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2008 Conference

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Saturday Detail Schedule

7:30-10:00

Continental Ballroom, Continental Breakfast

7:30-11:00

Hotel Lobby, Registration

8:30-12:00

Rockwood, Book Exhibits

8:00-9:30

2100. Executive Council Meeting. Executive Council Members:

Gretchen Bisplinghoff
Paul Booth
Gary Burns
Brian Ekdale
Jane L. Florine
MaryAnn Janosik
Heather McIntosh
Angela M. Nelson
Brendan Riley
Lori Abels Scharenbroich
Timothy E. Scheurer
Kathleen Turner
Chair: Gretchen Bisplinghoff

2101. Julep. Film and the City. Area: Urban Studies

?rom Living Machine to Comic Foil: The Horse in Early Silent Cinema, Courtney White, University of Southern California
?mbivalence and The City at the 1939 World? Fair, Daniel Bashara, Northwestern University
?apping the Stranger in Urban Landscape in Bernard Rose? Candyman, Yi-Jen Chang, National Taiwan Normal University
?he Cinema of Gentrification: Film and the Imagination of a Global Elite, Brendan Kredell, Northwestern University
Chair: Brendan Kredell

2102. Mayflower 1. Gender and Genre. Area: Gender Studies

?roducing a Space ?n-Between? The Overlooked Aesthetic Strategies of ?eminist Texts Focusing on Orality, Melissa Ames, Eastern Illinois University
?he Portrayal of Female Sex Workers in Two Lukas Moodysson Films, Lindsay Greer, Southern Illinois University?arbondale
?ompleting Her Story: Fictionalized Biographies of Artemisia Gentileschi, Cortney Barko, Northern Illinois University
Chair: Cortney Barko

2103. Mayflower 2. 21st Century Look at the People of the Book: Critical Studies of ?ewish Texts. Area: Jewish Studies

?ebrew with a Drawl: The Jewishness of Kinky Friedman? Literary World, Jason Payne, The Ohio State University
?ith a Blue Star on His Chest: Jewish Content in Superhero Stories, Kevin Herzner, The Ohio State University
?ot Buttered Jewish Soul: Mechano Faktur, Henryk Berlewi, and His 1922 Self Portrait, Linda Long-Van Brocklyn, The Ohio State University
Chair: Linda Long-Van Brocklyn

2104. Mayflower 3. Perspectives in Documentary I. Area: Documentary

?n the Mode and Rhetorical Strategies of Bowling for Columbine, Wang Chi, Ohio University
? Little Less Moore: Michael Moore as Interviewer and Star, Mariam Esseghaier, Brock University
?onstructions of Race in First-Person Documentaries about African Conflict, Brian Ekdale, University of Wisconsin?adison
?BO and the Iraq War, Jeffrey Chown, Northern Illinois University
Chair: Jeffrey Chown

2105. Salon A. Religious Imagination in Popular Culture: Indie Rock, Bon Jovi, Crucifixion/Resurrection Imagery. Area: Religion and Popular Culture

?Im)personal Jesus: Rebirth of the Religious Imagination in US Indie Rock, Mary McCampbell, University of Tennesee, Chattanooga
?eading People to the Rock: Evangelism in the Rock & Roll of Bon Jovi, Elizabeth B. Christian, Louisiana Tech University, and Staci L. Parks, Louisiana Tech University; and Mary Nash, Louisiana Tech University
?he Light of the Cross: Juxtaposition of Crucifixion and Resurrection Imagery in Recent Popular Culture, David Schimpf, Marian University
Chair: David Schimpf

2106. Salon E. Film: History, Transitions and Transformations. Area: Film

?he Battle of the Veil: The Women of Viva L?ldjerie and the New Algeria, Shannon Harry, Ohio University
?ushing the Envelope Normally: How the Popular Films of 1958 Pushed the Envelope without Breaking Boundaries, Curtis Atkisson, University of Missouri
?ebuilding Tthe Dark Tower: The Tortuous Transformation of a Prestigiously Pedigreed Broadway Play into a Bizarre, British-Wartime Quota Quickie, Robert M. Miller, Northern Illinois University
Chair: Robert Miller

2107. Salon F. Issues in Popular Culture

?ula Hands and Contested Lands: Sustainable Tourism as a Site of Settler Colonialism, Diana Leong, University of Hawaii at Manoa
?at Female Representation in Food Network Television, Cynthia Waldmeier, University of Ottawa
?rotecting America? Indecent Speech: An Analysis of United States et al v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc, Elizabeth Fish Hatfield, Texas A&M university
?cience, Religion, and the Media: The Evolution and Intelligent Design Debate, Marilee Brooks, Michigan State University
Chair: Marilee Brooks

