This area explores activism and its expression in relation to popular culture from contemporary and historical perspectives. Topics may include social advocacy, community organizing, and arts and culture movements that support equity or push for equity in society. Of particular interest is how activists use media as well as how the popular media portray activist groups, as well as how social media can be used to inspire and grow activist movements.
MAPACA Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association
Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association
Activism
Areas
- Activism
- American Studies
- Animal Studies
- Art & Visual Culture
- Asian and Asian-American Studies
- Black Studies
- Body Art and Images (formerly Tattoos and Tattooing)
- Children and Childhood Studies
- Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming
- Death in American Culture
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Detective Fiction
- Disability Studies
- Disney Studies
- Fan Studies and FanFiction
- Fashion, Appearance and Material Culture
- Film Studies
- Food and Culture
- Gothic Studies
- Health Studies and Public Health
- Horror and Paranormal Studies
- Internet Culture
- Journalism and News Media
- Language and Popular Culture
- Latino/a Studies
- Law and Popular Culture
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Studies
- MAPACA
- Medieval & Renaissance
- Music
- Native American Studies
- Natural and Built Environment
- Novels, Then and Now
- Performance Studies
- Play Studies
- Poetry and Poetry Studies
- Professional Development
- Religion and Culture
- Rhetoric and Composition in a Global World
- Sexuality and Erotica
- SF/Fantasy
- Sports
- Television
- Travel and Tourism
- True Crime
- Urban Culture
- War Studies
- Women’s and Feminist Studies
- Working Class Culture
- Wrestling