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2008 Conference

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Sunday Short Schedule

7:00-8:00

  • Area Chairs Breakfast. Cupples Ballroom Salon A.
  • Continental Breakfast. Cupples Ballroom Salon B.

7:45-11:30

  • Registration. Cupples Ballroom Foyer.

8:00-9:30

  • 3101. Undergraduate Paper Competition. Undergraduate Potpourri. Century.
  • 3102. Horror and Science Fiction. Flash and the Vampires on Parade. Commerce A.
  • 3103. Publishing Opportunities in Popular Culture and American Culture Studies. Commerce B.
  • 3104. Adaptations. Approaches to Adaptation. Concourse A.
  • 3106. Law and Popular Culture. Law and Popular Culture. Landmark.
  • 3107. Heroes in Popular Culture. Superhero Conventions (Re)Visited in Contemporary Films. Carriage.
  • 3108. Film. Gender, Identity, and Cultural Contexts. Plaza A.
  • 3109. Working Class Culture. Cooking, Serving, and Shifting: The Different Contexts of Work and Their Stories. Plaza B.

8:30-12:00

  • Book Exhibit. Cupples Ballroom Salon C.

9:45-11:15

  • 3201. Politics. Rituals of Civil Religion: Case Studies of the Enactment of Citizenship During the 2004 Presidential Campaign. Century.
  • 3202. African-American Popular Culture. A Screening of Ethnic Notions (California Newsreel, 1987). Commerce A.
  • 3203. Folklore and Popular Storytelling. Storytelling and Folklore. Commerce B.
  • 3204. Adaptations. Adapting for the Mainstream. Concourse A.
  • 3205. Music. Writing Rock: Experiences from the Research Field. Concourse B.
  • 3206. New Media. The Content of Media Convergence. Landmark.
  • 3207. Cultural Geography. Cultural Geography. Carriage.
  • 3208. Jewish Studies. The Evolution of Images of Jews in Film. Plaza A.
  • 3209. Festivals and Food. Festivals and Food. Plaza B.

11:30-1:00

  • 3301. Undergraduate Paper Competition. Transformational Powers Within Stoker's Dracula. Century.
  • 3302. Children's Literature and Culture. Material Cultures of Childhood. Commerce A.
  • 3303. Political Economy. Political Economy and Popular Cultural Symbologies. Commerce B.
  • 3304. Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective and Crime Fiction. Mazes and Guilt, But No Dead Bodies? A Hodgepodge of Issues. Concourse A.
  • 3305. Fat Studies. The Obesity "Crisis." Concourse B.
  • 3306. Comics. The Formation of Identity and Community Through Comics. Landmark.
  • 3307. Television and Radio. Wrestling with Masculinity: Correlations Between Literature and Popular Culture. Carriage.
  • 3308. Jewish Studies. A Small Jewish Community in the Ozarks: Preservation and Recognition. Plaza A.
  • 3309. Race and Ethnicity. Race and Ethnicity. Plaza B.

 

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