From The Fortnightly Review, Drew Moore on genealogy in America. Nostalgia and alcohol fuel a gaming comeback: Kyle Orland on the surprising, stealth rebirth of the American arcade. A review of Coming of Age in America: The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century. David Livingstone Smith reviews American Utopia and Social Engineering in Literature, Social Thought, and Political History by Peter Swirski. A review of Fatalism in American Film Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy by Robert Pippin. How advertisers convinced Americans they smelled bad: A schoolgirl and a former traveling Bible salesman helped turn deodorants and antiperspirants from niche toiletries into an $18 billion industry. What 200 Playboy covers tell us about beauty in America: Era by era, a sanitized quest for physical perfection. Noel Murray on the beautiful artificiality of the American mallscape. The tacky history of the pink flamingo: From its start in Massachusetts, of all places, to its inspiration of a John Waters film, the lawn ornament has some staying power. A review of The Last Bohemia: Scenes from the Life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn by Robert Anasi (and more). Here are Chuck Norris’s 10 favorite things about America.
