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2008 Conference

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Area Chairs
Travel Grants
Mentor program

Friday Detail Schedule

1:00-6:00

Hotel Lobby, Registration

2:30-5:30

Rockwood, Book Exhibits

2:30-4:00

1101. Julep. Visual Culture and Urban Space. Area: Urban Studies

?isaster Photography and the City Street, Zach Hilpert, College of William & Mary
?angerous Armpits: Masculinity and Mitchum Man Advertising on New York City Subways, Carolee Klimchock, College of William & Mary/Yale University
?he Bicentennial That Almost Happened: Investigating Graffiti Artists Presentation of Urban Space Through the 1976 Bicentennial ?reedom Train, Kevin Kosanovich, College of William & Mary
Chair: Kevin Kosanovich

1102. Mayflower 1. Maximizing Your Conference Experience. Area: Professional Development

This discussion will show participants ways to get the most out of their conference experience, including tips for making successful conference presentations, strategies for developing contacts and having conversations with scholars in your areas of interest, and suggestions for maximizing your overall time there. It also will introduce the culture of the Midwest Popular Culture Association and Midwest American Culture Association meeting and its relationship to the National Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association. New conference-goers are encouraged to attend and bring their questions.

MaryAnn Janosik, Saint Joseph College
Heather McIntosh, Northern Illinois University
Angela M. Nelson, Bowling Green State University
Chair: Angela M. Nelson

1103. Mayflower 2. Space and Community in Life and Literature

?culpting a Community, Julie Turner, Miami University of Ohio
?he Weakness of Socialism in America: A Critical Revisit to an Enduring Problematic, Mel van Elteren, Tilburg University
?omposing Place: The Dynamic Function of Region in Literature, Kayleen Schumacher, Central Michigan University
Chair: Kayleen Schumacher

1104. Mayflower 3. Untitled Panel. Area: Reality TV

?hear Genius: A Participant Response, Ann Andaloro, Morehead State University, Communication/ Theatre
?ashville Star: An Audience Study, Debra Plum, Morehead State University
?uilty Pleasure: Freak Shows on the Small Screen, Kate Smith
Chair: Ann Andaloro

1105. Salon A. The Erotic in Performance and Contemplative Practices. Area: Subculture

?Despite All the Amputations, You Could Dance to the Rock and Roll Station? Staging Authenticity in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Steve Feffer, Western Michigan University
?I Need You to Pin Me Down? Repetition, Redundancy, and S/M as a Metaphor in One Euryhtmics Song, Gillian M. Rodger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
?rotic Worship: St. Teresa of Avila, the Children of God, 19th Century Moravians, and Christian Vampire Communities, Shawn David Young, Michigan State University
Chair: Shawn David Young

1106. Salon E. Celebrity News and Chinese Politics: Where Communism and Juicy Couture Meet. Area: Magazines and Newspapers.

?Celebrity Juice, Not from Concentrate? Evaluating a New Approach to Celebrity News, Lindsey Arasmith, California State University
?hina's Politics through Western Lens: A Frame Analysis of American News Paper Coverage of China's 2007 National People's Congress, Jing Guo, Miami University of Ohio
Chair: Lindsey Arasmith

1107. Salon F

1108. Salon G. Television and Media Literacy. Area: Teaching Popular Culture

?ontemporary Media Literacy: A Solution to Lethargic Critical Thinking, Katie Barak, Bowling Green State University
?ontemporary Media Literacy: A Solution to Lethargic Critical Thinking, Sean Watkins, Bowling Green State University
?reaking Cultural Stereotypes: The Image of Modern Spain in TV Commercials, Beatriz G?ez Acu?, Elmhurst College
Chair: Beatriz G?ez Acu?

1109. Salon H.

1110. Salon I. Black Popular Music and Cultural Practices. Area: African-American Popular Culture

?Rara) Rap Haiti!: Wyclef Jean's Diasporic Remix as Trans-Atlantic Play/Transnational Political Protest, Jana Evans Braziel, University of Cincinnati
?frican American Musical Influence on the Beatles: With Special Reference to Black Liverpool, Mark Christian, Miami University
?rom Black CNN to History: Hip Hop as Memory, Vivian Deno, Butler University
Chair: Vivian Deno

1111. Salon M. International Film Authorship. Area: Authorship & Auteurism

?uthorship in the Age of Postmodernism, Kraig Koch, Eastern Illinois University
?he False Nuances of Meaning, Paul Anthony Johnson, University of Florida
?In Vespa and on Foot: Rome through the Eyes of Two Auteurs, Claire Nettleton, University of Southern California
?bbas Kiarostami and Hou Hsiao-hsien: Authorial Reputations in the Digital Age, Jason Kelly Roberts, Northwestern University
Chair: Will Scheibel, Indiana University-Bloomington,

