2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

THURSDAY
2:30 – 4:00 P.M.
the Catholic Press, 1950-1954"
Glen Gendzel, San Jose State University
Balcony L (4th Floor)
2157 Science Fiction & Fantasy IX: What It Means to Be Human
Chair: Bonnie Jo Noonan, Xavier University
"The Virgin, the Swine, and the Author: Evangeline Walton’s Fantastic
Mabinogion"
Kristin Noone, University of California—Riverside
"The Dystopian Worlds of Philip K. Dick"
Jeff Hicks, University of California—Riverside
"To Be a Sci-Fi Human"
Bonnie Jo Noonan
Mardi Gras G&H (3rd Floor)
2158 Television VII: Celebrity: Young, Old, and Newly Found
Chair: Leigh Edwards, Florida State University
"Kidnation and Content Analysis "
Amy Carwile, University of Alabama
"Schadenfreude and Reality Television"
Lee Wang, University of Chicago
"Idol Concerns: The Ethics of Parasociality"
Christopher Bell, University of Colorado at Boulder
"Celebreality TV and the American Family"
Leigh Edwards
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