MAPACA Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association
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American Culture Association
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Schedule for Friday, November 6, 2015
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA |
Exhibit Room |
Friday, November 6, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (Homer) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA |
Friday Check-in |
Friday, November 6, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm (Wyeth Foyer) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA, Decorative Arts and Design |
Philadelphia Museum of Art Decorative Arts and Design Tour |
Friday, November 6, 9:00 am to 10:00 am (Off-site) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Development |
The Academic Career |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Calder) | |
| War Studies |
Memorials and Reportage |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Cassatt) | |
| Film Studies |
Studies in Film Stardom |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Hopper) | |
| SF/Fantasy |
Science Fiction as Ethical Enquiry |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (O’Keefe) | |
| Language and Popular Culture |
Language, Popular Culture and Print Media |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Pollack) | |
| Religion and Culture |
Religion in Film and Literature |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Rockwell) | |
| Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming |
Race On The Comic Book Page |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Warhol) | |
| Children and Childhood Studies |
Child Heroes, Heroines, and Fantasy |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Whistler A) | |
| Music |
Issues of Production and Application |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Whistler B) | |
| Death in American Culture |
Memento Mori, Memento Vivere |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Wyeth A) | |
| Food and Culture |
Eat Lit: Role of Food in Literature |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Wyeth B) | |
| Novels and Book History |
Something About Jane |
Friday, November 6, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Wyeth C) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA |
2nd Floor Coffee & Tea Break |
Friday, November 6, 10:30 am to 11:00 am (Wyeth Foyer) | |
| MAPACA |
8th Floor Coffee & Tea Break |
Friday, November 6, 10:30 am to 11:00 am (8th Floor Coffee & Tea Table) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horror and Paranormal Studies |
Fear and The Familiar |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Calder) | |
| Latino/a Studies |
Art, Religion and Our Latino/a Identity |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Hopper) | |
| SF/Fantasy |
Perceptions of Politics and War |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (O’Keefe) | |
| Journalism and News Media |
Fresh Air and Popular Culture: Why the Show Matters and Who Should Care |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Pollack) | |
| Women’s and Feminist Studies |
Beauty and “Real” Women |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Rockwell) | |
| Performance Studies |
Performative Intersections: Celebrity, Disability, & Magic |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Warhol) | |
| Children and Childhood Studies |
Material Culture and Childhood |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Whistler A) | |
| Music |
Music Criticism and Critique |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Whistler B) | |
| Death in American Culture |
Mortuary Art |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Wyeth A) | |
| Television |
TV Sterotypes: Black-ish and the Cosbys, South Korea, The Wire, and Are You Being Served? |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Wyeth B) | |
| Novels and Book History |
Pearl S. Buck’s Worlds: China and America in Retrospect |
Friday, November 6, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Wyeth C) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA, Food and Culture |
Philly Food Tour |
Friday, November 6, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm (Off-site) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA |
MAPACA Board Meeting |
Friday, November 6, 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm (Benton) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Development |
Academic Publishing |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Calder) | |
| Internet Culture |
Social Media in the Classroom |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Cassatt) | |
| Film Studies |
Seeing the World Through Cinema |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Hopper) | |
| SF/Fantasy |
The (Supernatural) Monster Within and Without |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (O’Keefe) | |
| Language and Popular Culture |
Translating Popular Culture |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Pollack) | |
| Religion and Culture |
Religious Marketplace |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Rockwell) | |
| Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming |
The Graphic, In Novel And Narrative |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Warhol) | |
| Children and Childhood Studies |
Masculinities and Childhood |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Whistler A) | |
| Music |
The Greatest Christmas Albums of All Time? A Knock ‘Em Down, Drag ‘Em Out Verbal Slugfest (Chapter Four) |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Whistler B) | |
| Death in American Culture |
Literary Implications |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Wyeth A) | |
| Television |
Men on TV |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Wyeth B) | |
| Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Studies |
The Camp Within: Queering Subcultures within the GLBTQ Spectrum |
Friday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Wyeth C) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA |
2nd Floor Coffee & Tea Break |
Friday, November 6, 2:45 pm to 3:15 pm (Wyeth Foyer) | |
| MAPACA |
8th Floor Coffee & Tea Break |
Friday, November 6, 2:45 pm to 3:15 pm (8th Floor Coffee & Tea Table) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horror and Paranormal Studies |
Computers and Combat |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Calder) | |
| Internet Culture |
Navigating Digital Spaces and Identities |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Cassatt) | |
| American Studies, Children and Childhood Studies |
Cultures of Child-Rearing and U.S. Foreign Relations |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Hopper) | |
| Body Art and Images (formerly Tattoos and Tattooing) |
Body Art |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (O’Keefe) | |
| Journalism and News Media |
Narratives, community, and satire |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Pollack) | |
| Women’s and Feminist Studies |
Women in Television and Film |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Rockwell) | |
| Activism |
Activism and Political Agency |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Whistler A) | |
| Death in American Culture |
Cemetery Reflections |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Wyeth A) | |
| Food and Culture |
Do we eat ‘em and how: foods you hope you won’t see on a menu |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Wyeth B) | |
| Novels and Book History |
Writing and Strategizing the Post 9/11 Novel and Young Adult Dystopian Novel |
Friday, November 6, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Wyeth C) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film Studies |
Surviving Childhood: Films and Growing Up |
Friday, November 6, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Hopper) | |
| Detective Fiction |
Romance and Psychopathology in Mystery and Detective Fiction |
Friday, November 6, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Warhol) | |
| Activism |
Activism and Representation |
Friday, November 6, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Whistler A) | |
| Urban Culture |
Superimposed: Printed, Physical, and Digital Place in the City |
Friday, November 6, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Whistler B) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA |
Dinner and Annual Meeting |
Friday, November 6, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (Wyeth Galleries) |