4:15-5:45

1201. Julep. Nuts and Bolts: Structural Analysis of Programming. Area: Television and Radio

?he Impact of TV Land First-Run Programming on Network Image and Viewer Satisfaction, Will Anderson, Central Michigan University
?usiness Logics and Creative Integrity: The State of the New Television Soundtrack, Erin Copple Smith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
? Brief History of Game Shows, Bryan Carr, Central Michigan University
?H1: Continuing Cable Domination through Promotion, Kathy Brady, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Chair: Kathy Brady

1202. Mayflower 1. Mentor and Mentee Meeting.

Our Mentoring Program is designed to welcome newcomers who may be unfamiliar with academic conferences or with MPCA/MACA in particular. This time slot is set aside for Mentor and Mentee to meet and to plan activities. Mentors and Mentees have already been paired by means of forms submitted in advance.
Chair: Heather McIntosh, Northern Illinois University

1203. Mayflower 2. Gender at Play. Area: Gender Studies

?ring It On: Challenging or Reinforcing Traditional Notions of Cheerleading, Gender, and Sexuality? Jamie Huber, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
?he Evolution of the ?hick Car. Or: What Came First, the Chick or the Car? Christine Lezotte, Eastern Michigan University
?ow Emory Found His Groove: LARPS and Masculine Identity Performances, Mark Malaby, Ball State University, and Benson Green, Ball State University
Chair: Mark Malaby

1204. Mayflower 3. Auteurs, Authorship and Film. Area: Film

?lay with Fire and Music: Musical Devices, Music, and Memories in the Films of Wes Anderson, Lara Rose Hrycaj, Wayne State University
?ragments of Superstar, Jonathan Knipp, Ohio University
?an Svankmajer? Surreal Realism, William Verrone, University of North Alabama
Chair: William Verrone

1205. Salon A. Female Adolescence in the Twentieth Century. Area: Girls Culture/Girls Studies

?aking Bad Girls: Female Juvenile Delinquency in the Progressive Era, Vivian Deno, Butler University
?ritish Birds and Secret Sisters: Negotiating the Fractures of Cold War Femininity in 16 Magazine, Diana Belscamper, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Chair: Diana Belscamper

1206. Salon E. Queer Visual Culture. Area: Queer Studies

?y Mother is a Lesbian: Visual Rhetorical Analysis of a Lesbian Pulp Fiction Cover, Carrie Shaver, Western Michigan University
?ueer Representations, Queer Translations: Television, Media and Every Day Life, Monica Edwards, Loyola University-Chicago
?nacting Categorical Resistance: Visual Queerness on MyGayestLook.com, Kristopher L. Cannon, Georgia State University
Chair: Kristopher L. Cannon

1207. Salon F. Space and Narration in Irish Studies. Area: Irish Studies

?he Geopolitics of Space: Early Colonialist Ventures in The History and Topography of Ireland, Melissa Sande, CUNY-Brooklyn
?I? Telling the Story!? The Challenge of Narrative Authority and Its Implications in Maria Edgeworth? Castle Rackrent, Cynthia Fearn, California State - Fullerton
?taging Africa(ns) in Ireland: Representations of Difference in the New Multicultural Republic, Jessica M. Brown-V?ez, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chair: Jessica M. Brown-V?ez

1208. Salon G. Sports At Home and Abroad. Area: Sports.

?hat's Love Got to do with it? The Romance Motif in Sports Writing, Kristina L. Gordon, University of Iowa
?rom Asia to Latin America: The Globalization of America's National Pastime, Jim Davis, Eastern Illinois University
?rop Ball: The Decline of Men's Fastpitch Softball in America, Phillip A. Garee, Northern Illinois University
Chair: Phillip A. Garee

1209. Salon H

1210. Salon I. So You Wanna Be a Rock ? Roll Teacher IV? Explorations of Pedagogy and Technology in the College Classroom. Area: Music and Theatre

Panelists:

MaryAnn Janosik, Saint Joseph College of Indiana
Nick Baxter-Moore, Brock University
Angela M. Nelson, Bowling Green State University
William Christy, Ohio University Zanesville
Chair: MaryAnn Janosik

1211. Salon M. Representations of Hypermedia across Media. Area: Hypermedia Studies

?his is Not Not a Game: Ulysses as Electronic Literature, Patrick Prominski, Grand Valley State University
?eoliberal Carnivalesque: Reading Jason Nelson's 'game, game, game and again game', Davin Heckman, Siena Heights University
"Access vs. Accomplishments: Web Development Culture and Accessibility," Elizabeth Ellcessor, University of Wisconsin Madison
?ur Bodies, Our (Virtual) Selves: The Gendered Body in Second Life, Karen L. Wolf, George Mason University
Chair: Karen L. Wolf

