2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

THURSDAY
8:30 – 10:00 P.M.
"Fangs for Friends: Demythologizing the Vampire in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight"
Todd Aldridge, Auburn University
"The Twilight of Sexuality: Blood in the Bella Swan Series"
Karma Waltone
St. Charles Suite (41st Floor)
2217 Romance Roundtable Past experiences, future plans, successes, disasters,
and recommendations for bringing popular romance fiction to the classroom.
Bring syllabi, assignments, recommendations, hopes, fears, and dreams.
Chair: Darcy Martin, East Tennessee State University
Preservation Hall Studio 9 (2nd Floor)
2218 Special Panel: Depictions of Evil and Villainy in Popular Film and
Television
Chair: Gary Edgerton, Old Dominion University
"Disguise, Subterfuge, and Identity in the Western"
Ray Merlock, University of South Carolina, Upstate
"The Narrative Construction of the ‘Damn Villain’ in Television Legal Series: From
Perry Mason to Raising the Bar "
Dennis Bounds, Regent University
"The Villain as Hero in American Gangster: An American Tradition Continued or a
New Chapter?"
Michael Marsden, St. Norbert College
"Situation Tragedy: The Banality of Tony Soprano"
Gary Edgerton
Preservation Hall Studio 8 (2nd Floor)
2219 Gay, Lesbian, & Queer Studies V: Television’s Big Love, OutSkirts, and
Masters
Chair: Claudia Schippert, University of Central Florida
"’Lesbian (Out)Skirts’"
Teresa Pershing, West Virginia University
"Regent Entertainment: From Gods and Monster to Masters of GLBTQ Media"
Gary Drum, Lambuth University
"Queer Family Values in HBO’s Big Love "
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