2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

SATURDAY
4:30 – 6:00 P.M.
Suparno Banjaree, Louisiana State University
"Truth, Lies, and Language in James Morrow's City of Truth"
Ed McKnight, Anderson University
"The Neutral 'I': Evolution and the Missing Link in Gendered Pronouns"
Winter Elliot, Brenau University
"Science Fiction Language in Action: L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology"
Jennifer Kelso Farrell, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Balcony N (4th Floor)
4125 Music XIV: Blendings and Blurrings
Chair: Christian Z. Goering, University of Arkansas
"The Rainbow Children: Prince as Musical Historian"
Caitlin Giauque, Brigham Young University
"Technology and the Body: The Role of the DJ in Electronic Dance Music Culture"
Bernardo Attias, California State University, Northridge
"Face-Off: The Band Slipknot and Evocative Self-Rebellion"
Sean Pillars, University of Connecticut
"Literature, Literacy, and Popular Music: A Study of Connections between Of Mice
and Men and Readers’ Musical Intertextuality"
Christian Z. Goering
La Galerie 4 (2nd Floor)
4126 Game Studies X: Other Places, Other Venues
Chair: Lián Amaris, Colorado College
"Cultural Significance of Online Games in China"
Lin Wang, Clemson University
"Seeking the Exotic: Orientalist Traditions through Virtual Passageways"
Stephanie Scott, University of Arkansas
"How Japanese is Wii? The Americanization and American Reception of Japanese
Video Games"
Xiangyi Huang, University of Kansas
"Seriously Fun: Viral Marketing and the Gaming Experience of Nolan’s The Dark
Knight"
Lián Amaris
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