2015PreliminaryConfProgDraft

Dana Heller (Old Dominion University)E3: Transatlantic Rivalries: Contemporary French Cinema and Hollywood GenresRoom: 3Chair: David Pettersen (University of Pittsburgh)Kelley Conway (University of Wisconsin, Madison), "Same Old Song? Singing in Contemporary French Cinema"Charlie Michael (University of Georgia), "The 'Pragmatic' Neoliberalism of Contemporary French Action Cinema"David Pettersen (University of Pittsburgh), "What’s French about French Horror Cinema?"Margaret Flinn (Ohio State University), "'We Are All French': The Franco-International Omnibus Film"E4: How Comedy Works: Narrative, Technology, Genre, and ContextRoom: 4Chair: Philip Scepanski (Vassar College)Burke Hilsabeck (Oberlin College), "Narrative, Narrativity, and Anarchic Burlesque: Mack Sennett, D. W. Griffith,and "Tillie’s Punctured Romance" (1914)"Sulgi Lie (Free University Berlin), "Short-circuited Comedy: Jerry Lewis and the Video Assist"Jacqueline Bowler (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), "Where's the Punch Line?: Louie and the Slow TelevisionComedy"Philip Scepanski (Vassar College), "Only through Comedy: African-American Television Comedy and the 1992Los Angeles Riots/Uprising"E5: Powerful or Unruly?: The Ambivalence of Postfeminist Bodies Across Media PlatformsRoom: 5Chair: Jennifer McClearen (University of Washington)Kavita Nayar (University of Massachusetts Amherst), "Working It: Adult Webcam Modeling and the CulturalProduction of Postfeminist Sexual Subjectivities"Tisha Dejmanee (University of Southern California), "The Digital, Postfeminist Subject: Branding ConsumableBodies on Food Blogs"Tasha Rennels (University of South Florida), "Challenging Postfeminist Portrayals in Reality Television: ACautionary, Contradictory, and Critical Analysis of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo"Jennifer McClearen (University of Washington), "Negotiating the Performance of Femininities in Pre-FightWalkouts for the Ultimate Fighting Championship"E6: Franchise Building and Management in a Multi-Platform UniverseRoom: 6Chair: Kimberly Owczarski (Texas Christian University)Co-Chair: Ashley Elaine York (University of Alberta)Maria Boyd (Georgia State University), "Kevin Feige: Marvel’s Franchise Management Superhero"Kyra Hunting (University of Wisconsin, Madison), "In a Franchise Far, Far, Away: Phineas and Ferb, Marvel, StarWars and Disney’s Cross-promotion Franchising Strategy"Ashley Elaine York (University of Alberta), "Positioning the ‘Women’s Blockbuster’ as a Four-Quadrant Film: TheAncillary Marketing and Merchandising Efforts of The Hunger Games Franchise"