Saturday Short Schedule

• Friday
• Sunday

7:30-8:30

• Continental Breakfast. Rotunda.

8:00-12:00

• Registration. TBA.

8:30-12:00

• Book Exhibit. Metro Suite.

8:30-10:00

• 2101. Fat Studies. What Does It Mean to Be Fat? Some Answers from Popular Culture. Suite 11.
• 2102. Adaptations. Reconstructing Texts. Suite 12.
• 2103. Television and Radio. Unique Portrayals in and of Contemporary Television. Suite 13.
• 2104. Humor. Humor Across This Great Land of Ours...and Everyone Else's. Suite 14.
• 2105. Hypermedia. Art and Narrative in Hypertext. Suite 15.
• 2106. Professional Development. Tenure and Promotion Review. Plaza Boardroom.
• 2107. Irish Studies. Postcolonialism and Mapping in Irish Writing. Crosspointe Suite.
• 2108. Toys and Games. Critical Approaches to Toys and Games. Keystone Boardroom.
• 2109. Westerns. Westerns. Haverstick Boardroom.
• 2110. Undergraduate Paper Competition. Undergraduate Paper Competition. Woodfield Boardroom.

10:15-11:45

• 2201. Subculture. Walking Through the Lens of Fandom: Examining the Experience of the Fan Through the Lens of Autoethnography. Suite 11.
• 2202. Reality Television. Reality Television. Suite 12.
• 2203. Documentary. Perspectives in Documentary. Suite 13.
• 2204. Photography. Photography and the Cultural Imaginary. Suite 14.
• 2205. Hypermedia. Information and Identity in a Hypertextual Environment. Suite 15.
• 2206. Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective and Crime Fiction. Film Noir and Teaching the Thriller. Plaza Boardroom.
• 2207. Irish Studies. Irish Culture in Ireland and Abroad. Crosspointe Suite.
• 2208. Jewish Studies. Entertaining Jews. Keystone Boardroom.
• 2209. Heroes in Popular Culture. Cultural Implications of the Mythology of Superman (and Supergirl). Haverstick Boardroom.
• 2210. Music. From Politics to Metaphysics: The Role of Punk and Hard Rock in American Culture. Woodfield Boardroom.

12:00-1:30

• 2301. Luncheon and Featured Speaker. Clearwater Ballroom A and B.

1:30-5:30

• Book Exhibit. Metro Suite.

1:45-2:45

• 2401. Business Meeting. Clearwater Ballroom A and B.

2:00-6:00

• Registration. TBA.

3:00-4:30

• 2501. Horror and Science Fiction/ Fantasy. The American Horror Film as Cultural Barometer. Suite 11.
• 2502. Latin American Popular Culture. Latin American Music. Suite 12.
• 2503. Adaptations. Narrative Permutations. Suite 13.
• 2504. Travel, Tourism, and Transportation. Selling Tourist Sites. Suite 14.
• 2505. Film. History, Culture, and Politics in Film. Suite 15.
• 2506. German Popular Culture. German-Americana in Kansas. Plaza Boardroom.
• 2507. Girls' Culture/ Girls' Studies. Gender, Genre, and Girl Authors: Description, Prescription, and Expression. Crosspointe Suite.
• 2508. Comics. Comics and Race: Old and New Perspectives. Keystone Boardroom.
• 2509. Folklore and Popular Storytelling. Folklore and Popular Storytelling. Haverstick Boardroom.
• 2510. Woodfield Boardroom.

4:45-6:15

• 2601. Horror and Science Fiction/ Fantasy. Of Women and Monsters: Gender Roles, Moral Rhetoric, and Treacherous Realism in Slasher Films. Suite 11.
• 2602. Girls' Culture/ Girls' Studies. Cinematic Constructions of American Girlhoods. Suite 12.
• 2603. Libraries, Museums, and Collecting. Of Paradigms and Pulp. Suite 13.
• 2604. Deadwood and Its Discontents. Suite 14.
• 2605. Film. Images of Women in Film. Suite 15.
• 2606. Children's Literature and Culture. Global Girlhood. Plaza Boardroom.
• 2607. Crosspointe Suite.
• 2608. Native American Popular Culture. Popular Culture as the Devastating Funhouse Mirror for the Destruction of Native American Youth. Keystone Boardroom.
• 2609. Publishing Opportunities in Popular Culture and American Culture Studies. Haverstick Boardroom.
• 2610. Music. American Roots Music: Style, Sound, and Subject Matter. Woodfield Boardroom.

6:30-8:00

• 2701. Fat Studies Area Meeting. Location TBA.

More conference program information

• Registration
• Special Events
• 2006 Area Chairs
• Short Schedule
• Detail Schedule
• Index of Participants
• Index of Areas
• Acknowledgments