2108. Salon G. Regeneration through Innovation: Westerns and the West Re-Visioned. Area: Westerns and the West.

?hallenging Genre Conventions and Monomythic Cultural Values: HBO? Deadwood as a Post-9/11 Ritual of Disquiet, Robert Westerfelhaus, College of Charleston, and Celeste Lacroix
?What Makes a Man to Wander?? John Ford? Critique of the Good Bad Man, War, and Cold War Hysteria in The Searchers (1956), Sue Matheson, University College of the North
?recarious Lives: Vulnerability and Violence in Deadwood, Kent Anderson, Bowling Green State University
?mericanizing the Indian: Missionary Education in the American West, Sarah Bennison, New York University
Chair: Kent Anderson

2109. Salon H. Thoughts on The Anti-Hero. Area: Heroes in Popular Culture

?lurring the Boundaries Between ?ero and ?nti-Hero,? Denise Stodola, Kettering University
?arration and Ironic Heroism in Victorian Fantastic Fiction, Mark Gellis, Kettering University
?rom Achilles to House: The Social Freedom of Not Giving a Rip (and Being That Good), Mike Jaynes, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chair: Mike Jaynes

2110. Salon I. Documentary Screening & Presentation: If Houses Could Talk. Area: African-American Popular Culture

?f Houses Could Talk: Community Collaboration in Documenting the Legacy of a Historically Black Neighborhood, Michael Washington, Northern Kentucky University,
If Houses Could Talk is a documentary that introduces viewers to the Hazelwood Community Association, a historically African American community in Cincinnati, Ohio. While the Hazelwood community has, for over the past two decades become racially integrated, the community association seeks to preserve and commemorate its century-old legacy as a Black neighborhood. In addition, this presentation will describe how collaboration with the Hazelwood Community Association on the planning, filming and post-editing resulted in a successful project.
Presenter/Chair: Michael Washington

2111. Salon M. Don't You Dare Laugh, and I Mean It, Part One. Area: Humor

?oly Crip, He? a Crapple: Joe Swanson? Cripple-ness as Ordinary Life, Ordinary Humor, Johnson Cheu, Michigan State University
?.S.: Dead Baby Jokes Aren't Funny: The Grotesque in Sick Humor, Andrew Warner, Truman State University
?igns of the Dog: Incongruity and Humor in Gary Larson? Far Side, Lance Minor, Hawai? Pacific University
?udd Apatow? Superbad Ladies, Arianne Hartsell, Miami University
Chair: John A Dowell, Michigan State University

9:45-11:15

2201. Julep. The Terrain of Pornography. Area: Pornography

?s it HBO or Is It Porn? Male Nudity in Tell Me You Love Me, Laura Vazquez, Northern Illinois University
?ex & Suburbia: Setting Pornography in Everyday Domesticity, Holley Wlodarczyk
?ublic Welfare, Artistic Values and the State Ideology: The Analysis of the 2008 Japanese Supreme Court Obscenity Decision on Robert Mapplethorpe, Yuri Obata, Indiana University South Bend
?edia Representations: Constructing the Exotic Dancer as the Other, Janae Dimick, California State University Fullerton
Chair: Laura Vazquez

2202. Mayflower 1. Conversations in Adaptation. Area: Adaptations

?onversations: Where Adaptation Studies and Convergence Culture Collide, Daniel Herbert, University of Michigan
?elevision to Film Adaptations: A Theoretical Exploration, Karen Michelle Bowdre, Indiana University
?elodrama in Extreme Close-Up: Style and Narrative in Friday Night Lights, Alexander M. Thimons, Northwestern University
?hocking Desires and Discourses of the Flesh: Marquis de Sade's Words Adapted to Screen, Susan Ericsson, Concordia University
Chair: Robert T. Self, Northern Illinois University

2203. Mayflower 2. The Question of Authorship Across Disciplines. Area: Authorship & Auteurism

?elville, Author-ity, and Credibility, Andrew Hatcher, Indiana University-Bloomington
?our Play or Mine? Authorship, Interpretation and Sacrilege in the Stage Director's Performance Text, Avra Sidiropoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-Greece
?he Conundrum of Auteurism's Conflicting Definitional Pathways, Daniel Principe, Flinders University of South Australia
Chair: Will Scheibel, Indiana University-Bloomington

