2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

THURSDAY
2:30 – 4:00 P.M.
"Dancing Barefoot, Painting Dreams: Natural Born Charmer and the Aesthetics of
Popular Romance"
Eric Selinger, DePaul University
Preservation Hall Studio 10 (2nd Floor)
2127 Children's Literature & Culture IV: Feminist Views
Chair: Drennan Spitzer, Castleton State College
"Witches Just Want to Have Fun: Harry Potter and the Power of the Feminine"
Ximena Gallardo, LaGuardia Community College
"Tiaras and Combat Boots: Femininity and Authority in Meg Cabot’s The Princess
Diaries, Princess in the Spotlight, and Princess in Love "
Alexa Dimakos, California State University
"A Veneer of Vampirism: A Feminist Reading of Relationships in Stephenie
Meyer's Twilight Saga"
Drennan Spitzer, Castleton State College
"Lessons in Literacy and Community: Feminist Utopia in Shannon Hale’s Princess
Academy "
Cara Swafford, Bradley University
Mardi Gras A (3rd Floor)
2128 Caribbean Literature & Culture III: Representations of Masculinity and
Violence in Political Posters, Films and Literature: The Cases of Cuba and
Colombia
Chair: Manuel Martínez, Ohio Dominican University
"National Identity, Masculinity and Representation in Cuban Revolutionary Posters"
Mónica Ayala Martínez, Denison University
"From Patagonia to the Malecón: Displacement, Love, Violence, and Revolution"
Manuel Martínez
"Masculinidad, violencia y desplazamiento forzoso en La Primera Noche"
Margarita Jácome, Loyola College
La Galerie 4 (2nd Floor)
2129 Sports III: Marketing
Chair: Peter A. Maresco, Sacred Heart University
"Meet this Group of Huskies: The Bodybuilding Testimonial from Eugene Sandow
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