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2008 Conference

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Saturday Detail Schedule

7:30-8:30

  • Ballroom, Continental Breakfast

8:00-12:00

  • Hotel Lobby, Registration

8:30-12:00

  • Salon A2, Book Exhibit

8:30-10:00

2101. Salon A1. The Boundaries of Documentary. Area: Documentary

  • “Iraq War Documentaries and the Limits of Explanation,” Jeffrey Chown, Northern Illinois University
  • “Discourses of Documentary: An Exploration of Documentary Film’s Theories and Definitions,” Caroline Claiborn, Knox College
  • “The Making and Re-Making of the American Myth in Dorothea Lange’s ‘Plantation Overseer’ Photographs,” Kris Belden-Adams, CUNY - Graduate Center
  • Chair: Jeffrey Chown

2102. Salon B1. The Culture of Mystery. Area: Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction

  • “Nabokov's ‘Chosen Creatures’: Incest and the Grotesque in Lolita,” Jeremy Ekberg, University of Alabama—Tuscaloosa
  • “Sleuthing Through Time: A Sociological Analysis of Nancy Drew’s Primary Literary Incarnations,” Amy Singer, Knox College
  • “What is the Maltese Falcon?: Metaphor and Metonymy in the Black Mask School,” Douglas Torgerson, Trent University
  • Chair: Douglas Torgerson

2103. Salon B2. Visual Studies Case Studies. Area: Visual Studies.

  • “Carhenge, Cadillac Ranch, and the Carthenon: America’s Vehicular Veneration,” Monica Kjellman-Chapin, Emporia State University
  • “Pop's Repressed Childhood: The Case of the Keane Kids,” Samuel E. Watson, Central College
  • “Eisenman’s Wexner Center: Postmodern Architecture, High and Low Culture, and Pop Artm,” Tony Osborne, Gonzaga University
  • Chair: Tony Osborne

2104. Salon C1. Undergraduate Student Panel: Race, Gender, and the Media. Area: African-American Popular Culture

  • “It Doesn’t Quite Translate: The Relationship between African and African Americans on the Truman State University Campus,” Tiffany Casear, Truman State University
  • “Darker Than a Brown Paper Bag,” Brandy Holmes, Truman State University
  • “Shifted: Reality across the Butler Spectrum,” Gemmicka Piper, Truman State University
  • Chair: G. Victoria Landrum, Truman State University

2105. Salon C2. Seminar: Creating a Curriculum Vitae. Area: Professional Development

  • “The Curriculum Vitae: An Introduction to Presenting and Promoting Your Academic Career”
  • An effective curriculum vita, or “CV,” is essential when gaining admission to doctoral programs, applying for university teaching positions, advancing an academic career, and maintaining a lifelong professional image. The purpose of this seminar will be to provide guidelines about organizing, drafting, and editing a curriculum vita. Participants will learn the difference between résumés, vitas, cover letters, recommendation letters, and teaching portfolios; the types & purposes of CVs; the uses of CVs; the seven essential components & nine non-essential components of a CV; sources of CV content; steps for writing and formatting a basic CV; moral, ethical, and legal considerations; and the future of the CV. The Curriculum Vitae seminar is suited for masters and doctoral students across all disciplines as well as tenure-track faculty or other faculty that need to update an existing CV. Participants can bring a current résumé or CV to the seminar, if one is available, in paper form and/or electronic form.
  • Chair/Presenter: Angela M. Nelson, Bowling Green State University

2106. Salon D1. Myth, Icons and Cultural Meanings in the Movies. Areas: Film and Race and Ethnicity (Co-Sponsorship)

  • “A Mythic Analysis of Glory,” Z. Hall, University of Kansas
  • “Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Hero with a Thousand Flexes,” Joshua Wille, Northern Illinois University
  • “World Without Haragei: The Disintegration of Cultural Harmony in Abe & Ueda’s Texhnolyze,” Deborah A. Scally, University of Texas – Dallas
  • “Jun Ji-Hyun, A Transnational Celebrity in Asia,” JaeYoon Park, University of Kansas
  • Chair: John R. Fisher, Northwest Missouri State University

2107. Salon D2. Music and Politics: Crossroads, Images and Trends. Area: Music.

  • “Avoiding the Political Ramifications of Oi! How the Business Championed the Underground,” Eric J. Abbey, Oakland Community College
  • “The Blitz Kids and the Iron Lady: The Thatcher Revolution and British Youth Culture,” Lorrie Carano, University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Chair: Lorrie Carano