6:00-7:30

1301. Julep. Products in Time and Place. Area: Material Culture

?arget, Goodwill, and the Museum Exhibit: Objects and their Changing Meanings, Elizabeth (Beau) Vallance, Indiana University
?hirty-Five Years of Mr. Coffee: Design, Gender, and the Unintended Consequences of Branding, Rebecca K. Shrum, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Chair: Michael B. Kassel, The University of Michigan-Flint

1302. Mayflower 1. Topics in Globalization and Popular Culture. Area: Globalization

?icrowaving Multiculturalism: Frozen Meals, Gastronomy and Cultural Tourism, Hilary Chan, York University and Ryerson University
?ortrayal of Geisha Identity in Memoirs of a Geisha, Jing Adel Wang, Ohio University
?he Other Side of Immigration: Globalization and Expatriate Americans, John R. Wennersten, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Chair: Brian Ekdale, University of Wisconsin?adison

1303. Mayflower 2.

1304. Mayflower 3. Gender, Race and Cultural Constructs in Film. Area: Film

?asculine Characterizations in High Noon and High Plains Drifter, Joshua Wille, Northern Illinois University
?hinese Characters in Recent U. S. Film and Television Westerns, Jeffrey Johnson, University of Central Arkansas
?erforming Race in and out of Hollywood: Imitation of Life and Shadows, Gloria Monti, California State University at Fullerton
Chair: Gloria Monti

1305. Salon A. Cultural Influences on Religion: Left Behind Series, The Secret, Mormon Missionaries. Area: Religion and Popular Culture

?eril R Us: The Apocalyptic Imagination in the Left Behind Series, Nancy A. Schaefer, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
? Critique of The Secret: Religiosity in the New Age Film, Brent Damsz, Northern Illinois University
?olygamy and Proselytizing in the Pacific: The Mormon Question in the Missionary Field During the Late 19th Century, Meg Eppel, Palomer College
Chair: David Schimpf, Marian University

1306. Salon E

1307. Salon F. Issues in Japanese Popular Culture. Area: Japanese Popular Culture

?he Middle-Age Poetics of the Southern All Stars: The analysis of Dirty Old Man, Yuri Obata, Indiana University South Bend
?nterrogating Hiroshima, the Lacanian Real, and the Architectural Uncanny in Kiyoshi Kurosawa? Kairo, Paul Petrovic, Northern Illinois University
?ukitomo and Boys Love: The Incorporation of Yaoi Characteristics in Japanese Films, Sho Ogawa, Ohio University
Chair: Yuri Obata

1308. Salon G. New Media and Popular Culture. Area: New Media

?isconnecting from the Broadcast Clock: Asynchronous Experience and Temporal Consciousness, Randall Patnode, Xavier University
?he Use of Digital Delegates at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Miriam Finch, Xavier University, and Tara Michels, Xavier University
?nline Video Pornography: Spectatorship, Production, and Content, Jane Fader, Wayne State University
?rom Rappers to Bloggers: Challenging the State and the Role of New and Old Media in the 2005 French Riots, Melissa Tully, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chair: Melissa Tully

1309. Salon H

1310. Salon I. Location, Location: The Use of Space and Place in Crime/Detective Fiction. Area: Mystery, Thriller, and Crime Fiction

?Inside and Out? The Mystery of Space is Gaston Leroux's Novels, Lindsay Baldrige, Florida State University
?hristmas, Crime, and Cuisine: Historic Nuremberg in Contemporary Detective Fiction, Katrin Fischer, Bentley College, and Fritz Fleischmann, Babson College
?gnostic Detectives and Demiurgic Readers: The Question of Knowledge in The Crying of Lot 49 and City of Glass, Julio Jeha, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
?ubverting Hegemonic Discourses through Crime Fiction during Argentina? Dictatorship, Natalia Jacovkis, Xavier University
Chair: Kathryn Edney, Michigan State University

1311. Salon M. Television Fandom. Area: Fan Studies

?eminized Fandom: Inappropriate Gender Coding Within Television Fandom, Michelle L. Cordone, Saint Louis University
?he Apocalyptic Imagination in Popular Culture: The Road and the Oprah Book Club, Christopher Malone, Northeastern State University
?here's the Asians, the Indians, the Hispanics?': The Multicultural Discourse of Online Fan Cultural Production of America's Next Top Model? Candice Haddad, University of Texas- Austin
?nowledge Communities/Narrative Communities: Lostpedia and the Creation of Narractivity, Paul Booth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Language, Literature and Communication
Chair: Paul Booth

7:45-9:00

Continental Ballroom, Reception

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