2204. Mayflower 3. The Content and Context of No Country for Old Men. Area: Film

?eading No Country for Old Men through Ferdinand Tonnies Concept of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, Yuri Obata, Indiana University South Bend
?he Shifting Meanings of ?ountry in No Country for Old Men, Frank Fury, Monmouth University
?lains, Strains and Automobiles: Desire in No Country for Old Men, Justin Burton, Rutgers University
Chair: Justin Burton

2205. Salon A. The new A-list: Aliens, Antiheroes, Actresses, & Animation. Area: Television and Radio

?malgamation and Ambiguity: The Role of Place in Aliens in America, Dave Sagehorn, Northwestern University
?I? in a Transitional Period: Prison Break? Alexander Mahone as Alchemical Antihero, Nicole Pramik, Ashland Community and Technical College
?Fat for Laughs: Exploring Representations of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Reality/Comedy Hybrid Television Programming, Jill Hopke, University of Wisconsin
?outh Park and the Felt Board Lesson Set, James R. Keller, Eastern Kentucky University
Chair: James Keller

2206. Salon E. The Princess Panel. Area: Girls Culture/Girls Studies

?race and Grit: The Princess, Play, and Girls Culture, Miriam Forman-Brunell, University of Missouri-Kansas City
?rincess as Freak? Reading The Princess Diaries, Brenda Bethman, University of Missouri-Kansas City
?retty as a Princess: Girl Power and the Commodification of Princess Culture, Julie Eaton
Chair: Julie Eaton

2207. Salon F. History and Reality.

?hen Adolf met Arthur: The Last of Mr. Norris Read as a Parable, Nadine Farghaly, Bowling Green State University
?resident Franklin D. Roosevelt and the One Hundred and Fifieth Anniversary of the Northwest Ordinance, Philip A. Grant, Jr., Pace University
?he Color of Truth: The First Casualty of War, Erika Grodzki, Lynn University, and Myles Ludwig, Lynn University
Chair: Nadine Farghaly

2208. Salon G. Man and the Animals: Ancient Connection; Contemporary Implications. Area: Plants and Animals

?ets and Plants: Are They Therapeutically Different? Sherril Stone, Oklahoma State University
?he Saddest Show on Earth: Elephant (Ab)use in Touring Circuses, Mike Jaynes, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
?ustang: Living in a Liminal State, Karen Dalke, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Chair: Mike Jaynes

2209. Salon H. Analyses of Kids' and Adolescents' Media and Their Effects. Area: Youth Literature and Media

?eventeen Magazine: An Information Guide for Teenage Girls, Kristina F. Nemetz, Northern Illinois University
?ickelodeon, America? First Network for Kids, Tiffany S. Teofilo, Ohio University
?raming of Sexual Intercourse Outcomes in Teen Magazines for Females, Tom Bukowski, Northern Illinois University
?hy Ernie Doesn? Read: The Media and the Development of Children? Brains, Mary Strom Larson, Northern Illinois University
Chair: Mary Strom Larson

2210. Salon I. Empowerment and Reinvention within Music: Hidden and Revealed Purpose within Mainstream and Non-mainstream Performance Representations. Area: Subculture

?ike a Prayer: Madonna, the Catholic Imagination and Women's Empowerment in the Music Industry, MaryAnn Janosik, Saint Joseph's College
?We Travel The Spaceways? Scientology and 'Applied Religious Music.? Christopher W. Chase, Michigan State University
?sian Americans Performing Popular Music Selves, Christi-Anne Castro, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
?hristian Rock and Apocalypticism: The Conservatism of 1980s Christian Rock, Eschatology, and Political Allegiance, Shawn David Young, Michigan State University
Chair: Shawn David Young

2211. Salon M. Don't You Dare Laugh, and I Mean It, Part Two. Area: Humor

?he Smile of Oblivion: The Clown as a Fantastic Figure of Madness, Death, and Diabolism, Jason Marc Harris, Michigan State University
?esistance and Relief: The Wit and Woes of Early Twentieth Century Folk and Country Music, Iain Ellis, University of Kansas
?he Weather Outside Truly is Frightful: Toward an Evolution of Christmas @ Ground Zero, Antony Sloan, Steris Corporation, and John A Dowell, Michigan State University
Chair: John A Dowell

