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2008 Conference

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Sunday Short Schedule

7:00-8:00

  • Area Chairs Breakfast. Clearwater Ballroom A.
  • Continental Breakfast. Rotunda.

7:45-11:30

  • Registration. TBA.

8:00-9:30

  • 3101. Music. Myth vs. Reality: The Place of the Rock Documentary in Rock Music. Suite 11.
  • 3102. African-American Popular Culture. The Black Press, Orature, and Legal Perspectives. Suite 12.
  • 3103. Television and Radio. Television and Radio: Text and Context. Suite 13.
  • 3104. Photography. Past, Present, and Other: Multiple Perspectives on Photography's Future. Suite 14.
  • 3105. Film. Directors, Genres, and Techniques in Film. Suite 15.
  • 3106. Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association Endowment Council Oversight Committee Meeting. Plaza Boardroom.
  • 3107. Girls' Culture/ Girls' Studies. Enemies and Allies: The Politics, Policies, and Policing of Gender and Girls. Crosspointe Suite.
  • 3108. Children's Literature and Culture. Gendering Childhood in Victorian/ Edwardian England. Keystone Boardroom.
  • 3109. Comics. Superheroes as Cultural Touchstones. Haverstick Boardroom.
  • 3110. Irish Studies. Irish Literature. Woodfield Boardroom.

8:30-12:00

  • Book Exhibit. Metro Suite.

9:45-11:15

  • 3201. Fat Studies. Who Gets to Decide What's Normal? Social and Cultural Analyses of Fat Issues and Their Consequences. Suite 11.
  • 3202. Suite 12.
  • 3203. Adaptations. Fiction and Social Values. Suite 13.
  • 3204. Music; and Religion and Popular Culture. Intersections of Music, Popular Culture, and Spirituality: Gospel Brunch, Ray Davies, Rock 'n' Roll. Suite 14.
  • 3205. Film. Social Issues in Film. Suite 15.
  • 3206. Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association Endowment Council Meeting. Plaza Boardroom.
  • 3207. Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective and Crime Fiction. Issues of Psychology and Popularity in Women's Mystery and Detective Fiction. Crosspointe Suite.
  • 3208. German Popular Culture. "Einmal gepoppt--nie mehr gestoppt!"--Recent Pop(ular) Literature. Keystone Boardroom.
  • 3209. Material Culture. Containers of Treasures and the Treasure Itself: Individualizing Material Culture. Haverstick Boardroom.
  • 3210. Irish Studies. Narrative Technique in Irish Literature. Woodfield Boardroom.

11:30-1:00

  • 3301. New Media. New Directions in New Media Research. Suite 11.
  • 3302. Suite 12.
  • 3303. Case Studies in Popular Culture. Suite 13.
  • 3304. Teaching Popular Culture. Strategies for Teaching Art Composition and Rhetoric Composition. Suite 14.
  • 3305. Politics. Varieties of Political Action. Suite 15.
  • 3306. Heroes in Popular Culture. Sexual and Ethnic Identities in Superhero Narratives. Plaza Boardroom.
  • 3307. Festivals and Food. Food and Festivals. Crosspointe Suite.
  • 3308. History and Popular Culture. History and Popular Culture. Keystone Boardroom.
  • 3309. Irish Studies. Irish Women. Haverstick Boardroom.
  • 3310. Children's Literature and Culture. Adolescent Fictions. Woodfield Boardroom.

 

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