2009 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations April 8 – 11, 2009 New Orleans Marriott Delores F. Rauscher, Editor & PCA/ACA Conference Coordinator Michigan State University Wiley-Blackwell Editor: Elna Lim Additional information about the PCA/ACA available at www.pcaaca.org 2 Table of Contents The 2008 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 Tours, Get-Togethers, Receptions, & Dinners............................22 Special Sessions ..........................................................................24 SCHEDULE OVERVIEW:............................................................32 DAILY SCHEDULE: ....................................................................52 Wednesday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. .........................................52 Wednesday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. ...........................................59 Wednesday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. ...........................................70 Wednesday, 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. ...........................................85 Wednesday, 8:30 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. ........................................93 Thursday, 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M...............................................95 Thursday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.........................................111 Thursday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M............................................126 Thursday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M..............................................141 Thursday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M..............................................157 Thursday, 8:30 P.M. – 10:00 P.M............................................173 Friday, 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. ...............................................188 Friday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. ............................................203 Friday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.................................................219 Friday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M...................................................235 Friday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M...................................................251 Friday, 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M..................................................266 Friday, 8:30 P.M. – 10:00 P.M.................................................280 Saturday, 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M..............................................283 Saturday, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M..........................................289 Saturday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.............................................303 Saturday, 2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M...............................................317 3 Saturday, 4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M...............................................329 Saturday, 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M..............................................338 INDEX ......................................................................................340 ADVERTISERS...........................................................................405 The New Orleans Marriott Hotel Maps........................................407 4 PCA/ACA AREA CHAIRS The 2008 National Conference Animal Culture Popular Culture Association & Debbie Phillips Muskingum Coll. American Culture Association [email protected] Area Chairs Academics Animation Arlene Caney James A. (Jim) Walker Comm. Coll. Of Philadelphia University College for the Creative Arts at [email protected] Maidstone & [email protected] Julie Gochenour James Madison University Appalachian Studies [email protected] Leslie Harper Worthington Gainesville State College Adaptation (Film, TV, Lit., & Electronic [email protected] Gaming) Dennis Cutchins Art, Architecture, & Design Brigham Young University Loretta Lorance [email protected] School of Visual Arts, New York [email protected] Adolescence in Film & Television & Kylo-Patrick R. Hart Derham Groves Plymouth State University University of Melbourne [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Advertising Arthurian Legends Sammy R. Danna Loyola Univ. Elizabeth Sklar [email protected] [email protected] & African-American Culture Donald Hoffman [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 Constance (Connie) Bracewell Baby-Boomer Culture University of Arizona James Von Schilling [email protected] Northampton Comm. College & [email protected] Richard Sax & Lake Erie College Shawn David Young [email protected] -or- [email protected] Michigan State University [email protected] American Literature Sue Richardson Biographies Univ. of North Carolina-Wilmington Susie Skarl [email protected] University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 PCA & ACA AREA CHAIRS [email protected] Celebrity in Culture Michael Brody Black Music Culture [email protected] Including Hip Hop Culture William C. Banfield Cemeteries & Gravemarkers Berklee College of Music J. Joseph Edgette [email protected] Widener University & [email protected] Angela Nelson Bowling Green State University Chicana/o Culture: Literature, Film, [email protected] Theory & (For Hip Hop) Scott Baugh Crystal Alberts Texas Tech University University of North Dakota [email protected] [email protected] Children’s Literature & Culture The Body and Physical Difference Harry E. Eiss Lori Duin Kelly [email protected] Carroll College [email protected] Children’s Television Richard Graham Border Culture (Political, Cultural, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Geographical) [email protected] Ray B. Browne Bowling Green State University Circuses & Circus Culture [email protected] Robert Sugarman [email protected] Brazilian Popular Culture Fernando de Sousa Rocha Civil War & Reconstruction Middlebury College Randal W. Allred [email protected] Brigham Young University, Hawaii [email protected] British Popular Culture Collecting & Collectibles Maureen Thum Kevin M. Moist University of Michigan Penn State, Altoona [email protected] [email protected] & Frank Riga Canisius College Collective Behavior: [email protected] Panics, Fads & Hostile Outbursts V.J. Brown Business/Corporate Culture Shepherd College Diana K Osborne [email protected] Spokane Community College [email protected] Comedy and Humor & M. Thomas Inge Tony Osborne Randolph-Macon College Gonzaga University [email protected] Caribbean & Latin American Comic Art & Comics Literature & Culture Nicole Freim Jorge Febles Riverside Community College University of North Florida [email protected] [email protected] 6 PCA/ACA AREA CHAIRS Communication & Digital Culture Ecology and Culture Mark Nunes Margaret O’Shaughnessey Southern Polytechnic State University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [email protected] [email protected] Conspiracy Theory / Education, Teaching, History, & Popular Claims for the Paranormal Culture Tamar Gablinger Seymour Leventman Humboldt University Boston College Berlin [email protected] [email protected] Eros, Pornography & Popular Culture Creative Fiction Writing Ken Muir Jerry Bradley Appalachian State University Lamar University [email protected] [email protected] Fairy Tales Cultural Conflict & Women Linda J. Holland-Toll Cheri Louise Ross Mount Olive College Penn State University, Harrisburg [email protected] [email protected] Fan Culture & Theory Culture & Religion Katherine Larsen Ingrid Shafer George Washington University Univ. of S&A, Oklahoma [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, PhD Candidate 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 [email protected] Festivals & Faires Kimberly Tony Korol-Evans Documentary University of Arizona Heather McIntosh [email protected] Northern Illinois University [email protected] Film Donald E. Palumbo Eastern European Studies English Dept. Jeff Johnson East Carolina University Michigan State University [email protected] [email protected] 7 PCA & ACA AREA CHAIRS Film Adaptation Rebecca Housel German Literature and Culture Rochester Institute of Techology Claude Desmarais [email protected] University of British Columbia [email protected] Film & History Cynthia J. Miller Gothic Literature, Film, & Culture Emerson College Louis H. Palmer, III [email protected] Castleton State College [email protected] Film and Media Studies J.