MAPACA

Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association

Presentations

• “Onto-Epistemological Vertigo”: Cultural and Generic Underpinnings of Mind-Game Film
  Kyna Alene McClenaghan (New York University, Film & Media Studies Dept., School of the Arts, Columbia University)
• Take My Hand, We’ll Make it I Swear: Toxic Masculinity in Female-Led Superhero Narratives
  Quincy Thomas (Kalamazoo College)
• Terror Management Cinema: a Didactic Response to Death Anxiety
  Jennifer Gagliardi (Middle Tennessee State University)