PCAS/ACAS 2001 Annual Conference

The Popular Culture Association in the South and
The American Culture Association in the South
2001 Annual Conference

Saturday, 6 October Conference Sessions

Conference Program At A Glance Participants Index

Thursday, 4 October Sessions Details Friday, 5 October Sessions Details

Saturday, 6 October 2001

Registration: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Conference Foyer

8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Panels

(56) The Goddess (Island C)
Chair: Linda Rohrer Paige, Georgia Southern U.
"Re-emergence of the Goddess in Lee Smith's Oral History." Linda Byrd, Sam Houston State University.
"The Goddess and the Evidence: A Gathering Vindication of Marija Gimbutas." G. Swan, John Marshall Law School.

(NOTE: This session is a special interest caucus on Gender Studies and Women’s Issues; all persons interested in Gender Studies and relevant issues are invited to participate in the discussion following the panelists’ presentations.)

(57) Animals and Humans (Island B)
Chair: Sharon Cleland, Florida C.C. at Jacksonville.
"Looking at Animals: How and Why We Negotiate Their Presence and Absence." Richard Sanzenbacher, Embry-Riddle U.
"The Dark Horse and the Derby: America's Obsession with the Underdog." Max Loges, Lamar U.

(58) Detective Fiction (Plantation N)
Chair: Lillian Heldreth, Northern Michigan U
"Expanded Space: Setting in the Transitional Hard-Boiled Detective Novel." Lewis Moore, University of the District of Columbia.
"Real Murders and Fictional Mysteries: Four Cases." John Teel, Marshall University

"History a la Carr: The Plague Court Murders." Douglas Carter, Virginia Western C.C

(59) The Grammar of Glamour: New Approaches to Film Research and Analysis (Island A - VCR/TV; slide projector/screen)
Chair: Virginia Agnew, U of Florida
"Baccarat Pack: Sinatra, Bond and Cold War Cool." Brian Doan, U of Florida.
"Dachshunds, Jazz, and Art Deco in Grand Hotel." Brandon Riley, U of Florida.

"'What the Kitchen Maid Saw through the Keyhole': A Walk through The Philadelphia Story." Rochelle Mabry, U of Florida.

"'Every Line Matters': Texts, Intertexts, and Polyvocal Styles in Rushmore." Virginia Agnew.

(60) God and Satan, Good and Evil (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
Chair: Dan Miller, U of South Carolina-Aiken.
"The Rhetoric of God and Satan: John Milton and Anne Rice." Debbie Zeringue, Clayton College & State University.
"The Myth of the Battle Between Good and Evil: Its History and Its Omnipresence in Current American Culture." Rebecca Zeigler, Georgia Southern U.

"Life Change Testimonies of Ex-Offenders: The Role of Christian Faith in Exiting Criminal Behavior." Christine Miller, Davenport U.

(61) Comic Books and Cartoons (Fernandina - Slide Projector/Screen; Overhead)
Chair: Jim Coon, Wingate U
"Poe in the Comic Books." Thomas Inge, Randolph-Macon College.
"All This and Earth--Two: The Justice Society of America in Comics, 1940-2001." Jonathan Lampley, Middle Tennessee State U.

"A Mixed Message: African Identity in WW II Newspaper Comics and Cartoons." Elsa Nystrom, Kennesaw State U.

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Panels

62) Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hurston (Island C)
Chair: Robert Doak, Wingate U.
"Tree of Knowledge or Tree of Life?: Defining Female Sexuality in The Sound and the Fury and Their Eyes Were Watching God." Carol Andrews, Armstrong Atlantic State U.
"Audacious Ambition in Faulkner's Thomas Sutpen and Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby." Fran Polek, Gonzaga U.

"‘Fallen Angels’: William Faulkner’s Lost Generation." Ron Buchanan, Northern Virginia C.C.-Manassas.

(63) Master Film-makers: Hitchcock and Welles (Plantation N)
Chair: Jay Smith, Florida C.C. at Jacksonville.
"Serial Psycho: Explications, Replications and Ultra-violent Manifestations of the Mother of All Horror Movies." Glenwood Irons, Brock U.
"Playing With Death in Hitchcock's Vertigo and Branagh's Dead Again." Leslie Boldt-Irons, Brock U.

