2010 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations March 31 – April 3, 2010 Rennaisance Grand Hotel St. Louis Delores F. Rauscher, Editor & PCA/ACA Conference Coordinator Jennifer DeFore, Editor & Assistant Coordinator Michigan State University Elna Lim, Wiley-Blackwell Editor Additional information about the PCA/ACA available at www.pcaaca.org 2 Table of Contents The 2009 National Conference Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association Area Chairs ___________________ 5 PCA/ACA Board Members _______________________________ 13 Officers _______________________________________________ 13 Executive Officers ______________________________________ 13 Past & Future Conferences _______________________________ 14 Conference Papers for Sale; Benefits Endowment _____________ 15 Exhibit Hours __________________________________________ 15 Business & Board Meetings _______________________________ 16 Film Screenings ________________________________________ 18 Dinners, Get-Togethers, Receptions, & Tours ________________ 23 Roundtables ___________________________________________ 25 Special Sessions ______________________________________________ 29 Schedule Overview ______________________________________ 33 Saturday ____________________________________________________ 54 Daily Schedule _________________________________________ 77 Wednesday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. ____________________________ 77 Wednesday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. ____________________________ 83 Wednesday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. ____________________________ 91 Wednesday, 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. ___________________________ 101 Wednesday, 8:15 – 9:45 P.M. _________________________________ 109 Thursday, 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. _____________________________ 110 Thursday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. _____________________________ 123 Thursday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. _____________________________ 137 Thursday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. _____________________________ 150 Thursday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. _____________________________ 163 Thursday, 8:15 – 9:45 P.M. ___________________________________ 175 Friday, 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. _______________________________ 179 Friday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. _______________________________ 192 Friday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. _______________________________ 205 Friday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. _______________________________ 218 Friday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. _______________________________ 231 Friday, 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. _______________________________ 244 Friday, 8:15 – 9:45 P.M. _____________________________________ 253 Saturday, 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. _____________________________ 254 Saturday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. ____________________________ 256 3 Saturday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. _____________________________ 264 Saturday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. _____________________________ 273 Saturday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. ______________________________ 281 Saturday, 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. ______________________________ 285 Index ________________________________________________ 286 The Journal of American Culture Call for Papers ____________ 344 The Journal of Popular Culture Call for Papers _____________ 345 Advertisers & Publishers________________________________345 4 PCA/ACA AREA CHAIRS The 2009 National Conference Animal Culture Popular Culture Association & Debbie Phillips American Culture Association Muskingum Coll. Area Chairs [email protected] Academics Arlene Caney Animation Comm. Coll. Of Philadelphia James A. (Jim) Walker [email protected] University College for the Creative Arts at & Maidstone Julie Gochenour [email protected] James Madison University [email protected] Appalachian Studies Leslie Harper Worthington Adaptation (Film, TV, Lit., & Electronic Gainesville State College Gaming) [email protected] Dennis Cutchins Brigham Young University Art, Architecture, & Design [email protected] Loretta Lorance School of Visual Arts, New York Adolescence in Film & Television [email protected] & Kylo-Patrick R. Hart Plymouth State University Derham Groves [email protected] University of Melbourne [email protected] Advertising [email protected] Sammy R. Danna Arthurian Legends Loyola Univ. [email protected] Amy Kaufman Wesleyan College African-American Culture [email protected] Katrina Hazzard-Donald [email protected] Asian Popular Culture John A. Lent Age of Theodore Roosevelt & Popular [email protected] Culture