The Popular Culture Association in the South and
The American Culture Association in the South
2001 Annual Conference
October 4-6

Conference Program At A Glance
Thursday, 4 October Friday, 5 October Saturday, 6 October
Conference Sessions In Detail
Thursday, 4 October Friday, 5 October Saturday, 6 October
Participant Index

For a full description of each session listed below, click on "Details."

THURSDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2001
Registration: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Conference Foyer
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Panels (1) Floridaze: Life and Culture of the Host State (Prologue) (Island C)
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(2) From Harriet Nelson to Claire Huxtable and Beyond: Images of American Women in Television (Island B)
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(3) American Film from the "Golden Age" (Plantation N)
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(4) Witchcraft and the Unreal in Culture and Literature
(Island A - VCR/TV)
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(5) Testing Relations: The Question of British Neutrality and the Confederate Navy in the Civil War
(Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(6) Questions of Race & Gender (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide Projector/Screen)
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11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Panels
(7) The 1950s on Film, Then and Now: Constructing, Deconstructing, and Escaping the 1950s (Island C)
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(8) (Post)Identity Culture: Desire, Vampires and Science Fiction (Island B)
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(9) Film 101: Critical Views of Film I (Plantation N)
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(10) Wrestling and Its Impact on Today's Youth (Island A - VCR/TV)
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(11) Captain America" Changing Country, Changing Culture, Changing Hero (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(12) Getting Along Together (Fernandina - VCR/TV)
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1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Panels
(13) Southern Literature: The Joys and Difficulties of Teaching What We Love (Island C)

(14) Eating the Other in an Age of Post-progressive Politics (Island B)
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(15) Transcendentalism Revisited (Plantation N)
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(16) Students Analyze Hollywood's Teachers v. the Real Thing (Island A - VCR/TV)
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(17) Apotheosis of Public Figures (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(18) Film 102: Critical Views of Film II (Fernandina - VCR/TV)
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3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Panels
(19) Eating and Consuming in Literature and Film (Island C)
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(20) The First-Year Experience at Hogwarts (Island B)
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(21) Human Development in Literature (Plantation N)
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(22) Shakespeare: Hamlet, Richard III, and the Muppets (Island A - VCR/TV)
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(23) The Body Politick: Remaking the Human Form (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(24) Film 103: Critical Views of Films III (FernandinaVCR/TV
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5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Panels
NOTE: STATE COORDINATORS MEETING (ISLAND C, BACK CORNER)

(25) Tony Soprano and Friends (Island B)
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(26) New Directions in Literature (Plantation N)
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(27) It's a Man's World--Or Is It? (Island A - VCR/TV)
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(28) Popular Culture in Other Lands and Times (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(29) Socialization Skills (Fernandina - VCR/TV)
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6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
(30) Reception on Verandah (Island C, if weather is inclement)
FRIDAY, 5 OCTOBER
Registration: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Conference Foyer
Conference Sessions
8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Panels
(31) Beyond Bond: Heroism in the Postmodern Universe of Spy Kids (Island C)
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(32) Spin City: Current Writers Re-visit/Re-vise Great Art (Island B)
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(33) The Printed Word—with Pictures (Plantation N)
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(34) Contemporary Presidents and Public Discourse (Island A - VCR/TV)
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(35) Place and History (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(36) The Other in Popular Culture (Fernandina - Slide Projector/Screen)
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10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Panels
(37) Spin City: Current Writers Re-visit/Re-vise Great Art (cont'd.) (Ponte Vedra)
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(38) New Waves in Detective/Mystery Fiction (Plantation N)
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(39) The Contemporary Music Scene (Island A - VCR/TV)
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(40) Presidential Images from the Past (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(41) Popular Pastimes (Fernandina - Slide Projector/Screen)
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11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
(42) Luncheon on the Verandah (Island B & C, if weather is inclement)
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1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Panels
(43) Teaching Shakespeare (Ponte Vedra)
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(44) Caroliniana (Plantation N - screen only)
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(45) Feminism (Island A - VCR/TV)
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(46) Women, Violence & Alien Abductions (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(47) Metaphor & Myth (Fernandina - Slide Projector/Screen)
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3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Panels
(48) Infusing the Curriculum with Popular Culture (Island C)
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(49) Contemporary South(west)ern Humor (Island B)
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(50) Laid-back Humor in Word and Music (Plantation N)
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(51) Religion, Politics, and Popular Culture (Island A - VCR/TV)
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(52) African-American Literature (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(53) Public Arguments (Fernandina - Slide Projector/Screen)
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5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
(54) Business Meeting (Island C)
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
(55) Reception - cash bar - on the Verandah (Island B, if weather is inclement)
SATURDAY, 6 OCTOBER
Registration: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Conference Foyer
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8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Panels
(56) The Goddess (Island C) *
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(57) Animals and Humans (Island B)
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(58) Detective Fiction (Plantation N)
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(59) The Grammar of Glamour: New Approaches to Film Research and Analysis (Island A - VCR/TV; slide projector/screen)
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(60) God and Satan, Good and Evil (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(61) Comic Books and Cartoons (Fernandina - Slide Projector/Screen; Overhead)
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10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Panels
(62) Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hurston (Island C)
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(63) Master Film-makers: Hitchcock and Welles (Plantation N)
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(64) Movie Houses, Past and Present (Island B - Slide projector/screen)
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(65) The Hero With Four Faces (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen)
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(66) The Other Arts in Popular Culture (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(67) Southern History (Fernandina - VCR/TV)
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11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Panels
(68) Walt Disney’s World (Island C)
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(69) Marketing—Creating the World of Need (Island B)
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(70) Vampires (Plantation N)
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(71) Language In Films (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen)
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(72) Cyberspace--The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(73) Too Unique To Pair With Anything Else (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide projector/Screen)
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NOTE: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WORKING LUNCH (UPPER-LEVEL RESTAURANT, 1:00 P.M.)

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Panels
(74) Alternative Lifestyles (Island C)
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(75) The Faustian Motif in Contemporary Film (Island B)
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(76) British Literature and Identity (Plantation N)
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(77) Writing for Television and Film (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen)
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(78) The South in Film & Literature (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
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(79) City Images and Constructs (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide Projector/screen; Overhead/Screen)
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3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Panels
NOTE: GRADUATE STUDENT/NEW PROFESSIONAL CAUCUS ( AMELIA)

(80) Education and Teaching (Island C)
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(81) Cultural Studies & Teaching (Island B)
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(82) Reality Television (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen)
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(83) Floridaze: Life and Culture of the Host State (Epilogue) (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide Projector/screen; Overhead/screen
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