2108. 2525. Critical Approaches to Videogames. Area: Toys and Games

  • “Guided Emergence, Repeatability, and Uncertainty in Gears of War,” Jason Gendler, UCLA
  • “Re-Sensitizing Fear: The Fight-or-Flight Response in Videogames,” Mike Sage, Ryerson University
  • “Processing Poker: Hermeneutics of Online Hold'em,” Mike Skolnik, Independent Scholar
  • “Still the Slowest Kid on the Playground: The Making of the Hero in World of Warcraft,” Robin Woods, Ripon College
  • TITLE TBA Matt Henry
  • Chair: Robin Woods

2109. 2625. The Pre-Modern, Modern, and Post-Modern of Comic Book Superheroes. Area: Heroes in Popular Culture

  • “Plastic Man and the Spirit: Pre-Postmodern Heroes of the Golden Age,” Steve Higgins, Lewis and Clark Community College
  • “An Orphan Under the Mask: Childhood Loss and the Modern Superhero,” William Bradley, Drew University
  • “The Ultimate Critique: Neoconservativism, Captain America and Marvel's Ultimates,” J. Richard Stevens, Southern Methodist University
  • “The Four Rs of Superhero Deconstruction: Retcons, Reimagenings and Reciprocative Rejoinders,” Daniel Braun, Carleton University
  • Chair: Terrence Wandtke, Judson College

2110. 2701. Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association Board Meeting.

  • Board Members:
    • Lynn Bartholome
    • Scott L. Baugh
    • John Bratzel
    • Gary Burns
    • Jeffery P. Cain
    • Mary Findley
    • Gary Hoppenstand
    • Kathy Merlock Jackson
    • Lynnea Chapman King
    • Loretta Lorance
    • Alice Goldfarb Marquis
    • Jay Nelson
    • Doug Noverr
    • Donald Palumbo
    • Delores Rauscher
    • Cheri Louise Ross
    • Mike Schoenecke
    • Phil Simpson
    • Joy Sperling
    • Sally Sugarman
    • Mark D. Van Ells
    • James Brian Wagaman
  • Chair: Lynn Bartholome

2111. Executive. Art and Irish Representation. Area: Irish Studies

  • “Art, Artist, and the Creation of Fictional Truths in Brian Friel’s Faith Healer,” Lindsay Ludvigsen, California State University
  • “The Ancient Fair of Tailtiu and Five Irish Crosses,” Sally Tomlinson, Clark College
  • “Riots, Rights, and Responsibilities,” Per Janson, Brown University
  • “Writing the Aran Islands: The Images (and Realities?) of the Travel Narrative, 1905 and 2002,” Justin T. Noetzel, St. Louis University
  • Chair: Justin T. Noetzel

10:15-11:45

2201. Salon A1. Race and Urban Contexts. Area: African-American Popular Culture

  • “The Psychopath’s Encore: Problematic Redeployments of Mailer’s ‘White Negro’ in Critical and Popular Discussions of Eminem,” Ryan J. Weaver, University of Kansas
  • “The Epistemology of Cool: Race and Recognition in the Urban Milieu,” Joseph D. Lewandowski, University of Central Missouri
  • “Frontier Crossroads: African Americans and the Making of Kansas City and the Urban West,” Delia C. Gillis, University of Central Missouri
  • Chair: Delia C. Gillis

2202. Salon B1. Reality TV and the Media. Area: Reality Television

  • “Advertising on The Apprentice: Product Placement and Gender,” Tricia Farwell, Morehead State University
  • “Product Placement Recall in Reality Television Shows,” Erin Nowak, Morehead State University
  • “Real TV: You Tube,” Ann Andaloro, Morehead State University
  • “Dramatizing Reality TV and the Acceleration of the Hyperreal: The Truman Show, The Condemned, and On the Lot,” Jeremy Hockett, Lansing Community College
  • Chair: Ann Andaloro

2203. Salon B2. Games, Toys, and Learning. Area: Toys and Games

  • “Mathematical Game Playing as Popular Culture in the University,” Denise Weiss, Northwest Missouri State University
  • “Build-A-Bear Workshops: Learning Gender Role Development through Cultivation,” Kate McNichols, Northern Illinois University
  • “Nintendo Goes to School: Harvesting the Power of Games for Learning,” Cathy Leogrande, Le Moyne College
  • Chair: Cathy Leogrande