"Orson Welles' Neglected Film Masterpiece Touch of Evil from Novel to Film." Thomas Jones, Coastal Carolina University

(64) Movie Houses, Past and Present (Island B - Slide projector/screen)
Chair: Joseph Cook, U of Kentucky
"Movie Palaces." Denise Cummings, U of Florida.
"Neighborhood Theatres." Geoffrey Weiss, U of Kentucky.

Response. Joseph Cook, U of Kentucky.

(65) The Hero With Four Faces (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen)
Chair: Gary Harmon, U of North Florida.
"Men in Skirts: The Hero in Braveheart and Gladiator." Richard Gibson, Jacksonville U.
"Red Dirt Girl: The Southern White Trash Female as Hero." Carmen Burton-Hardee, U of South Florida.

"Harry Potter: Is the Hero with the Innocent Face a Dangerous Influence or a Beneficial Role Model?" Mary Willingham, Mercer U.

"The Hero with a Fascist Face: Tom Clancy's Fiction." Dorothy Roberts, .

(66) The Other Arts in Popular Culture (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
Chair: Bruce Bickley, Jr., Florida State U.
"Hyacinth, Pearls, and the Met: Vermeer Redivivus". Ellen Smith, Stetson University.
"Exploiting the Lens". Amy Hagenrater, Bluefield C.

"Sincere Respect, Sincere Contempt: Olive Logan on Theatre". Alma Bennett, Alderson-Broaddus C.

(67) Southern History (Fernandina - VCR/TV)
Chair: George Hopkins, C. of Charleston.
"Civil War Legends of Steel Magnolias". Alan Brown, University of West Alabama.
"The Civil War in Tennessee: Novel Insights from New Consideration of Familiar Materials". James Jones, Tennessee Historical Commission.

"Postmodern Interpretation of Oral Histories of Elder Women in Durham, NC". Jessica Kravitz Lambert.

11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Panels

(68) Walt Disney’s World (Island C)
Chair: Thomas Holmes, East Tennessee State U
"Disney's Web: A Postmodernist and Marxist Critical View." Gary Cooper, Valdosta State U.
"Disney Capitalizes on Daytime Television." Susan Slavicz, Florida CC at Jacksonville, & Melissa Slavicz, Florida Southern C.

"Tempered Masculinity in Disney's Song of the South." Thomas Holmes

(69) Marketing—Creating the World of Need (Island B)
Chair: Richard Knecht, U of Toledo
"Keeping Tab: A Diet Soft Drink Self Life." George Plasketes, Auburn U.
"The Impact of the Sneaker and Sneaker Industry on Modern World Culture: The Transformative Powers of an Icon." Brian Gurian, Kew Gardens, NY.

"Emily Post's Etiquette in Society (1922) and Blum & Kaiser's Weddings for Dummies (1997): A Comparative Analysis of Paradigmatic Fictions." Dennis Hall, U of Louisville.

(70) Vampires (Plantation N)
Chair: Angela Hague, Middle Tennessee State U.
"The Comic Anti-hero in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Or Silly Villain: Spike is for Kicks." Michele Boyette, U of North Florida.
"Gay Vampire Fiction and Cultural Legitimacy." Michael Schiefelbein, Christian Brothers U.

"The Social Construction of 'the Other' in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series." Linda Holland-Toll, Newberry C.

(71) Language In Films (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen)
Chair: Thomas Jones, Coastal Carolina U.
"Tongue-Tied at the Movies: Images of Second Language Use in Film." David Alley, Georgia Southern U.
"Language in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: Stratagems and Clues." Bruce Nims, U of South Carolina-Lancaster.

"Women and Silence in Film." Heather Hampton, U of Louisville.

(72) Cyberspace--The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
Chair: John Hare, Montgomery C.-Germantown.
"Pedophilia Subculture: Myth or Reality?". Gordon Diem, ADVANCE Education & Development Institute.
"DANGER!!!...There Are Sexual/Romantic Predators and Serial Head-Game Players in Internet Chatrooms." Stewart Epstein, Monroe CC.

"Napster: The Changing Face of American Social Movements." James Hare, Longwood C.

(73) Too Unique To Pair With Anything Else (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide projector/Screen)
Chair: William Hrezo, Radford U.
"The Past-Present-Plymouth Complex: Symbolic Aspects of Old Cars." Stephen Childs, Valdosta State U.
"The Rumpelstiltskin Phenomenon: Turning Kudzu into Gold." Sharon Cleland, .