11:30-1:15

Continental Ballroom, Lunch and Speaker

1:30-5:30

Rockwood, Book Exhibit

1:30-6:00

Hotel Lobby, Registration

1:30-3:00

Continental Ballroom, Business Meeting

2301. Julep. Sound and Vision Exploring Multimedia Texts. Area: German Popular Culture

?einer M?ler - a Contemporary Social Critic? Teodora Atanasova, Georgetown University
?ogar die gr?sten Stars ver?dern sich selbst im Spiegelglas Kraftwerk: Lyrics, Language and Fame, John Littlejohn, Clemson University
?eschlafen, Gelesen, Gewartet Visual Style in Tom Tykwer? Films, Heather Addison, Western Michigan University
?ermany? Home-grown Multicultural Manga, Paul M. Malone, University of Waterloo
Chair: Paul M. Malone

2302. Mayflower 1

2303. Mayflower 2

2304. Mayflower 3. Storytelling From Fiction to Fair. Area: Folklore And Popular Storytelling

?outhern Tale-Telling Tradition In Daniel Wallace's Big Fish, Anne M. Canavan, Northern Illinois University
?he County Fair As Text: The 2008 Brown County Fair As Case Study, Michael T. Marsden, St. Norbert College
Chair: Michael T. Marsden

2305. Salon A. Mediated Queer Representation(s). Area: Queer Studies

?he Canonization of Bronnie: Bravo Mines the Bromance in Make Me a Supermodel, Gael Sweeney, Syracuse University
?ear-ing it all: Masculinity, Queerness and Internet Communities, Harry J. Weil, Stony Brook University
?ooking Through the Window: Labeling Abercrombie and Fitch? Gay Window Advertising, Rachel Seeman, Miami University
Chair: Rachel Seeman

2306. Salon E. Getting Sentimental? Area: Libraries, Museums, and Collecting

?he Picture Postcard: Techniques for Interpreting the Idealized Image, Elizabeth (Beau) Vallance, Indiana University
?hirteen Ways of Looking At a Romance Novel, Nancy Down, Bowling Green State University
Chair: Tom Caw, University of Hartford

2307. Salon F

2308. Salon G. The Praxis of Web 2.0. Area: Web 2.0

?logging? Best-Kept Secret: the Hybridization of Public and Private on PostSecret, Stephanie Oliver, University of Western Ontario
?nvisible Cat/Invisible Bike: Exploring Social Authorship through Shared Imagery, Ursula Murray Husted, University of Minnesota
?reating in the First Year Writing Classroom Using Web 2.0 Technologies, Claire Lutkewitte, Ball State University
?sing New Media for Education and Outreach, Amelia Burke, Georgetown University
Chair: Amelia Burke

2309. Salon H

2310. Salon I. Perspectives in Documentary II. Area: Documentary

?eautifying Inhumanity: Issues of Ethics and Image in War/Dance, Jennifer H. Davis, University of North Texas
?he Experience Mode of Documentary Representation, Denis Mueller, Northern Kentucky University, and Deb Ellis, University of Vermont
?elling Jeeps to Civilians: Economic Conversion during World War II, Kathleen German, Miami University
Chair: Kathleen German

2311. Salon M. Truth (or Something Like It) and Dare, Part One Dare. Area: Horror and Science Fiction / Fantasy

?ill Him, Not Me - America? Complicated Relationship with Serial Killers, Ashley M. Donnelly, University of South Florida
?We Dare You to See This!? Ballyhoo and the 1970s Horror Film, Beth Kattelman, Ohio State University
?efore they Ate Brains they Devoured Race and Science: The Social Commentary in Early Zombie Films, Todd Platts, University of Missouri - Columbia
?onsuming Meat: The Female and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Cara Marisa Deleon, California State University, Chico
Chair: John A Dowell, Michigan State University

3:15-4:45

2401. Julep

2402. Mayflower 1. Identity in Contemporary Comic Books and Graphic Novels. Area: Heroes in Contemporary Culture

?he Politics of Identity in Dave Sim's Cerebus: Misogynist Pig or Modernist Pastiche, Terrence Wandtke, Judson University
?dentity in Art Spiegelman's Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@#*!!, Chris Field, Southern Illinois University
?conic Identities: It's a Bird . . . as Postmodern Metafiction, DT Kofoed, Michigan State University
?raphical Black Nationalism: Visualizing Political Narratives in the Graphic Novel, James Braxton Peterson, Bucknell University
Chair: Terrence Wandtke

2403. Mayflower 2. Pedagogical Practices. Area: Teaching Popular Culture

?CSI is Good for Something!? Television ?cience, Sociology and Group-Work in the Undergraduate Classroom, Daniel Braun, Carleton University
?eaching Black Popular Culture Online, Angela M. Nelson, Bowling Green State University
?eaching Japanese Popular Culture, Yasue Kuwahara, Northern Kentucky University
Chair: Yasue Kuwahara

