Recession – Social Text

Downton Abbey and the Fantasy of Structured Idleness

karen tongson

In perhaps the jauntiest Broadway ditty ever written to punctuate that precious moment before everything falls apart — “What Do the Simple Folk Do?” from Lerner and Lowe’s Camelot (1960) — King Arthur and Guinevere, speculate about the amusements … Continue reading “Downton Abbey and the Fantasy of Structured Idleness”

March 28, 2013 | Features

That Which Is Not Inferno, Or, The Pleasure of the Urban Text

kristin koptiuch

Phoenicians starved for their city’s self image will find critical satisfaction in Andrew Ross’s Bird on Fire. As a Phoenix resident for nearly 20 years, I know all too well how we have long been deprived of the kind … Continue reading “That Which Is Not Inferno, Or, The Pleasure of the Urban Text”

January 27, 2012 | Features

Editors for the Social Text Collective: Jonathan Beller; Amber Jamilla Musser; David Sartorius

Editor-at-Large: Tavia Nyong'o

Web Editor / Web Fiction Editor: Anna McCarthy

Managing Editor / Web Poetry Editor: Marie Buck

Arts Editor: Susette Min

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