"Blurring Illusion and Reality in Dill Scallion and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story." Robert Holtzclaw, Middle Tennessee State U

(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)
Chair: Elaine Ware, Indiana U. of Pennsylvania
"Some Like It Queer: Cross-dressing, Gender Creation, and Sexual Orientation." Beckie Flannagan, Francis Marion U.
"Queer As Folk: The Evolution of the American Gay Archetype in Mass Media." Brad Owens & Michael Briggs, East Tennessee State U.

"Martina Navratilova--Superstar, Cyborg, Lesbian." Martha Gever, Florida Atlantic U.

(75) The Faustian Motif in Contemporary Film (Island B)
Chair: David McCracken, Coker C.
"Faust in Claymation." Julia Klimek, Coker C.
"Relocating Evil: Goethe's Faust, The Devil's Advocate, and The Talented Mr. Ripley." Adelheid Eubanks, Coker C.

"Deconstructing Devilish Decisions: Doctor Faustus and Angel Heart." David McCracken

(76) British Literature and Identity (Plantation N)
Chair: Emily Miller, Virginia Military Institute.
"British Mystery Writers Play the Race Card." Mary Hadley, Georgia Southern U.
"Slanted Perspectives on Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene: Greg Bear and Literary Cyborg Eroticism." Andrew Smyth, Plymouth State C.

(77) Writing for Television and Film (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen)
Chair: Kathy Merlock Jackson, Virginia Wesleyan C.
"Policing Future History: Star Trek’s Readers and Writers as Terminal Spectators." Bob Rehak, Indiana U.
"Various Truths are Out There: Issues of Closure in The X-Files and Babylon-5." Warren Olin-Ammentorp, Cazenovia C.

"I Knew Jesus Before He Was a Claymation Star: The Miracle Maker as a Jesus Film." Larry King, Stephen F. Austin State U

(78) The South in Film & Literature (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen)
Chair: Richard Sanzenbacher, Embry-Riddle U
"I Am a Fugitive from a Southern Chain Gang Movie." David Davis, University of North Carolina.
"Two Thousand Maniacs and the Demise of the South in Film." Kent Bean.

"Living on the Edge: The South Revealed in Flannery O'Connor's Fiction." Linda Hollandsworth, Coastal Carolina University.

(79) City Images and Constructs (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide Projector/screen; Overhead/Screen)
Chair: Edgar Butler, U. of California-Riverside.
"Past and Current Images of Savannah, Georgia." Edgar Butler.
"City of Charm and Change: Evolving Visions of Baltimore in the Films of Barry Levinson." Paul Haspel, Cecil C.C.

"Everything New Is Old Again: Reflections of the Past in New Urbanism." William Hrezo, Radford U.

"Light Rail in Kansas City." Larry Rochelle, Johnson County Community College

3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Panels

(80) Education and Teaching (Island C)
Chair: William Reynolds, Georgia Southern U
"Corporatization in America's Schools." Melissa Lickteig, Georgia Southern U.
"Instantaneous, Empowering, and Invisible: The World of Online Writing Communities." Lynnette Porter, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

"Teaching Television Theory and Criticism to Undergraduates: Some Observations." Jim Coon, Wingate U

(81) Cultural Studies & Teaching (Island B)
Chair: Martha Rhymes, Georgia Southern U
"Lomeo & Juliet: Teaching Shakespeare to Japanese Students." Julia Griffin, Georgia Southern U.
"Enhancing Culture- and Value-Sensitivity: A Multi-cultural Model Based on Neuro-Linguistic Programming." Ram Singh, Grand Valley State U.

"Cultural Studies: Pedagogy of Possibility." Martha Rhymes, Georgia Southern U

(82) Reality Television (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen)
Chair: Rhonda Wilcox, Gordon C.
"Surviving Reality: The Game Show Documentary". Glenn Geiser-Getz, East Stroudsburg U of Pennsylvania.
"Consumer/reality, Hyper/reality, and Post/reality in Reality TV". Neal Saye, Georgia Southern U.

(NOTE: This session is a special interest caucus on television and related issues; all persons interested in television as popular culture are invited to participate in a discussion of topics and issues following the panelists’ presentations.)

(83) Floridaze: Life and Culture of the Host State (Epilogue) (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide Projector/screen; Overhead/screen)
Chair: Barbara Giles, Florida Southern C.
"Florida's First Talkie". Robert Snyder, U of South Florida.
"Florida as Paradise: The Legacies of George Merrick and Ralph Munroe". Gerri Reaves.

