2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

THURSDAY
2:30 – 4:00 P.M.
"'What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?': Charting a Hostile Outburst as Violence,
Revenge or Guerilla Theater in the Life and Work of Dan Rather"
Donald Barthelme, University of Central Arkansas
Michael Stipe, University of Central Arkansas
Wayne Stengel, University of Central Arkansas
"'The Oxbow Incident': An Analysis of a Lynching from a Sociological
Perspective"
Winfrey Ruffin Jr., Shippensburg University
Napoleon Suite (41st Floor)
2123 Film & History IV: Myths of Past, Present, and Future
Chair: Rania Kosmidou, University College, Dublin
"’As Yewt, More Art than Science’: Conjuring John Dee’s Occult Philosophy in
Elizabeth: The Golden Age "
Jacob Tootalian, Texas A&M University
“Saints, Savages, and Salesmanship: Hollywood's Commercializatin of Native
Americans on Film”
Gerald Duchovnay, Texas A&M University, Commerce
"Shifts in Orientalism: Defensive and Social Projection in The Siege and The
Kingdom"
Sarah Hudson, University of Arkansas
"Magic Realism, Melancholy and Exorcism of the Past in Guillermo del Toro’s
Pan’s Labyrinth"
Rania Kosmidou
St. Charles Suite (41st Floor)
2124 World Popular Culture II: The Active Blending of Cultures
Chair: Cameron White, University of Houston
"Under the European Scrutiny Glass"
Michael Prince, University of Agder, Norway
"Jan Goodall in the Anglo-Imperial Imagination"
Laura Davis, Red Deer College
Mardi Gras F (3rd Floor)
2125 Masculinities & Men's Studies IV: Iconic and Stereotypical Male Figures
in American Popular Culture
Chairs: Elwood Watson, East Tennessee State University, and Marc DiPaolo,
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