2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

THURSDAY
8:30 – 10:00 P.M.
"More Than Just a Pretty Picture: The Mass-Produced Art Book, Its Appeal and
Effect"
Emily Heersink, University of Western Ontario
"Art? Yes, Yes, Yes: Providing a Theoretical Framework for the Study of Graffiti as
a Public Communication Act"
Christine M. Rivas, University of South Alabama
"Friends of Rag: Art that You Wear"
Petra Slinkard, Indianapolis Museum of Art
"Public, Private, Photographic: Philip-Lorca diCorcia's HEADS Project"
Rachel Wortman, Ohio State University
"Sociogenic Aesthetics: The Merger of Art and Life"
Greg Blair, University of St. Scholastica
Balcony L (4th Floor)
2231 Science Fiction & Fantasy XI: The “Others”: Fandom, Race, and
Diversity
Chair: Nancy D. Tolson, Mitchell College
"A Colorful Imagination: The Diversity in Science Fiction and Fantasy for
Adolescent Readers"
Nancy D. Tolson
"’I sometimes think we sort too soon’: How Fandom Gave Humanity Back to the
Slytherins"
Stephanie Lalonde, Independent Scholar
"’Give me my happy ending!’: Fan Fiction and V for Vendetta "
JJ Pionke, Harper College
"Of End(ing) Projections: Race and Failure in Minority Science Fiction"
Anthony Sze-Fai Shiu, University of Missouri—Kansas City
Mardi Gras G&H (3rd Floor)
2232 Television IX: Intercultural Communication: The British are Coming;
The Israelis are Coming, Etc. Etc. Etc.
Chair: Jennifer Conary, DePaul University
"Prime-time Inspiration from Abroad: A Performance Analysis of New U.S.
Adaptations of Fictional Foreign Series in 2008-09"
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