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News: Professors Give American Women Their Own Historic Focus | PolyCentric
It is always fun to work with student journalists – this is a story written by one from CalPoly Pomona about the 4 volume encyclopedia my colleague Peg Lamphier and I co-edited for ABC-CLIO over the last three years – it is now available for pre-order by high school and college libraries (and any individuals who like to college encyclopedias or books about cool women!)
Professors Give American Women Their Own Historic Focus | PolyCentric | Carly Owens
There’s a proverb that says “women hold up half the sky,” a centuries-old homage to the vital role women play.
Cal Poly Pomona Professors Rosanne Welch and Peg Lamphier have compiled those historic feats in a new encyclopedia titled “Women in American History.”
The four-volume set covers pre-colonial history to modern-day feminism.
“It’s women in American history and culture, so we thought about what kind of women don’t normally get into encyclopedias to ensure there was a great diversity expressed,” says Welch, who holds a doctorate in American social history of the 21st century.
Some women who are included in the compilation are ones people may not expect to see in an encyclopedia.
“Lady Gaga hasn’t made many encyclopedias, but her philanthropy and influence on media earned her a place in the book,” Welch says.
Quotes from “Why The Monkees Matter” by Dr. Rosanne Welch – 6 in a series
“Television forced families to see things they might not have chosen to see, but needed to see, such as independent women, people of color and new political perspectives. All these things appeared on The Monkees long before the rise of social commentary comedies such as All in the Family.”
from Why The Monkees Mattered by Dr. Rosanne Welch — Coming Fall 2016 – Click for more info!
Why The Monkees Matter: 9 Theme(s) from The Monkees: Narrative Structure, Literary References and Themes on The Monkees
Why The Monkees Matter: 9 Theme(s) from The Monkees: Narrative Structure, Literary References and Themes on The Monkees
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Who Wrote The Monkees? – “Monkees At The Circus” by David Panich – Part 6 of an on-going series
Who Wrote The Monkees? – “Monkees At The Circus” by David Panich – Part 6 of an on-going series
David Panich wrote Monkees at the Circus as one of only a few freelancers contracted for the series and was also on the staff 1967 of writers who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in a Music or Variety show for his work on Laugh-In, a show that took a page from The Monkees by bringing the counter-culture into more and more homes in that era.
The other Monkees freelancer who shared the Emmy with Panich was Coslough Johnson.
Likewise, Panich had been nominated for the same Writing award but for a different show and with a different future Monkees writer – Gerald Gardner – when they both worked on That Was the Week That Was. This is likely where Gardner knew of Panich and why Panish was invited to pitch ideas for The Monkees. He would be nominated for Laugh-in three more years in a row, and then receive a writing nomination in 1975 for his work on Cher, the show she headlined after her divorce from Sonny. A seasoned variety show sketch writer Panich had also written for The Dean Martin Show, and would later work for the Hudson Brothers and Dom DeLuise. Sadly, Panish died in 1983.
More information on The Monkees:
- Read more about the writers of “The Monkees” own this article for Written By Magazine – Hey, Hey They Wrote the Monkees!
- “Monkees At The Circus” on IMDB
- David Panich on IMDB
Previously in Who Wrote The Monkees?:
- Case of the Missing Monkee and I Was A Teenage Monster by Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso and Dave Evans
- I’ve Got a Little Song Here” written by Treva Silverman
- “Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth” by Dave Evans
- “Monkees in a Ghost Town” by Robert Schlitt and Peter Meyerson
- “Success Story” by Bernie Orenstein
Quotes from “Why The Monkees Matter” by Dr. Rosanne Welch – 5 in a series
“This book allows academics to critically study The Monkees as a program that challenged the nascent rules of a new medium and paved the way for future innovation.”
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Why The Monkees Matter: A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You Identity Construction and Confusion on The Monkees
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You Identity Construction and Confusion on The Monkees
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Pre-Order “Why The Monkees Matter” by Dr. Rosanne Welch Now – Directly from McFarland!
Do you want to be one of the first people to get your hands on “Why The Monkees Matter”?
Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others will be coming online in the next 2 weeks or so.
Even better news, the book might even be out as early as mid-July 2016 (fingers crossed)
The publishers’ site will also provide academic discounts for students and class sets and review copies (in pdf form) available for professors.
I hope it pleases academics and fans alike!
Quotes from “Why The Monkees Matter” by Dr. Rosanne Welch – 4 in a series
Monkees Question of the Moment: What Do The Monkees Mean to You?
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“The Monkees have come to mean so many things over the years – to me and to many others who have followed their careers both together and individually. As the band members said, even they don’t belong to themselves anymore. The Monkees belong to the audience.”
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Why The Monkees Mattered: We Were Made for Each Other: The Sequel: Nascent Television Aesthetic Techniques on The Monkees
Why The Monkees Matter: We Were Made for Each Other: The Monkees Menagerie of Metatextuality
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