2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

SATURDAY
12:30 – 2:00 P.M.
Studies"
Bridget Marshall, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
"Graphic Novels and American History"
Linda Kelly Alkana, California State University Long Beach
"Spider-Man in Salem: Superheroes as History Teachers"
Matthew Pustz, Fitchburg State College
Mardi Gras A (3rd Floor)
4075 Southern Literature & Culture IX: Reflections and Medium
Chair: Christopher Bloss, Georgia Gwinnett College
"Georgia Peaches and Other Symbols in Janisse Ray's Ecology of a Cracker
Childhood"
Rachel Wall, Georgia State University
"Tim Gautreaux's Next Step in the Dance: A Tribute to Culture"
Margaret Bauer, East Carolina University
"Women are Tough: Gender Roles in the Novels of Cormac McCarthy"
Leslie Worthington, Gainesville State College
"Every Man has the Right to Contribute a Verse: Reclaiming the South through Hip
Hop Films"
Courtney George, Auburn University
"I'm About It: Adventures in Independent Black Filmmaking and the Rise of No
Limit Records"
Keith Corson, New York University
La Galerie 1 (2nd Floor)
4076 Fat Studies IV: Tight Fit: The Mental and Physical Experiences of Being
Fat
Chair: Lesleigh Owen, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Fat Ladies Go Shopping: The Geography of the Plus-Size Retail Clothing
Industry"
Barb’ra-Anne Carter, University of Oklahoma
"A Difficult Fit: Space, Fatness and the University"
Amy Gullage, University of Toronto
"Fatness as a Liminal Experience"
Hannele Harjunen, Umeå University Centre for Gender Studies
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