"Elections for Florida Congressional Seats, 1960-2000: What Are the Prospects for 2002?". Barbara Giles, Florida Southern C.

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Conference Program At A Glance	Participants Index
Thursday, 4 October Sessions Details	Friday, 5 October Sessions Details

Saturday, 6 October 2001
	Registration: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Conference Foyer
8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Panels
(56) The Goddess (Island C) Chair: Linda Rohrer Paige, Georgia Southern U.	"Re-emergence of the Goddess in Lee Smith's Oral History." Linda Byrd, Sam Houston State University. "The Goddess and the Evidence: A Gathering Vindication of Marija Gimbutas." G. Swan, John Marshall Law School. (NOTE: This session is a special interest caucus on Gender Studies and Women’s Issues; all persons interested in Gender Studies and relevant issues are invited to participate in the discussion following the panelists’ presentations.)
(57) Animals and Humans (Island B) Chair: Sharon Cleland, Florida C.C. at Jacksonville.	"Looking at Animals: How and Why We Negotiate Their Presence and Absence." Richard Sanzenbacher, Embry-Riddle U. "The Dark Horse and the Derby: America's Obsession with the Underdog." Max Loges, Lamar U.
(58) Detective Fiction (Plantation N) Chair: Lillian Heldreth, Northern Michigan U	"Expanded Space: Setting in the Transitional Hard-Boiled Detective Novel." Lewis Moore, University of the District of Columbia. "Real Murders and Fictional Mysteries: Four Cases." John Teel, Marshall University "History a la Carr: The Plague Court Murders." Douglas Carter, Virginia Western C.C
(59) The Grammar of Glamour: New Approaches to Film Research and Analysis (Island A - VCR/TV; slide projector/screen) Chair: Virginia Agnew, U of Florida	"Baccarat Pack: Sinatra, Bond and Cold War Cool." Brian Doan, U of Florida. "Dachshunds, Jazz, and Art Deco in Grand Hotel." Brandon Riley, U of Florida. "'What the Kitchen Maid Saw through the Keyhole': A Walk through The Philadelphia Story." Rochelle Mabry, U of Florida. "'Every Line Matters': Texts, Intertexts, and Polyvocal Styles in Rushmore." Virginia Agnew.
(60) God and Satan, Good and Evil (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen) Chair: Dan Miller, U of South Carolina-Aiken.	"The Rhetoric of God and Satan: John Milton and Anne Rice." Debbie Zeringue, Clayton College & State University. "The Myth of the Battle Between Good and Evil: Its History and Its Omnipresence in Current American Culture." Rebecca Zeigler, Georgia Southern U. "Life Change Testimonies of Ex-Offenders: The Role of Christian Faith in Exiting Criminal Behavior." Christine Miller, Davenport U.
(61) Comic Books and Cartoons (Fernandina - Slide Projector/Screen; Overhead) Chair: Jim Coon, Wingate U	"Poe in the Comic Books." Thomas Inge, Randolph-Macon College. "All This and Earth--Two: The Justice Society of America in Comics, 1940-2001." Jonathan Lampley, Middle Tennessee State U. "A Mixed Message: African Identity in WW II Newspaper Comics and Cartoons." Elsa Nystrom, Kennesaw State U.
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Panels
62) Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hurston (Island C) Chair: Robert Doak, Wingate U.	"Tree of Knowledge or Tree of Life?: Defining Female Sexuality in The Sound and the Fury and Their Eyes Were Watching God." Carol Andrews, Armstrong Atlantic State U. "Audacious Ambition in Faulkner's Thomas Sutpen and Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby." Fran Polek, Gonzaga U. "‘Fallen Angels’: William Faulkner’s Lost Generation." Ron Buchanan, Northern Virginia C.C.-Manassas.
(63) Master Film-makers: Hitchcock and Welles (Plantation N) Chair: Jay Smith, Florida C.C. at Jacksonville.	"Serial Psycho: Explications, Replications and Ultra-violent Manifestations of the Mother of All Horror Movies." Glenwood Irons, Brock U. "Playing With Death in Hitchcock's Vertigo and Branagh's Dead Again." Leslie Boldt-Irons, Brock U. "Orson Welles' Neglected Film Masterpiece Touch of Evil from Novel to Film." Thomas Jones, Coastal Carolina University