Daniel Murphy Automobile Culture Hanover College. Tom Patterson [email protected] Shepherd University [email protected] American Indian Literatures & Cultures Baby-Boomer Culture Constance (Connie) Bracewell University of Arizona James Von Schilling [email protected] Northampton Comm. College & [email protected] Richard Sax Lake Erie College Biographies [email protected] Susie Skarl [email protected] University of Nevada, Las Vegas [email protected] American Literature Sue Richardson Black Music Culture Univ. of North Carolina-Wilmington Including Hip Hop Culture [email protected] William C. Banfield 5 PCA/ACA AREA CHAIRS Berklee College of Music Cemeteries & Gravemarkers [email protected] J. Joseph Edgette & Widener University Angela Nelson [email protected] Bowling Green State University [email protected] Chicana/o Culture: Literature, Film, & (For Hip Hop) Theory Crystal Alberts Scott Baugh University of North Dakota Texas Tech University [email protected] [email protected] The Body and Physical Difference Children‘s Literature & Culture Lori Duin Kelly Harry E. Eiss Carroll University [email protected] [email protected] Children‘s Television Border Studies, Cultural Economy & Richard Graham Migration University of Nebraska-Lincoln Araceli Masterson [email protected] Augustana College [email protected] Circuses & Circus Culture Robert Sugarman Brazilian Popular Culture [email protected] Fernando de Sousa Rocha Middlebury College Civil War & Reconstruction [email protected] Randal W. Allred Brigham Young University, Hawaii British Popular Culture [email protected] Maureen Thum University of Michigan Collecting & Collectibles [email protected] Kevin M. Moist & Penn State, Altoona Frank Riga [email protected] Canisius College [email protected] Comedy and Humor Lori Lipoma Business/Corporate Culture University of West Georgia Diana K Osborne [email protected] Spokane Community College [email protected] Comic Art & Comics & Nicole Freim Tony Osborne Riverside Community College Gonzaga University [email protected] Caribbean & Latin American Communication & Digital Culture Literature & Culture Mark Nunes Jorge Febles Southern Polytechnic State University University of North Florida [email protected] [email protected] Conspiracy Theory / Celebrity in Culture Claims for the Paranormal Michael Brody Tamar Gablinger [email protected] Humboldt University Berlin [email protected] 6 PCA/ACA AREA CHAIRS Fairy Tales Creative Fiction Writing Linda J. Holland-Toll Jerry Bradley Mount Olive College Lamar University [email protected] [email protected] Fan Culture & Theory Cultural Conflict & Women Katherine Larsen Cheri Louise Ross George Washington University Penn State University, Harrisburg [email protected] [email protected] Fashion, Appearance, & Consumer Dance Culture Identity Libby Smigel Joseph Hancock [email protected] Drexel University & [email protected] Deidre Cavazzi [email protected] Fat Studies Lesleigh Owen Dime Novels/Pulps/Juvenile Series Books University of California, Santa Cruz Pamela Bedore [email protected] University of Connecticut & [email protected] Julia McCrossin George Washington University Disasters & Culture [email protected] Ann Larabee Michigan State University Festivals & Faires [email protected] Kimberly Tony Korol-Evans University of Arizona Documentary [email protected] Heather McIntosh Northern Illinois University Film [email protected] Donald E. Palumbo English Dept. Eastern European Studies East Carolina University Jeff Johnson [email protected] Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command [email protected] Film Adaptation Rebecca Housel Ecology and Culture Rochester Institute of Techology Margaret O‘Shaughnessey [email protected] University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [email protected] Film & History Cynthia J. Miller Education, Teaching, History, & Popular Emerson College Culture [email protected] Ed Janak University of Wyoming Film and Media Studies [email protected] J. Brian Wagaman [email protected] Eros, Pornography & Popular Culture Ken Muir Folklore Appalachian State University Elisabeth Nixon, Ph.D. [email protected] Franklin University [email protected] 7 PCA/ACA AREA CHAIRS & Food in Popular Culture Kristopher Woofter Beverly Taylor Dawson Collgee University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [email protected] [email protected] Humanities & Popular Cultures Game Studies Ray B. Browne Tony Avruch Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University [email protected] [email protected] & Internet Culture Joshua Call Montana Miller University of Nebraska, Lincoln Bowling Green State University [email protected] [email protected] & Gerald Voorhees Jack London‘s Life & Works High Point University Jay Williams [email protected] University of Chicago & [email protected] Katie Whitlock California State University Jewish Studies [email protected] Fred Isaac Berkeley, CA Gay, Lesbian, & Queer Studies [email protected] Bruce Drushel Miami University