2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

FRIDAY
4:30 – 6:00 P.M.
"‘Discussin’ it Proud:’ A Question of Authority and Language in Pedagogy"
Heidi Truax
La Galerie 3 (2nd Floor)
3167 Film XVIII: Playing Against (Genre) Type: Macbre Musicals, Working
Girl, Thai Pastiche, & WALL-E
Chair: Marilyn Middendorf, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
"‘Now All I Got Is A Barbie Doll Crotch’: The Evolution of the Corporeal
Modification Musical"
Christopher Gullen, Wayne State University
"Economic, Managerial and Marketing Content in Working Girl"
Amy Cox, Converse College
Madelyn Young, Converse College
"The Power (and Problem) with Pastiche: Wisit Sasanatieng's Tears of the Black
Tiger and New Thai Cinema"
William Verrone, University of North Alabama
"WALL-E Exploits Twentieth Century Sci-Fi Traditions"
Marilyn Middendorf
La Galerie 6 (2nd Floor)
3168 Film XIX: Confounding Form: Unconventional Narratives, Recycled
Time, & the Audience
Chair: Chris Montes, University of Texas, Austin
"The Unreliable Roots of Film Noir: Detour and Double Indemnity"
Greg Metcalf, University of Maryland
"‘This Is the Story of a Man Marked by an Image from His Childhood’: The
Function of Narrative and Memory in Chris Marker's La Jetee"
Tiffany Funk, University of Illinois at Chicago
"‘Time is a Lie’: Aging, Cinema, and Richard Linklater's Before Sunset"
David Johnson, Salisbury University
"Narrative Delight: Understanding Relationships Between Narrative and Audience"
Chris Montes
Preservation Hall Studio 2 (2nd Floor)
3169 Comic Art & Comics XIII: An Examination of Narratives
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