(64) Movie Houses, Past and Present (Island B - Slide projector/screen) Chair: Joseph Cook, U of Kentucky	"Movie Palaces." Denise Cummings, U of Florida. "Neighborhood Theatres." Geoffrey Weiss, U of Kentucky. Response. Joseph Cook, U of Kentucky.
(65) The Hero With Four Faces (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen) Chair: Gary Harmon, U of North Florida.	"Men in Skirts: The Hero in Braveheart and Gladiator." Richard Gibson, Jacksonville U. "Red Dirt Girl: The Southern White Trash Female as Hero." Carmen Burton-Hardee, U of South Florida. "Harry Potter: Is the Hero with the Innocent Face a Dangerous Influence or a Beneficial Role Model?" Mary Willingham, Mercer U. "The Hero with a Fascist Face: Tom Clancy's Fiction." Dorothy Roberts, .
(66) The Other Arts in Popular Culture (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen) Chair: Bruce Bickley, Jr., Florida State U.	"Hyacinth, Pearls, and the Met: Vermeer Redivivus". Ellen Smith, Stetson University. "Exploiting the Lens". Amy Hagenrater, Bluefield C. "Sincere Respect, Sincere Contempt: Olive Logan on Theatre". Alma Bennett, Alderson-Broaddus C.
(67) Southern History (Fernandina - VCR/TV) Chair: George Hopkins, C. of Charleston.	"Civil War Legends of Steel Magnolias". Alan Brown, University of West Alabama. "The Civil War in Tennessee: Novel Insights from New Consideration of Familiar Materials". James Jones, Tennessee Historical Commission. "Postmodern Interpretation of Oral Histories of Elder Women in Durham, NC". Jessica Kravitz Lambert.
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Panels
(68) Walt Disney’s World (Island C) Chair: Thomas Holmes, East Tennessee State U	"Disney's Web: A Postmodernist and Marxist Critical View." Gary Cooper, Valdosta State U. "Disney Capitalizes on Daytime Television." Susan Slavicz, Florida CC at Jacksonville, & Melissa Slavicz, Florida Southern C. "Tempered Masculinity in Disney's Song of the South." Thomas Holmes
(69) Marketing—Creating the World of Need (Island B) Chair: Richard Knecht, U of Toledo	"Keeping Tab: A Diet Soft Drink Self Life." George Plasketes, Auburn U. "The Impact of the Sneaker and Sneaker Industry on Modern World Culture: The Transformative Powers of an Icon." Brian Gurian, Kew Gardens, NY. "Emily Post's Etiquette in Society (1922) and Blum & Kaiser's Weddings for Dummies (1997): A Comparative Analysis of Paradigmatic Fictions." Dennis Hall, U of Louisville.
(70) Vampires (Plantation N) Chair: Angela Hague, Middle Tennessee State U.	"The Comic Anti-hero in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Or Silly Villain: Spike is for Kicks." Michele Boyette, U of North Florida. "Gay Vampire Fiction and Cultural Legitimacy." Michael Schiefelbein, Christian Brothers U. "The Social Construction of 'the Other' in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series." Linda Holland-Toll, Newberry C.
(71) Language In Films (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen) Chair: Thomas Jones, Coastal Carolina U.	"Tongue-Tied at the Movies: Images of Second Language Use in Film." David Alley, Georgia Southern U. "Language in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: Stratagems and Clues." Bruce Nims, U of South Carolina-Lancaster. "Women and Silence in Film." Heather Hampton, U of Louisville.
(72) Cyberspace--The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen) Chair: John Hare, Montgomery C.-Germantown.	"Pedophilia Subculture: Myth or Reality?". Gordon Diem, ADVANCE Education & Development Institute. "DANGER!!!...There Are Sexual/Romantic Predators and Serial Head-Game Players in Internet Chatrooms." Stewart Epstein, Monroe CC. "Napster: The Changing Face of American Social Movements." James Hare, Longwood C.
(73) Too Unique To Pair With Anything Else (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide projector/Screen) Chair: William Hrezo, Radford U.	"The Past-Present-Plymouth Complex: Symbolic Aspects of Old Cars." Stephen Childs, Valdosta State U. "The Rumpelstiltskin Phenomenon: Turning Kudzu into Gold." Sharon Cleland, . "Blurring Illusion and Reality in Dill Scallion and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story." Robert Holtzclaw, Middle Tennessee State U
