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2008 Conference

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Saturday Short Schedule

7:30-8:30

  • Continental Breakfast. Ballroom.

8:00-12:00

  • Registration. Hotel Lobby.

8:30-12:00

  • Book Exhibit. Salon A2.

8:30-10:00

  • 2101. Documentary. The Boundaries of Documentary. Salon A1.
  • 2102. Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction. The Culture of Mystery. Salon B1.
  • 2103. Visual Studies. Visual Studies Case Studies. Salon B2.
  • 2104. African-American Popular Culture. Undergraduate Student Panel: Race, Gender, and the Media. Salon C1.
  • 2105. Professional Development. Seminar: Creating a Curriculum Vitae. Salon C2.
  • 2106. Film and Race and Ethnicity (Co-Sponsorship). Myth, Icons and Cultural Meanings in the Movies. Salon D1.
  • 2107. Music. Music and Politics: Crossroads, Images and Trends. Salon D2.
  • 2108. Toys and Games. Critical Approaches to Videogames. 2525.
  • 2109. Heroes in Popular Culture. The Pre-Modern, Modern, and Post-Modern of Comic Book Superheroes. 2625.
  • 2110. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Board Meeting. 2701
  • 2111. Irish Studies. Art and Irish Representation. Executive.

10:15-11:45

  • 2201. African-American Popular Culture. Race and Urban Contexts Salon A1.
  • 2202. Reality Television. Reality TV and the Media. Salon B1.
  • 2203. Toys and Games. Games, Toys, and Learning. Salon B2.
  • 2204. Teaching Popular Culture. Museums and Teaching Popular Culture. Salon C1.
  • 2205. Radio/TV. Societal Impacts of Popular Culture. Salon C2.
  • 2206. Adaptations. Adaptation and Cultural Ideology. Salon D1.
  • 2207. Working Class Culture. Re-Imagining Working Class Culture: Transitions in the Workplace, the Home and Television. Salon D2.
  • 2208. German Popular Culture. Bodies under Modernization: New Woman and New Man in Weimar Culture. 2525.
  • 2209. Gender Studies. The Oppression of Language. 2625.
  • 2210. Globalization. Critical Approaches to Time, Space, and Place in Globalization Studies. 2701.
  • 2211. Harry Potter. Education and Harry Potter. Executive.

12:00-1:30

  • Lunch and Speaker. Ballroom.

1:30-5:30

  • Book Exhibit. Salon A2.

1:45-2:45

  • Business Meeting. Ballroom.

2:00-6:00

  • Registration. Hotel Lobby.

3:00-4:30

  • 2101. African-American Popular Culture. Black Heroes and Tricksters Salon A1.
  • 2302. Relationships and Popular Culture. Gendering Relationships. Salon B1.
  • 2303. Race and Ethnicity. Issues of Race and Ethnicity. Salon B2.
  • 2304. Irish Studies. Irish Film and Literature. Salon C1.
  • 2305. War. Women and War. Salon C2.
  • 2306. Harry Potter. New Media and Harry Potter. Salon D1.
  • 2307. Mystery, Thriller, Crime Fiction. Case Studies in Mystery. Salon D2./li>
  • 2308. Gender Studies. Gender and the Media. 2525.
  • 2309. Asian Popular Culture. Cultural Representations of Mongolia. 2625.
  • 2310. Ethnography. The Unseen “Other” in Everyday Life. 2701
  • 2311. Heroes in Popular Culture. Comic Book Heroes and Postmodern Noir. Executive.

4:45-6:15

  • 2401. Religion and Popular Culture. Religion and Popular Culture. Salon A1.
  • 2402. German Popular Culture. 20th Century German Popular Culture: Music-Literature-Film. Salon B1.
  • 2403. Food and Festivals. Unique Places and Food and Festivals. Salon B2.
  • 2404. Latin American Popular Culture. Latin America and the Arts. Salon C1.
  • 2405. Photography. After-images of War: Images and Iraq. Salon C2.
  • 2406. Film. Gender & Film. Salon D1.
  • 2407. Adaptations. Adaptation, Imitation, and the Cultural Economy. Salon D2.
  • 2408. Radio/TV. Content and Meaning in News and Entertainment. 2525.
  • 2409. Music. Song of a Poet: The Music of Bob Dylan. 2625
  • 2410. Endowment Meeting. 2701.
  • 2411. Working Class Culture. Challenging Work Relations: Paternalism, Protest and Privilege. Executive.

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