If you're a literary person, you're probably like me and can't believe how few literary, scholarly articles there are actually out there on The Laramie Project. If you widen your scope to documentary theater or work on Tectonic in general, the net gets wider, but few people in my field are tackling this play as a text or performance like any other drama. The social and historical angles of the play, perhaps, are taking precedent in the scholarly imagination.
On the flip side, though, that means that other disciplines are interested in Matthew Shepard and The Laramie Project as well-- and they're writing about it. This past week I found some fun, interesting, and melancholy reflections across the disciplines. I found doctors, psychologists, archaeologists pedagogy experts all reflecting on the tragedy and the play, and each of them sheds a little light on the social impact both Matt and Tectonic Theater had on America in the previous decade. Here's a list and shot description of some of the most interesting I found. Enjoy!
Blackburn, Mollie, and J. F. Buckley. "Teaching Queer-Inclusive English Language Arts." Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 49.3 (2005): 202-212.
Charles, Casey. "Panic in the Project: Critical Queer Studies and the Matthew Shepard Murder." Law and Literature 18.2 (2006): 225-252.
Dunn, Thomas R. "Remembering Matthew Shepard: Violence, Identity, and Queer Counterrepublic Memories." Rhetoric and Public Affairs 13.4 (2010): 611-652.
Hoffman, Scott W. "'Last Night, I prayed to Matthew': Matthew Shepard, Homosexuality, and Popular Martyrdom in Contemporary America." Religion and American Culture 21.1 (2011):121-164.
Hurst, James C. "The Matthew Shepard Tragedy: Management of a Crisis." About Campus 4.3 (1999): 5-11.
Noelle, Monique. "The Ripple Effect of the Matthew Shepard Murder: Impact on the Assumptive Worlds of Members of the Targeted Group." American Behavioral Scientist 46.1 (2002): 27-50.
Saewic, E., and S. Marshall. "Reducing Homophobia in High School: The Effects of The Laramie Project Plays and an Integrated Curriculum." Journal of Adolescent Health 48.2 (2011): 111.
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