	(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) Chair: Elaine Ware, Indiana U. of Pennsylvania	"Some Like It Queer: Cross-dressing, Gender Creation, and Sexual Orientation." Beckie Flannagan, Francis Marion U. "Queer As Folk: The Evolution of the American Gay Archetype in Mass Media." Brad Owens & Michael Briggs, East Tennessee State U. "Martina Navratilova--Superstar, Cyborg, Lesbian." Martha Gever, Florida Atlantic U.
(75) The Faustian Motif in Contemporary Film (Island B) Chair: David McCracken, Coker C.	"Faust in Claymation." Julia Klimek, Coker C. "Relocating Evil: Goethe's Faust, The Devil's Advocate, and The Talented Mr. Ripley." Adelheid Eubanks, Coker C. "Deconstructing Devilish Decisions: Doctor Faustus and Angel Heart." David McCracken
(76) British Literature and Identity (Plantation N) Chair: Emily Miller, Virginia Military Institute.	"British Mystery Writers Play the Race Card." Mary Hadley, Georgia Southern U. "Slanted Perspectives on Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene: Greg Bear and Literary Cyborg Eroticism." Andrew Smyth, Plymouth State C.
(77) Writing for Television and Film (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen) Chair: Kathy Merlock Jackson, Virginia Wesleyan C.	"Policing Future History: Star Trek’s Readers and Writers as Terminal Spectators." Bob Rehak, Indiana U. "Various Truths are Out There: Issues of Closure in The X-Files and Babylon-5." Warren Olin-Ammentorp, Cazenovia C. "I Knew Jesus Before He Was a Claymation Star: The Miracle Maker as a Jesus Film." Larry King, Stephen F. Austin State U
(78) The South in Film & Literature (Amelia - Overhead projector/screen) Chair: Richard Sanzenbacher, Embry-Riddle U	"I Am a Fugitive from a Southern Chain Gang Movie." David Davis, University of North Carolina. "Two Thousand Maniacs and the Demise of the South in Film." Kent Bean. "Living on the Edge: The South Revealed in Flannery O'Connor's Fiction." Linda Hollandsworth, Coastal Carolina University.
(79) City Images and Constructs (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide Projector/screen; Overhead/Screen) Chair: Edgar Butler, U. of California-Riverside.	"Past and Current Images of Savannah, Georgia." Edgar Butler. "City of Charm and Change: Evolving Visions of Baltimore in the Films of Barry Levinson." Paul Haspel, Cecil C.C. "Everything New Is Old Again: Reflections of the Past in New Urbanism." William Hrezo, Radford U. "Light Rail in Kansas City." Larry Rochelle, Johnson County Community College
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Panels
(80) Education and Teaching (Island C) Chair: William Reynolds, Georgia Southern U	"Corporatization in America's Schools." Melissa Lickteig, Georgia Southern U. "Instantaneous, Empowering, and Invisible: The World of Online Writing Communities." Lynnette Porter, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. "Teaching Television Theory and Criticism to Undergraduates: Some Observations." Jim Coon, Wingate U
(81) Cultural Studies & Teaching (Island B) Chair: Martha Rhymes, Georgia Southern U	"Lomeo & Juliet: Teaching Shakespeare to Japanese Students." Julia Griffin, Georgia Southern U. "Enhancing Culture- and Value-Sensitivity: A Multi-cultural Model Based on Neuro-Linguistic Programming." Ram Singh, Grand Valley State U. "Cultural Studies: Pedagogy of Possibility." Martha Rhymes, Georgia Southern U
(82) Reality Television (Island A - VCR/TV; Overhead projector/screen) Chair: Rhonda Wilcox, Gordon C.	"Surviving Reality: The Game Show Documentary". Glenn Geiser-Getz, East Stroudsburg U of Pennsylvania. "Consumer/reality, Hyper/reality, and Post/reality in Reality TV". Neal Saye, Georgia Southern U. (NOTE: This session is a special interest caucus on television and related issues; all persons interested in television as popular culture are invited to participate in a discussion of topics and issues following the panelists’ presentations.)
(83) Floridaze: Life and Culture of the Host State (Epilogue) (Fernandina - VCR/TV; Slide Projector/screen; Overhead/screen) Chair: Barbara Giles, Florida Southern C.	"Florida's First Talkie". Robert Snyder, U of South Florida. "Florida as Paradise: The Legacies of George Merrick and Ralph Munroe". Gerri Reaves. "Elections for Florida Congressional Seats, 1960-2000: What Are the Prospects for 2002?". Barbara Giles, Florida Southern C.