2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

WEDNESDAY
12:30 – 2:00 P.M.
DAILY SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, 12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Preservation Hall Studio 1 (2nd Floor)
1001 Adolescence in Film & Television I: Exploring Teen Films and the "Boy
Crisis"
Chair: Robert Petrone, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
"Do Teen Films Constitute Their Own Genre?"
Elissa Nelson, University of Texas at Austin
"Dark Comedy, Culture Personified: Framing the Heathers High School
Experience"
Trey Stohlman, Central Michigan University
"’Talk Hard!’: Everything I Needed to Know About Growing Up I Learned from
Christian Slater Movies"
Antares Alleman, University of Texas at Arlington
"Highest Hopes or Worst Fears?: Discourses of Crisis, Popular Culture, and
Adolescent Males in Mainstream Media"
Robert Petrone
Preservation Hall Studio 8 (2nd Floor)
1002 The Body and Physical Difference I: Racialized Bodies
Chair: Lori Duin Kelly, Carroll College
"Black/White and Blue: The Literary Prestige and Physical Perils of the Biracial
Body"
Carmen Phelps, University of Toledo
"Beyond Bootylicious: Contesting Representations of Black Female Sexuality"
Leola Dublin, Washington State University
"Reclaiming Black Female Bodies: Michelle Obama, Oprah, and Celebrity Culture"
Cherie Ann Turpin, University of the District of Columbia
"Albinism and Cultures in Africa: the Perception and Representation of the Black
Albino"
Djatou Medard, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
Preservation Hall Studio 2 (2nd Floor)
1003 Comic Art & Comics I: Historical Perspectives
Chair: Nicole Freim, Riverside Community College
"The Surprisingly Positive Image of Blacks in and Early Syndicated Cartoon Strip:
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