like Read This Be the firsl to lik e this . Stories from Summer Vacation The End of Austin Uncategorized Related Undergra d Research Fac ulty Re sea rch : Janet Davis An nouncement: UT America n Conference Pfeview: Key note Watch This wins Constci nce Rou rke Prize to r SIUdies at ASA in Puorto Rico Address by 01. Clai1e Je•n Kim Best Ess.ay in American In "Announcements " In "Gr.ad Research " Quarterly Popular Posts In "Faculty Resea rch" undergraduate Research: A Collaborative "Ho\\l l" in the 21st Century This entry was posted in Faculty Research, Gr ad Research and tagged cockfighti11g, nationalism, Philadelphia, race, sex, species, vaccinatio11. Graduate Research -+ Exhibition: Natalie Zell on LaToya Ruby Frazier Sympos ium: Practices of Play S(is h) Questions: A conversation With Dr. Ramzi Fawaz (University of Wisconsin - Madison) Grad and Faculty Resea rch: UT AMS - Announcement: Thomas Frank's Take o.. 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