MAPACA

Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association

Presentations

• GI Joe: A Real American Hero Wave Three as a Text Probing the Limits of Magical Realism
  Jonathan Alexandratos (Queensborough Community College)
• The Cat of Dreams in Coraline: A Return to the Dreaming
  Maxx Chan (Weber State University)
• Anxiety & the “American Century”: Superman, Americans, and a World at War
  Allan W. Austin (Misericordia University)
• Breaking the Cycle of Toxic Masculinity in Jeff Lemire’s Roughneck
  Nicole Batchelor