2204. Salon C1. Museums and Teaching Popular Culture. Area: Teaching Popular Culture

  • “An Introduction to the Advertising Icon Museum”
  • The Advertising Icon Museum (http://www.advertisingiconmuseum.com/), which will showcase the world’s largest-known collection of three-dimensional advertising icons, is currently under construction in Kansas City. Founded by Robert Bernstein of Bernstein-Rein Advertising and under the direction of Howard Boasberg, the Advertising Icon Museum will feature public access to the permanent collection, permanent and temporary exhibitions, a two-story sculptural centerpiece, a wide range of educational programs for students from elementary school children to undergraduate marketing majors, and gift shop. It is also the permanent home of the annual winners of Advertising Week’s “Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame” as chosen by millions of online voters via Yahoo! and presented by USA Today and Reuters. In this session, the Founder and Executive Director will share their work and vision regarding a museum that will educate and enhance the public’s appreciation and understanding of advertising and product branding through the use of advertising icons and fictional characters.
  • Robert A. Bernstein, Chairman, Advertising Icon Museum
  • Howard T. Boasberg, Executive Director, Advertising Icon Museum
  • Chair: Angela M. Nelson, Bowling Green State University

2205. Salon C2. Societal Impacts of Popular Culture. Area: Radio/TV

  • “Taking It Seriously: A Pentadic Analysis of the Feb. 1, 2007 Boston Bomb Scare Press Conference,” Bob Britten, University of Missouri – Columbia
  • “The View From Here: Media Coverage of Rosie O’Donnell and The View,” K. Megan Hopper, University of Missouri – Columbia
  • “‘Songs About Hips and Hearts’: A Feminist Critique of Fall Out Boy’s From Under the Cork Tree,” Mark Glantz, University of Missouri – Columbia
  • Chair: Mark Glantz

2206. Salon D1. Adaptation and Cultural Ideology. Area: Adaptations

  • “Revisiting the Colonial Stereotype: Western Representations of Africa in Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland and Edward Zwick’s Blood Diamond,” Okaka Opio Dokotum, Northern Illinois University
  • “Gangster Love: “Family” and “family” in the Godfather Trilogy and The Sopranos,” Alisa M. Smith-Riel, Northern Illinois University
  • “The Bollywood Bennetts: Bride and Prejudice’s Postcolonial Rendering of Jane Austen,” Sarah Erickson, Northern Illinois University
  • Chair: Robert T. Self, Northern Illinois University

2207. Salon D2. Re-Imagining Working Class Culture: Transitions in the Workplace, the Home and Television. Area: Working Class Culture

  • “Noodling as Masculine Working-Class Identity Work: ‘You Ain’t Fishin Unless You’re Bleedin,’” Mary Grigsby, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • “From The Playground To The Workplace: When Bullies Become Bosses,” Miriam Finch, Xavier University
  • “Working for a Living on Roseanne: Class Confusion and Transitional Television,” Holley Wlodarczyk, University of Minnesota
  • Chair: Mary Grigsby

2208. 2525. Bodies under Modernization: New Woman and New Man in Weimar Culture. Area: German Popular Culture

  • “Daughters in the Metropolis: Depictions of Daughters in Georg W. Pabst’s Die freudlose Gasse,” Berna Güneli, University of Texas—Austin
  • “Speeding up and Slowing down: New Regimes of Body in Weimar Popular Culture and Dudow/Brecht’s Film Kuhle Wampe (1932),” Mariana Ivanova, University of Texas—Austin
  • “Sexual Cynicism in Erich Kästner’s Fabian and New Objectivist Großstadt-Painting,” Jan Uelzmann, University of Texas—Austin
  • Chair: Corinna Kahnke, California Polytechnic State University

2209. 2625. The Oppression of Language. Area: Gender Studies

  • “Female Genital Mutilation and the Significance of Terminological Change,” Alex Bevan, Northwestern University
  • “Competing Perspectives: How Advocacy Groups Frame the Same-Sex Marriage Issue,” Jenn Anderson, Miami University
  • “The Dysfunctional Sex: The Fight for Female Dysfunction,” Carrie Casper, Northern Illinois University
  • “That’s Why the Lady is a Vamp: The Cultural Etymology of the Bad Girl Image in Pre-Code Hollywood,” Deborah Christie, University of Miami
  • Chair: Deborah Christie

2210. 2701. Critical Approaches to Time, Space, and Place in Globalization Studies. Area: Globalization

  • “Governed Cosmopolitans in Clara Law’s Farewell China,” Yong Yeong Tan, National University of Singapore
  • “A Critique of Distinction: Rereading the Diasporic Habitus,” Cheryl Narumi Naruse, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Chair: Cheryl Narumi Naruse