2404. Mayflower 3. Film Genre: Studies in Culture and Definition. Area: Film

?ancing with the Dead: Corporeal Modification Musicals and Torture Films Recontextualized, Christopher Gullen, Wayne State University
?he Keys (and Codes and Tools) to Making a Successful Heist Film: A Genre Study Focusing on Steven Soderbergh? Ocean? Twelve, Hilary Marin, Central Michigan University
?he Role of the ?ther in American Independent Cinema, Kevin Corbett, Central Michigan University
Chair: Kevin Corbett

2405. Salon A. Alternate Reality Games in Real Reality Situations. Area: Hypermedia Studies

?RGs and the Demediation of Real Life, Paul Booth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
?t's Not Paranoia If They're Really After You: Alternate Reality Games and Conspiracy as Fiction, Brendan Riley, Columbia College Chicago
Respondent: Brian Ekdale, University of Wisconsin?adison

2406. Salon E. Capitalism and Punishment. Area: Mystery, Thriller, and Crime Fiction

?rime and Punishment in the Prose of Franz Kafka and Ernst Kreuder, Alexander E. Pichugin, University of Pennsylvania
?onor and the Dollar: Marlowe's Professionalism in The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, Chris Muirhead-Fanning, San Diego State
?It? a Fake? Immaterial Material Culture in Hammett? The Maltese Falcon, Jeffrey C. Swenson, Hiram College
Chair: Kathryn Edney, Michigan State University

2407. Salon F. The Texts of Harry Potter. Area: Harry Potter

?arry Potter and the Third Wave of Feminism: Youth Feminism and Liberated Voices, Francoise Saurage, Montana State University
?Taking Over? Fans Crafting Characters and Handling Heroes, Nadine Farghaly, Bowling Green State University
?riendship and Death: The Enduring Legacy of Hope in the Life of ?he Boy Who Lived,? Grace Waitman, Washington University in St. Louis
Chair: Grace Waitman

2408. Salon G. Displaced Communities. Area: Indian Popular Culture

?ole of Food in Integrations of Pakistani Muslim Immigrants in Austria, Rao Nadeem Alam, University of Vienna
?agical Reelism: Indian and American Space in the film adaptation of The Mistress of Spices, Kathleen Turner, Northern Illinois University
?gency and Space in Meera Syal? Anita and Me, Sarah Erickson, Northern Illinois University
Chair: Sarah Erickson

2409. Salon H

2410. Salon I. Live and On Tour: Ritual, Taste, Aesthetics and the Spectacle of Rock Concerts. Area: Music and Theatre

?nderstanding the Trans-Siberian Orchestra: An Investigation of Taste, Aesthetics, and Commercial Success, Nick Baxter-Moore, Brock University
?ay Your Hands: Arena Rock, Ritual and the Catholic Imagination, MaryAnn Janosik, Saint Joseph College of Indiana
Chair: MaryAnn Janosik

2411. Salon M. Truth (or Something Like It) and Dare, Part Two - Truth-ish. Area: Horror and Science Fiction / Fantasy II

?he Far Side of the World: Naomi Novik and the Blended Genre of Dragon Fantasy and the Sea Adventure, Pam Scheurer, Capital University, and Tim Scheurer, Shawnee State University
?enetic Engineering and Empathy: On the Run in Philip K. Dick? Flow My Tears the Policeman Said and Victor Hugo? Les Miserables, Philip A. Douglas, Michigan State University
?ctavia Butler? Kindred: Articulations of Memory in Literature of Estrangement, Sarah Burcon, Wayne State University
Chair: John A Dowell, Michigan State University

5:00-6:30

2501. Julep. Issues in Urban Studies. Area: Urban Studies

?ommunity Conceptions and Civic Engagement Among Citizen Journalists, Cathy DeShano University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Sue Robinson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
?he Urban Poor, the Informal Sector and Environmental Health Policy in Nigeria, Geoffrey I. Nwaka, Abia State University
?rogress and Preservation: Representing History in Boston? Landscape of Urban Reform, 1820-1860, Whitney A. Martinko, University of Virginia
?ace and Public Space in the Helen Levitt?ames Agee Harlem Documentaries In the Street (1948/1952) and The Quiet One (1949), Vojislava Filipcevic, Columbia University
Chair: Brendan Kredell, Northwestern University

