CFP: Dime Novels/Pulps/Juvenile Series (Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association)
**** CALL FOR PAPERS ****
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Joint Annual Conference
Boston Marriot Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts - April 4-7, 2007
The PCA Dime Novels, Pulps, and Juvenile Series Books division invites interested parties to submit papers for presentation. Papers may cover (but are not limited to) any aspect of the following topics: authors, major characters, themes, readership, bibliography or research methods, social commentary, early genre forms, special collections, and matters of gender, race, class, image or attitude.
Participants do not need to be PCA/ACA members, academics, or professional writers to submit proposals; however, membership in either PCA or ACA and conference registration are required in order to present. The deadline for conference registration is February 1, 2007.
All participants are requested to submit a 250 word abstract with title. First-time participants with this division must submit a 1-2 page proposal, including a bibliography of reference sources, along with the abstract. Send all materials by November 1, 2006 to:
Marlena E. Bremseth, Area Chair
Howard University
Department of English
248 Locke Hall
Washington D.C. 20059
(703) 339-8910
mbremseth@howard.edu or Raven04@aol.com
Additional information regarding PCA/ACA, membership, and the conference can be found at http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.
