2009 National Conference Program - PCA/ACA

Preservation Hall Studio 9 (2nd Floor)
1070 Women's Studies III: Louisiana Women II
Chair: Judith F. Gentry, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
"Louisiana Women: A Brief Introduction to Our Subject"
Judith F. Gentry, University of Louisiana--Lafayette
"Marie Laveau (1801-1881): A New Orleans Voudou Priestess"
Carolyn Morrow Long, Museum of American History, Smithsonian
"Kate Stone (1841-1907): The Agony and Strife of Civil War Louisiana"
Mary Farmer-Kaiser, University of Louisiana--Lafayette
"Eliza Jane Nicholson (1843-1896): New Orleans Publisher"
Patricia Brady, Independent Scholar
Mardi Gras E (3rd Floor)
1071 Popular Art, Architecture & Design I: Imagining Places
Chair: Stan Kranc, University of South Florida
WEDNESDAY
4:30 – 6:00 P.M.
"Transatlantic Maritime Circulations and Fractal Icons of Unity in Resort Culture"
Martha Reiner, Independent Scholar
"Citizen-Designers: Students Inspired by the U.S. Constitution's Preamble"
Hector LaSala, University of Louisiana
"Crime and Architecture: Designing a Center for Australian Crime Fiction"
Derham Groves, University of Melbourne
Preservation Hall Studio 8 (2nd Floor)
1072 Gay, Lesbian, & Queer Studies II: Television’s Mixed Messages
Chair: James A. Nadeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Industrial Contexts in the Development of Lesbian Themed Television"
Faye Davies, Birmingham City University
"The Look of Love: The Cinematic Treatment of Gay and Straight Relationships on
Brothers and Sisters"
Valarie Schweisberger, Syracuse University
"Mixed Messages: Logo, Bravo and the Contemporary Queer Media Persona"
James Nadeau
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