2211. Executive. Education and Harry Potter. Area: Harry Potter

  • “Educational Rhetoric in Harry Potter,” Megim Parks, California State University
  • “Harry Potter is Funny,” María del Pilar Alderete-Diez, National University of Ireland
  • “Educating Wizards: Harry Potter, Christopher Chrestomanci, and Ged,” Lynn Wilcox, University of Colorado
  • Chair: Lynn Wilcox

Noon-1:30

  • Ballroom, Lunch and Speaker

1:30-5:30

  • Salon A2, Book Exhibit

1:45-2:45

  • Ballroom, Business Meeting

2:00-6:00

  • Hotel Lobby, Registration

3:00-4:30

2301. Salon A1. Black Heroes and Tricksters. Area: African-American Popular Culture

  • “Mario Bauzá: Swing Era Novelty and Afro-Cuban Authenticity,” Nathan B. Miller, University of Missouri – Columbia
  • “The New Trickster Tradition among Black Athletes,” Anand Prahlad, University of Missouri – Columbia
  • “‘Black is Black Ain’t’: Chappelle’s Show at the Intersection of Popular Culture and Racial Imagining,” Raél Jero Salley, University of Chicago
  • Chair: Raél Jero Salley

2302. Salon B1. Gendering Relationships. Area: Relationships and Popular Culture

  • “Relationships, Youth, and Masculinity: The Lessons Learned from Ugly Betty,” Jimmie Manning, Northern Kentucky University
  • “Negotiating the Differences: Finding the Space to Relate in Brothers & Sisters,” David Ta, University of Kansas
  • “Watching Wooly Boys: A Tale of a Male Relationship,” Ahmet Atay, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
  • “Curved TV: The Impact of Televisual Images on Gay Youth,” Victor D. Evans, Thiel College
  • Chair: Jimmie Manning

2303. Salon B2. Issues of Race and Ethnicity. Area: Race and Ethnicity

  • “The National Cemetery: Exploring Race and Sectional Reconciliation in a Contested Landscape,” Robin A. Hanson, Saint Louis University
  • “Hate Is on the Air: Radio Shock Jocks and the Decontextualizing of Racist Discourse,” Vanessa Au, University of Washington
  • “The Impact of Systemic Bias on the Education of Native Americans,” John R. Fisher, Northwest Missouri State University
  • “Race and Ethnicity: A Critical Perspective,” Bayo Oludaja, Northwest Missouri State University
  • Chair: Bayo Oludaja

2304. Salon C1. Irish Film and Literature. Area: Irish Studies

  • “Irish Icon: A Depth of Field Analysis of Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins,” Jim Gorham, Midwestern State University
  • “Everybody's Irish on Paddy's Day: A Historical and Mythological Examination of Liberation through Violence in The Boondock Saints and The Departed,” Mike Yetter, Northern Illinois University
  • Chair: Mike Yetter

2305. Salon C2. Women and War. Area: War

  • “‘One Feels Like Another Creature’: Englishwomen Diarist's of the 1857 Indian Mutiny,” Elizabeth Moss, Canterbury Christ Church University
  • “WWW--Women, War, and Websites: Visual Rhetoric and Representations of Women by Women,” Cambria Stamper, Arizona State University
  • “On Being a Coward,” Andrea Womacque, University Nebraska – Omaha
  • Chair: Cambria Stamper

2306. Salon D1. New Media and Harry Potter. Area: Harry Potter

  • “Rockin’ and Rowling: The Wizard Rock Phenomenon,” Kathleen Turner, Northern Illinois University
  • “Virtual Harry: The Role of Video Games in the Potter Series,” Cathy Leogrande, Le Moyne College
  • “Re-Reading, Re-Watching, Re-Writing: Harry Potter Redux,” Paul Booth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Chair: Paul Booth

2307. Salon D2. Case Studies in Mystery. Area: Area: Mystery, Thrillers, and Detective and Crime Fiction

  • “Deviance and Mystery: Race, Ethnicity, and Deviance in Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Novels,” Crystal Doss, SUNY – Buffalo
  • “Mud, Murder, & Conspiracy: Anne Perry's World War 1 Saga,” Fred Isaac, Independent scholar
  • “Death of the Author?: Dorothy Gilman's Tightrope Walker,” Kathryn Edney, Michigan State University
  • Chair: Kathryn Edney

