2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

SATURDAY
10:00 – 11:30 A.M.
"The World of Jane Whitefield"
Linda R. Harris
Balcony L (4th Floor)
4053 Science Fiction & Fantasy XXII: A SF/F Potpourri: Lord of the Rings and
(Dis)Embodiment
Chair: Anne Savage, McMaster University
"What a Bitch: The Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings"
Mali Stanforth, Northeast Lakeview College
"In Whose Eyes?: Looking at Cyborgs in Ghost in the Shell"
Anne Savage
"Breaking the Girl: Poe's “Ligeia” and Lem’s Solaris"
Gerald R. Lucas, Macon State College
Mardi Gras G&H (3rd Floor)
4054 Television XIV: Storytelling, Religion, and Science Fiction
Chair: Thomas Parham, Azusa Pacific University
"A New Sense of Tragedy in American Televisual Fiction: The Case of Pushing
Daisies"
Antonio Savorelli, Communikitchen Media Research, Imola, Italy
"Must-Doubt TV: House and the New Atheism"
Richard Santana, Rochester Institute of Technology
"Negotiating Atheism Through Television and Science Fiction"
Gregory Erickson, New School University
"Journey’s End: Auteur Theory and Progressive Television Series"
Thomas Parham
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