MAPACA Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association
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American Culture Association
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Schedule for Thursday, November 8, 2018
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
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| MAPACA | Check-In | Thursday, November 8, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm (Versailles) |
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| MAPACA | Book Exhibit | Thursday, November 8, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (Versailles) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
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| MAPACA | Publishers' Exhibit Coffee & Tea Break | Thursday, November 8, 9:00 am to 11:15 am (Versailles) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
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| Decorative Arts and Design | Interiors and Objects | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Boardroom) | |
| Television, Latino/a Studies | TV Industry: From Netflix to Amazon to the News to SNL | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Caswell) | |
| Internet Culture | Internet Discourse, Policy, and Representation | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Federal Hill Suite (Fairmont B)) | |
| Language and Popular Culture | Language, Identity and Representation | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Hannover A) | |
| Food and Culture | Culinary Cultural Expectations | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Hannover B) | |
| Film Studies | Superheroes and Franchise Trailers. | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Maryland) | |
| Sexuality and Erotica | Resistance and Assistance | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Royale Boardroom) | |
| Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming, Play Studies | Cyberpunk, Play, Lore, and Loot: Video Gaming in the 21st Century | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Salon A Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Children and Childhood Studies | Racing the Jungle: Animals, Race, and Children's Literature | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Salon B Calvert Ballroom) | |
| American Studies | Fictional Creations of Race and Identity | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Salon D Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Travel and Tourism | Travel Narratives and Tourist Guidebooks | Thursday, November 8, 9:30 am to 10:45 am (Salon E Calvert Ballroom ) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decorative Arts and Design, Fashion, Style and Consumer Culture | Museums, Material Culture, and Fashion | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Boardroom) | |
| Latino/a Studies, Television | Women, Others, and the Gridlock of Power in Social Relationships | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Caswell) | |
| Internet Culture | Internet Image, Time, and Privacy | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Federal Hill Suite (Fairmont B)) | |
| Language and Popular Culture | Discursive Perspectives on the Language of Popular Culture | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Hannover A) | |
| Food and Culture | Japanese Cuisine & Popular Culture | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Hannover B) | |
| Film Studies | Music and Musicals | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Maryland) | |
| SF/Fantasy | Fantastic Environments: World-Building in SF/F | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Royale Boardroom) | |
| Play Studies, Performance Studies | Pain and Transformation: The Performative Body at Play | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Salon A Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Children and Childhood Studies | Body, Mind, and Internet: Discussions of Children's Agency | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Salon B Calvert Ballroom) | |
| American Studies | David Foster Wallace | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Salon D Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Travel and Tourism | Tourism in, and of, the Cold War | Thursday, November 8, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm (Salon E Calvert Ballroom ) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
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| Music | Big in Canada and Japan | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Boardroom) | |
| Television | Representation: Freaks and Geeks, The Bachelor, The Resident, and Mozart in the Jungle | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Caswell) | |
| Law and Popular Culture | The First Amendment is Trending | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Federal Hill Suite (Fairmont B)) | |
| Novels and Book History | Ethical Forms: Exploring Violence, Gender, Time, and Ecology in the Novel | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Hannover A) | |
| Religion and Culture | Religious Performance | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Hannover B) | |
| Film Studies | (Re)Presenting the Nation: National Identities in Film | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Maryland) | |
| SF/Fantasy | Slaves, Women, and Androids and the Fight for Bodily Agency | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Royale Boardroom) | |
| Death in American Culture | Reflections on Mortality | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Salon A Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Women’s and Feminist Studies | Challenging Men: Confronting Masculinity and The Male Perspective | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Salon B Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Comics, Cartoons, and Video Gaming | The Intentionality of Gaming Narratives | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Salon D Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Medieval & Renaissance | Teaching the Medieval in the Era of #MeToo | Thursday, November 8, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Salon E Calvert Ballroom ) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
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| MAPACA | Publishers' Exhibit Coffee & Tea Break | Thursday, November 8, 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm (Versailles) | |
| MAPACA | Making America Modern: Interior Design... Meet the Author & Book Signing | Thursday, November 8, 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm (Versailles) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Learning and Pedagogy | Thursday, November 8, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Boardroom) | |
| Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Studies | LGBTQ Identity and Representation in TV & Film | Thursday, November 8, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Caswell) | |
| Disability Studies | Self Representation and Visibility | Thursday, November 8, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Federal Hill Suite (Fairmont B)) | |
| Novels and Book History | Novel Aesthetics: Art, Authors, and Cultural Impact in the Novel | Thursday, November 8, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Hannover A) | |
| Horror and Paranormal Studies | Zombies, Demons and The Monsters in Our Minds | Thursday, November 8, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Royale Boardroom) | |
| Death in American Culture | The Bronx's Woodlawn Cemetery | Thursday, November 8, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Salon A Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Medieval & Renaissance | Is it a Man's World? Gender and the Middle Ages | Thursday, November 8, 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm (Salon E Calvert Ballroom ) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
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| Natural and Built Environment | Construction, Definition and Perception | Thursday, November 8, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Boardroom) | |
| Detective Fiction | New Approaches to Detective Fiction | Thursday, November 8, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Caswell) | |
| Professional Development | Professional Development Two | Thursday, November 8, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Federal Hill Suite (Fairmont B)) | |
| Horror and Paranormal Studies | Scared About Gender and Race | Thursday, November 8, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Royale Boardroom) | |
| Animal Studies | The Uses of Animals in Contemporary American Culture | Thursday, November 8, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Salon A Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Women’s and Feminist Studies | Eating, Drinking, and Midwives: Contemplating Female the Body in Popular Culture | Thursday, November 8, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Salon B Calvert Ballroom) | |
| Native American Studies | The Stereotyping, Commodification, and Silencing of Native Americans in Popular Culture and Education | Thursday, November 8, 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm (Salon E Calvert Ballroom ) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
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| MAPACA | Divine Impact Award Speaker | Thursday, November 8, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm (Salon C Calvert Ballroom) |
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| MAPACA | Reception | Thursday, November 8, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Salon C Calvert Ballroom) |
| Areas | Session | Session chairs | |
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| MAPACA | Grad Student Social at Collectors Corner Comic Book Store | Thursday, November 8, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm (Offsite) |