2308. 2525. Gender and the Media. Area: Gender Studies

  • “She Can’t Be the ‘Bad Guy…She’s Too Pretty’: A Content Analysis of the Character of ‘Sharpay’ From Disney’s Made for TV Movie, High School Musical,” Betsy B. Petrie, Northern Illinois University
  • “Not Ordinary Girls: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Veronica Mars and Their Slaying of Standard Feminine Linguistic Roles,” Thomas J. Bukowski, Northern Illinois University
  • “Adolescents, Aggression, and Reality TV: A Content Analysis of Indirect, Relational, and Social Aggression,” Elaine L. Davies, Northern Illinois University
  • “A Feminist Analysis of Big Love: Men as Mere Placeholders in a Woman’s World,” Judy Battaglia, California State University
  • Chair: Lois Self, Northern Illinois University

2309. 2625. Cultural Representations of Mongolia. Area: Asian Popular Culture

  • “Trends in Mongolian Painting,” James Arnott, Principia College
  • “Cracking the Cashmere Crisis,” David Crabill, Principia College
  • “Re-creating Mongolian National Identity,” Rachel Hansen, Principia College
  • “Here There Be Monsters: Dinosaurs and Their Role in Mongolian History,” Mollie Moore, Principia College
  • “Affects of Mass Communication on Mongolian Society,” Aaron Springston, Principia College
  • Chair: John W. Williams, Principia College

2310. 2701. The Unseen "Other" in Everyday Life. Area: Ethnography

  • "Studying the Reality of Dharamsala Culture," Lauren Byrnes, University of Maryland
  • "The Role of Ethnography in Understanding Reading as a Cultural Practice," Jennifer Nolan-Stinson, University of Maryland
  • "Ethnography Near Death: Contradictions Between the Worldviews of 'Near-Death Experiencers' and Medical Science," Suzanne Gordon, Loyola College in Maryland
  • Chair: Suzanne Gordon

2311. Executive. Comic Book Heroes and Postmodern Noir. Area: Heroes in Popular Culture

  • “Noir and the Postmodern in Chaykin and Tischman's American Century,” Tony Rafalowski, University of Missouri – Columbia
  • “Postmodern Superheroics of Noir Journalism in Daredevil: Wake Up,” D.T. Kofoed, University of South Dakota
  • “Bat Mask of Bare Skin: The Noir of Batman in Nine Lives,” Chad Parmenter, University of Missouri – Columbia
  • Chair: Terrence Wandtke, Judson College

4:45-6:15

2401. Salon A1. Religion and Popular Culture. Area: Religion and Popular Culture

  • “How North Are Southern Jews?” Mara Cohen Ioannides, Missouri State University
  • “Exploring the Use of Media and Technology by Midwestern Religious Institutions,” Shonna L. Tropf, The University of Central Missouri
  • “Sacrifice and Vengeance: Commonalities in Popular American Christ Films,” Aaron V. Burton, Bowling Green State University
  • “‘You Are Not What You Seem’: Religious and Theological Responses to Cross Imagery in Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ and ‘Live to Tell,’” David Schimpf, Marian College
  • Chair: David Schimpf

2402. Salon B1. 20th Century German Popular Culture: Music-Literature-Film. Area: German Popular Culture

  • “Media-Meta-Music: Technological Contexts of Stockhausen’s MikrophonieII between Pop and Art,” Larson Powell, Texas A&M University
  • “Recasting Liberal Tolerance in Stemmle’s Toxi,” Magdalen Stanley, Washington University in St. Louis
  • “Die neuen Schlichten. Naivety in German Popliteratur,” Stefan Krankenhagen, NTNU Trondheim
  • “Daß die Mädchen im Osten schöner sind, weiß heutzutage jedes Kind. Representations of Re-Unification in Popular Music,” Corinna Kahnke, Indiana University -- Bloomington
  • Chair: Corinna Kahnke

2403. Salon B2. Unique Places and Food and Festivals. Area: Food and Festivals

  • “Living to Eat: How Food has Become a National Pastime in France,” Annelise Fisher and John Fisher, Northwest Missouri State University
  • “Fair Play: Lunatic Asylum Inmates Create Identity and Community Appropriating the Ladies’ Fair,” Madaline Guilfoil, University of Missouri - Kansas City
  • Chair: Madaline Guilfoil

