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2008 Conference

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Friday Short Schedule

2:00-6:00

  • Registration. Cupples Ballroom Foyer.

2:30-5:30

  • Book Exhibit. Cupples Ballroom Salon C.

2:30-4:00

  • 1101. Westerns. Westerns. Century.
  • 1102. Humor. Get Your Funny On Already! Commerce A.
  • 1103. Political Economy. The Music Monopoly. Commerce B.
  • 1104. Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective and Crime Fiction. The Female "Agency": Issues of Gender in International Detective Fiction. Concourse A.
  • 1105. Kate Chopin and Fannie Hurst: St. Louis Women Writers with Secrets. Concourse B.
  • 1106. Toys and Games. Investigating Toys and Games Icons. Landmark.
  • 1107. Cultural Geography. Cultural Geography. Carriage.
  • 1108. Reality Television. Reality Television. Plaza A.
  • 1109. Film. Werewolves and Witches and Hyde, OH MY! Plaza B.

4:15-5:45

  • 1201. Asian Popular Culture. Popular Culture and the Punjab. Century.
  • 1202. Teaching Popular Culture. Strategies for Teaching Tourism and Cinema and Creating Course Syllabi. Commerce A.
  • 1203. Mentor and Mentee Meeting Time. Commerce B.
  • 1204. Adaptations. Adapting Fantasy and Science Fiction. Concourse A.
  • 1205. New Media. "The Street Finds Its Own Use for Things." Concourse B.
  • 1206. Television and Radio. Gender Depictions on Television. Landmark.
  • 1207. Magazines and Newspapers. Femme Fatales and Grocery Stores. Carriage.
  • 1208. Heroes in Popular Culture. The Other Sex in Superhero Comics. Plaza A.
  • 1209. Film. Genre Codes and Conventions. Plaza B.

6:00-7:30

  • 1301. Africa--Colonialism, Capitalism, and Ethnicity. Century.
  • 1302. Religion and Popular Culture. Intersections of Popular Music, Internet, and Spirituality: Dave and Ray Davies, Gospel Music, Contemporary Christian Music. Commerce A.
  • 1303. Libraries, Museums, and Collecting. Mediating Responses. Commerce B.
  • 1304. Adaptations. Adapting "High Art." Concourse A.
  • 1305. Music. Voices of Rock and Roll. Concourse B.
  • 1306. Comics. Comics in the 21st Century: Coping with a New Reality. Landmark.
  • 1307. History and Popular Culture. History Through the Media. Carriage.
  • 1308. Film. Critics, Authorship, and Style. Plaza A.
  • 1309. Fat Studies. Performing Fat. Plaza B.

7:45-9:00

  • Reception. Cupples Ballroom Salons A and B.

 

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