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Popular Culture Association: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture

September 16th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, comics, graphic novels, pop culture

                Call for Papers: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture-SWTXPCA 2012 Please make plans to attend our 33rd Annual Conference February 8-11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 87102 Tel: +1 […]

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Themes of the Films of James Cameron: Call for Papers

January 15th, 2010 | Posted in call for papers, James Cameron, pop culture

The Popular Culture and American Culture Associations recently circulated a call for papers on the themes of the films of James Cameron: With Avatar Canadian-born filmmaker James Cameron now has the top two all-time money making films in history, yet little in the way of critical attention has been paid to his work. His movies […]

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Whitt and Perlich: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Millennial Mythmaking

January 10th, 2010 | Posted in Joseph Campbell, myths, pop culture, science fiction

In the past I had an opportunity to interview David Whitt and John Perlich with the first book they co-edited, Sith, Slayers, Stargates and Cyborgs: Modern Mythology and the New Millennium (Peter Lang Publishers, 2007). Dr. David Whitt is Associate Professor of Communication at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and Dr. John Perlich is Associate Professor of […]

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Sith, Slayers, Stargates and Cyborgs: Modern Mythology in the New Millennium

February 6th, 2008 | Posted in Joseph Campbell, myths, pop culture, science fiction

The Popular Culture Association continues to be a great source for addressing fascinating aspects at the intersection between the fantastic and culture. Yesterday I received an announcement concerning a call for papers dealing with the topic of mythology and the new millennium for a volume that is viewed as a logical extension of a new […]

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