Pop Culture Charged and Changed Meanings in and Beyond the Classroom | MAPACA

This panel will explain the need for pop culture added to the syllabus. It will also discuss phrases that define aspects of pop culture and the changes that occur with names and phrases over time.

Presentations

"Do some research, fanboy": On the Changing Meanings and Uses of fangirl and fanboy

Presenters

Joe McVeigh

This House Isn’t So Bleak: Why Dickens’s Bleak House Is Still Important Today

Presenters

Anthony Michael D'Angelico

Talking Baseball: The Changing Role of Oral Traditions in America's Pastime

Presenters

Daniel P. Compora

Session chairs

Dena Hughes Arguelles