MAPACA Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association
Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association
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Schedule for Saturday, November 5, 2016
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA |
Conference Check-in |
Saturday, November 5, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (Havana Tower 4th Floor Foyer) | |
| MAPACA |
Book Exhibit |
Saturday, November 5, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (Mambo 3 & 4) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music |
Communal & Local Musics - SubCulture |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Bongo 1) | |
| Decorative Arts and Design |
Materials, Gender and Emotion |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Bongo 2) | |
| Native American Studies |
Obama, Sanders, Clinton, Warren, Trump: The 2016 Presidential Election in Indian Country |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Bossa Nova 1) | |
| Travel and Tourism |
The Business of Travel and Tourism |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Bossa Nova 3) | |
| Women’s and Feminist Studies |
Dissecting the Feminist Narrative |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Castanet 1 & 2) | |
| Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming |
The Political, the Puzzling, and the Plastic: Popular Culture on the Page and the Screen. |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Castanet 4) | |
| American Studies |
Mythic Americas |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Mambo 2) | |
| Internet Culture |
Social Movements and Campaigns |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Mariachi) | |
| Film Studies |
History, Biography, and Bullies |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Tambora) | |
| Children and Childhood Studies |
The Non-Human and The Child: Monstrosity, Animality, and Disability in Literature and Media |
Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am to 10:15 am (Tango) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA |
Coffee & Tea Break |
Saturday, November 5, 10:00 am to 10:45 am (Mambo 3 & 4) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detective Fiction |
Genre Innovations in Detective Fiction |
Saturday, November 5, 10:30 am to 11:45 am (Bongo 2) | |
| Fashion, Style and Consumer Culture |
Brand Strategies in Social Media and its CRM (Customer Relationship Management) |
Saturday, November 5, 10:30 am to 11:45 am (Bossa Nova 1) | |
| Journalism and News Media |
The Role of Hyperlocals |
Saturday, November 5, 10:30 am to 11:45 am (Bossa Nova 2) | |
| Religion and Culture |
Defining Differences among Us: The Force of Religion in the Realm of Politics |
Saturday, November 5, 10:30 am to 11:45 am (Bossa Nova 3) | |
| Women’s and Feminist Studies |
Emerging Scholars |
Saturday, November 5, 10:30 am to 11:45 am (Castanet 1 & 2) | |
| Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming |
Welcome To My Hood: Sisterhood and Womanhood In Comics and Cartoons |
Saturday, November 5, 10:30 am to 11:45 am (Castanet 4) | |
| Internet Culture |
Memes and Lurkers |
Saturday, November 5, 10:30 am to 11:45 am (Mariachi) | |
| Children and Childhood Studies |
Growing Up Girl: Femininity and Sexuality in YA Lit and American Culture |
Saturday, November 5, 10:30 am to 11:45 am (Tango) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special sessions |
Crash Course 2016! |
Saturday, November 5, 11:45 am to 1:15 pm (Castanet 1 & 2) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music |
Agency and the Power of the Voice |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Bongo 1) | |
| Decorative Arts and Design |
Craft and Identity |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Bongo 2) | |
| Fashion, Style and Consumer Culture |
Construction of Social Identity through Appearance and Perception |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Bossa Nova 1) | |
| Journalism and News Media |
Does Comedy Elect a President? A Roundtable on Political Comedy |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Bossa Nova 2) | |
| Travel and Tourism |
Re/Presentation in Travel and Tourism |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Bossa Nova 3) | |
| Women’s and Feminist Studies |
Buying and Selling: Feminism and Consumer Culture |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Castanet 1 & 2) | |
|
Constructing and Reconstructing Memories |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Castanet 3) | ||
| War Studies |
War, Discourse, and Memory |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Castanet 4) | |
| Fan Studies and FanFiction |
The Hows and Whys of FanFiction Writing |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Mambo 1) | |
| SF/Fantasy |
Adaptation and the Timelessness of the SF/Fantasy Meme |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Mambo 2) | |
| Internet Culture |
Boundaries of Art and Spectacle |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Mariachi) | |
| Film Studies |
Superheroes on Film: Origins, Evolutions, and Revolutions |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Tambora) | |
| Children and Childhood Studies |
Challenging White Middle-Class Childhood(s): Labor, Race, Nation |
Saturday, November 5, 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm (Tango) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPACA |
Coffee & Tea Break |
Saturday, November 5, 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm (Mambo 3 & 4) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decorative Arts and Design |
Industrial Design and Revivals |
Saturday, November 5, 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm (Bongo 2) | |
| Women’s and Feminist Studies |
Mind F*#@: Women, Mental Health, and Psychological Growth |
Saturday, November 5, 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm (Castanet 1 & 2) | |
| Activism |
Objects, Uprisings, and Change |
Saturday, November 5, 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm (Castanet 4) | |
| Horror and Paranormal Studies |
Playing 18, Playing 1 through 6 and Playing with Identities |
Saturday, November 5, 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm (Mambo 1) | |
| American Studies |
America in Crisis: A Search for Itself |
Saturday, November 5, 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm (Mambo 2) | |
| Internet Culture |
Radio and Newspapers in the Digital Age |
Saturday, November 5, 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm (Mariachi) | |
| Television |
TV, Women and Criticism |
Saturday, November 5, 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm (Tambora) | |
| Children and Childhood Studies |
Childhood in the 21st Century: Generation and Identity in the Visual and the Digital |
Saturday, November 5, 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm (Tango) |