2404. Salon C1. Latin America and the Arts. Area: Latin American Popular Culture

  • “The Lens is Mightier than the Sword: Pancho Villa and the Power of Film,” Virginia Shen, Chicago State University
  • “Postcard Ports: Representations of the Latin American City in Early 20th Century Postcards,” Anton Rosenthal, University of Kansas
  • “Dance to the Music: Issues of Identity at Argentina’s Cosquín National Folklore Festival,” Jane L. Florine, Chicago State University
  • Chair: Jane L. Florine

2405. Salon C2. After-images of War: Images and Iraq. Area: Photography

  • “Camera Never Told the Truth: An Exploration of Objectivity in Photojournalism,” Sharaf Rehman, SUNY – Buffalo; Erika Grodzki, Lynn University; and Myles Ludwig, Lynn University
  • “The Epistemological Violence of Torture and Photography at Abu Ghraib,” John M. Woolsey, George Mason University, jwoolsey@gmu.edu
  • “Green is the Color of Truth: The First Casualty of War,” Erika Grodzki, Lynn University; and Myles Ludwig, Lynn University
  • Chair: Amy Darnell, Columbia College

2406. Salon D1. Gender & Film. Area: Film

  • “‘I Have So Got Brains!’” The Wizard of Oz and (Anti)Feminism,” Andrew J. Kirk, Southern Illinois University
  • “The Transcendence of Adolescence in Days of Heaven and The Spirit of the Beehive,” Greg Carlson, Concordia College; and Jesse Hackey, Concordia College
  • “Movie Previews Targeting a Young Audience,” Jordan Sternberg, Northern Illinois University, Jordans00@aol.com
  • “Shooting Stars: Following in the Footsteps of an Early Film Star,” Gretchen Bisplinghoff, Northern Illinois University, gbisplin@niu.edu
  • Chair: Gretchen Bisplinghoff

2407. Salon D2. Adaptation, Imitation, and the Cultural Economy. Area: Adaptations

  • “Comics to Film (and Halfway Back Again): The Aesthetics of Adaptation,” Drew Morton, University of California - Los Angeles
  • “Adaptation or Imitation: Frank Miller’s 300,” Christopher Hagenah, University of California—Santa Barbara
  • “Shopping Nightmares: The Spectacle of Urban Desire and the Gotham City Department Store,” Will Scheibel, Northern Illinois University
  • Chair: Robert T. Self, Northern Illinois University

2408. 2525. Content and Meaning in News and Entertainment. Area: Radio/TV

  • “This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Niche Network: An Analysis of G4 Promotional, Acquisition, Retention and Recycling Strategies, ” William Anderson, Central Michigan University
  • “Is It Really the ‘Fake’ News? A Comparison of The Daily Show Content and Evening Television News Programs,” Nick Wiget, Bowling Green State University
  • “Schrute Society: How Humor Makes Hegemony Palatable,” Brian Ekdale, University of Wisconsin – Madison, bekdale@wisc.edu ; and Paul Booth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • “Apes and Cylons in the Cultural Landscape,” Timothy Shorkey
  • Chair: William Anderson

2409. 2625. Song of a Poet: The Music of Bob Dylan. Area: Music

  • “‘Going Electric’: Bob Dylan’s Performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and the Polemics of Folk Rock within the Folk Music Revival Movement,” Mark E. Perry, University of Kansas
  • “‘Heard the Song of a Poet’: Bob Dylan’s Early Impact on the Beatles,” Erica Argyropoulos, University of Kansas
  • “Paean to the Proletariat: Comparative Images of the Working Class in the Works of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen,” MaryAnn Janosik Ohio University
  • Chair: MaryAnn Janosik

2410. 2701. Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association Endowment Board Meeting

  • Meeting of members of the Popular culture Association/ American Culture Association Endowment Board
  • Endowment Board Members:
    • Lynn Bartholome
    • John Bratzel
    • Ray Browne
    • Gary Burns
    • Kenneth R. Dvorak
    • Gary Hoppenstand
    • Fred Isaac
    • Michael T. Marsden
    • Mike Schoenecke
    • David Sokol
  • Chair: Mike Schoenecke

2411. Executive. Challenging Work Relations: Paternalism, Protest and Privilege. Area: Working Class Culture

  • “‘We Govern Like the Czars of Russia’: The Culture of Paternalism in Southern Mill Towns, 1880-1940,” Bart Dredge, Austin College
  • “‘Jimmie Higgins:’ Upton Sinclair’s Proletarian War Hero,” Mark Olsztyn
  • “Stop GATT: How Recent U.S. Labor Pro-Labor Argument Reified an International Division of Labor,” Kathryn A. Cady, Northern Illinois University
  • Chair: Kathryn A. Cady

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