2007 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations April 4 - 7, 2007 Boston Marriott Copley Place ii Editor: Leslie L. Fife, Oklahoma State University; PCA/ACA Conference Coordinator Blackwell Editor: Michelle Sathan Additional information about the PCA/ACA is available at http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca Table of Contents iii TABLE OF CONTENTS PCA AREA CHAIRS FOR THE 2007 CONFERENCE................. V ACA AREA CHAIRS FOR THE 2007 CONFERENCE ............XIV PCA/ACA CONFERENCE SITES & DATES........................... XVII 2006 PCA OFFICERS .................................................................XVIII 2006 ACA OFFICERS.................................................................XVIII BUSINESS AND BOARD MEETINGS........................................XIX SPECIAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS AND EVENTS...........XXIII CONFERENCE PAPERS FOR SALE ......................................XXXI REGISTRATION & EXHIBIT INFORMATION ................... XXXI SCHEDULE OVERVIEW........................................................ XXXII SCHEDULE ......................................................................................... 1 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2007 .......................................................... 1 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 12:30–2:00 P.M............................................. 1 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2:30–4:00 P.M............................................... 5 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 4:30–6:00 P.M............................................. 14 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 6:30–8:00 PM.............................................. 24 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2007............................................................ 34 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 7:00–8:00 AM ................................................ 34 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 8:00–9:30 AM ................................................ 34 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 10:00–11:30 AM ............................................ 53 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 11:30–2:00 PM............................................... 74 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 12:30–2:00 PM............................................... 75 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2:30–4:00 PM................................................. 95 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 4:30–6:00 PM............................................... 115 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 5:45–6:00 PM............................................... 136 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 6:30–8:00 PM............................................... 136 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 8:00–9:00 PM............................................... 151 THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 8:15–9:45 PM............................................... 154 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007................................................................. 156 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 7:00 AM ............................................................. 156 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 7:45 AM ............................................................. 156 iv Table of Contents FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 8:00–9:30 AM ....................................................156 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 10:00–11:30 AM ................................................177 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 11:30 AM–2:00 PM.............................................199 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 12:30–2:00 PM...................................................200 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2:30–4:00 PM.....................................................221 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 3:00–4:00 PM.....................................................241 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 4:30–6:00 PM.....................................................243 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 5:45–6:00 PM.....................................................263 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 6:30–8:00 PM.....................................................263 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 7:00 – 8:30 PM ...................................................277 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 7:00 – 10:00 PM .................................................277 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 8:00 PM ..............................................................278 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 8:15–9:45 PM.....................................................279 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2007 ..........................................................283 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 7:00 – 8:00 A.M. ...........................................283 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 8:00 – 9:30 AM .............................................283 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 9:00–10:30 AM.............................................301 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 10:00–11:30 AM...........................................302 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 10:45 – 11:30 AM .........................................321 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 11:45 A.M. – 1:00 P.M...................................321 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 12:30–2:00 PM .............................................322 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2:30–4:00 PM ...............................................339 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 4:30–6:00 PM ...............................................351 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 6:30–9:00 P.M. .............................................352 INDEX ...............................................................................................353 WHERE WE’RE GOING . .........................................................423 UPCOMING REGIONAL MEETINGS ........................................423 PCA/ACA FINANCIAL INFORMATION....................................423 PRESS/PUBLISHER, JPC, AND JAC ADS ..................................423 FLOORPLANS.................................................................................436 NOTES ..............................................................................................440 EXHIBITOR ADS AND THE JPC AND JAC CALLS FOR PAPERS APPEAR AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM PCA Area Chairs, 2006–2007 v POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION AREA CHAIRS FOR THE 2007 CONFERENCE Advertising Automobile Culture Sammy R. Danna Tom Patterson Loyola Univ. Shepherd Univ. [email protected] [email protected] African-American Culture Baby-Boomer Culture Katrina Hazzard-Donald James Von Schilling Rutgers University Northampton Comm. Coll. [email protected] [email protected] American Literature Biographies Sue Richardson Jéan-Paul Benowitz Univ. of North Carolina- Elizabethtown C Wilmington [email protected] [email protected] Black Music Culture Animal Culture William C. Banfield Debbie Phillips Berklee College of Music Muskingum College [email protected] [email protected] and Arthurian Legends Angela Nelson Elizabeth Sklar Bowling Green State Wayne State University University [email protected] [email protected] and The Body & Physical Donald Hoffman Difference Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lori Kelly [email protected] Carroll Coll. [email protected] Asian Popular Culture John A. Lent Border Culture (Political, 669 Ferne Blvd. Cultural, Geographical) [email protected] Ray B. Browne Bowling Green State Univ. [email protected] vi PCA Area Chairs, 2006–2007 British Popular Culture Children’s Television Maureen Thum Richard Graham Univ. of Michigan University of Nebraska- [email protected] Lincoln [email protected] and Frank Riga Circuses& Circus Culture Canisius Coll. Robert Sugarman [email protected] Shaftsbury, Vermont [email protected] Business/Corporate Culture Diana K Osborne Civil War & Reconstruction Spokane Community College Randal W. Allred [email protected] Brigham Young Univ., Hawaii [email protected] Caribbean & Latin American Literature & Culture Collecting & Collectibles Jorge Febles Ron Bishop University of North Florida Drexel University [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] and Collective Behavior: Patricia Montilla Panics, Fads & Hostile Western Michigan University Outbursts [email protected] V.J. Brown Shepherd College Celebrity Culture [email protected] Michael Brody Potomac, Maryland Collegiate Culture: [email protected] Higher Ed & Pedagogy Julie Gochenour Chicana/o Culture: James Madison University Literature, Film, Theory [email protected] Scott Baugh Texas Tech University Comic Art & Comics [email protected] Nicole Freim [email protected] Children's Lit. & Culture Harry E. Eiss Brighton, Michigan [email protected] PCA Area Chairs, 2006–2007 vii Conspiracy Theory / Dime Novels/Pulps/ Claims for the Paranormal Juvenile Series Books Tamar Gablinger Marlena E. Bremseth Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Howard University [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Creative Fiction Writing Jerry Bradley Documentary Lamar University Heather McIntosh [email protected] The Pennsylvania State Univ. [email protected] Cultural Conflict & Women Cheri Louise Ross Electronic Communication & Penn State Univ. Harrisburg Culture [email protected] Mark Nunes Georgia Perimeter College Culture & Religion [email protected] Ingrid Shafer Univ. of S&A of OK Eros, Pornography & [email protected] Popular Culture [email protected] Ken Muir Appalachian State Univ. Dance Culture [email protected] Libby Smigel George Washington Univ. European Literature & [email protected] Culture (excl. UK & Germany) Detective & Mystery Fiction Elisabeth Donato Marty Knepper Clarion Univ. of Pennsylvania Morningside College [email protected] [email protected] Fashion, Appearance, & and Consumer Identity Barbara Emrys Joseph Hancock University of Nebraska- Coll. of Media, Arts & Design Kearney [email protected] [email protected] Fat Studies Digital Games Stefanie Snider Nathan Garrelts USC Saginaw Valley State Univ. [email protected] [email protected] viii PCA Area Chairs, 2006–2007 and Gender Studies Carrie Marjorie Peirce Lesleigh J. Owen Azusa Pacific Univ. Univ. of Cal., Santa Cruz [email protected] [email protected] Festivals & Faires Gender & Media Studies