2502. Mayflower 1. Transnational Popular Media in Context: Reflections on Iranian Media. Area: Globalization

?ranian Popular Culture in a Glocal World, Shaho Sabbar, Tehran University, and Alireza Rezaee, Independent Scholar
?Operation Ajax? Tabrizian? Diasporic Art and Iran in a Transnational Framework, Azadeh Saljooghi, University of Utah
?he Consequences of Globalization: Media and the State in Iran, Mehdi Semati, Eastern Illinois University
Chair: Mehdi Semati

2503. Mayflower 2. Second Language, Second Culture: Yiddish as Case Study. Area: Jewish Studies

? Jewish Education and a New World through Learning Yiddish, David Fallick, Montgomery College
?iddish in the Big Ten, Kevin Herzner, The Ohio State University, and Jason Payne, The Ohio State University
Chair: Linda Long-Van Brocklyn
This panel requests to be listed as a Midwest American Culture Association panel.

2504. Mayflower 3. Area: Reality TV

?he Reality of the Developing World: The Potential Effects of Reality Television in a Developing Media Infrastructure, Chris Wisecup, Morehead State University,
?ock of Love: Women in Reality Television, Kate Sureck, Morehead State University
?rom the Eastern Kentucky Hills to the Hollywood Hills. A Cross-Cultural Study Women, Fallon Wilburn, Morehead State University
?utwit, Outplay, Outlast: Survivor Contestants in a Global Context, Courtney Davids, University of Iowa
Chair: Ann Andaloro, Morehead State University

2505. Salon A. Fandom of Sports and Music. Area: Fan Studies

?usic Fans Unite!: Participatory Culture and Concert Tailgating, Kelly MacDonald, Bowling Green State University
?he Sport Fan True Believers in the Post Modern Religious Experience, Andrew R. Meyer, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
?nvestigating Anti-Fandom: A Case Study of Anti-fandom for ?oo Seung-jun,? Ho Jung Kim, Seoul National University, South Korea
?unting Sports Fandom into Interdisciplinary Turf, Michelle Ilene Passo, University of Iowa
Chair: Michelle Ilene Passo

2506. Salon E. Gender Issues in Film. Area: Film

?emale Narrative Resolutions: The Role of Friendship Circles in Steel Magnolias, Waiting to Exhale and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Rachel Seeman, Miami University
?oes the Gender and Sexuality of a Filmmaker Make a Difference? Christine Lezotte, Eastern Michigan University
?ender and New Genres: Re-reading an Era, Gretchen Bisplinghoff, Northern Illinois University
Chair: Gretchen Bisplinghoff

2507. Salon F. Intertextuality and Visualization. Area: Irish Studies

?he Madness of the Mainstream: Consuming the Image in John Banville's Book of Evidence, Selma Amina Purac, University of Western Ontario
?he Intertextuality of Incestuous Passion in Eugene O?eill? Desire under the Elms and Marina Carr? On Raftery? Hill, Wei H. Kao, National Taiwan University
? Rebel Utopia: Neil Jordan? Michael Collins, Jim Gorham, Midwestern State University
Chair: Jim Gorham

2508. Salon G. Torture and Public/Private Transgression. Area: War

?eading Graffiti: Transgression and the Politics of Public Space Caki Wilkinson, University of Cincinnati
?hocked, Bound, Beaten and Gagged: Gay Sex as Torture, Bo McGuire, University of Arizona
?ngendering the Nation-State: The Masculine and the Maternal in post-9/11 Rhetoric, Elizabeth Harmon, University of Cincinnati
Chair: Jana Evans Braziel, University of Cincinnati

2509. Salon H

2510. Salon I. Culture, Gender and Music: Theatrical Interpretations. Area: Music and Theatre

?abes in the Bighouse, Judith Babnich, Witchita State University
?unk Funk: (Mis)Representations of Culture, Gender, and Race in Stomp! Donald E. Levin, Marygrove College
Chair: Judith Babnich

2511. Salon M. From the Last Man to the Last Woman: Apocalyptic Literature in the Anglo-American World from the Romantics to New Wave Feminism. Area: Horror and Science Fiction / Fantasy

?pocalyptic Imagery in Nineteenth Century Literature, Kimberly Jacobs-Beck, University of Cincinnati Clermont College
?ohn Wyndham and Nuclear Age Anxiety, Frederic Krome, University of Cincinnati Clermont College
?eGuin and Atwood: Beyond Gadgets and Out the Other Side, C. Phoebe Reeves, University of Cincinnati Clermont College
Chair: John A Dowell, Michigan State University

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