UPDATE: CFP of Mexico Meeting of PCA/ACA
(Update posted on 21 April, 1999 with 20 May deadline)
AREAS FOR THE CONFERENCE…AN EVOLVING LIST
Introduction:
Because of the diverse interests of our participants, we are trying
to decentralize the discussions of abstracts and topics as much as
possible. Please read though this non-exclusive list of areas and
contact the Area Chair who seems closest to your interests.
In many cases, your paper will NOT fit into this grid; in that case
write to Peter Rollins, the Program Chair and he will work out
your place in the program.
We are interested in maximum participation in this meeting and
welcome discussions of preliminary projects, so please feel free
to write to Dr. Rollins.
Peter Rollins
RollinsPC@aol.com
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AREAS OF FOCUS AS OF April 21, 1999. More to come
as people join in our preliminary discussions for the 4th annual
Congress!
1. POLITICAL CHARISMA IN LATIN AMERICA
The colonization of Latin America was always touched by gold --
beginning with Cortez' search for it. The patina of this precious metal has
been evident in the generations of charismatic politicians, who have ruled
their countries for good or ill -- charismatic men who arose to grab power,
gain independence from their colonizers, and promise to lead their people out
of poverty. In later years, important women filled this charismatic
role.
What did these "lords (and ladies) of the golden tongue" have in
common? What was the source of their charisma? When did the power shift to
charismatic women?
Suggest a panel dissecting individual Latin American leaders --
studying their motives, their techniques, their strengths and weakneses.
Examples: Fidel Castro, Simon Bolivar, Trujillo, Juarez, Cesar Chavez.
Mrs. Chemora of Nicaragua or Evita Peron of Argentina.
This topic is especially relevant in this time of absorption in
the charisma of current world leaders -- Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, and
before, John Kennedy.
Contact Area Chair:
Anita Howard
Nita1312@aol.com
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2. CHARISMATIC LEADERS IN FICTION:
Charismatic Leaders as Portrayed in Latin American Novels.
Background:
In the Peron Novel by Tomas Eloy Martinez, Peron says:
Nobody will ever know what the Mona Lisa or her smile looked like because
that face and that smile are not her own but the ones Leonardo painted. Eva
said the same thing: One has to put the mountains where one wants them,
Juan. Because where you put them is where they remain. That's history.
Martinez' novel focuses on the invention of Peron -- the construction of an
image which becomes historical reality. Other novels, among them, Roa
Bastos' I, the Supreme, Carpentier's Reasons of State, Valenzuela's The
Lizard's Tail, Garcia Marquez's Autumn of the Patriarch, and The General in
His Labyrinth, Asturias' The President, and Martinez's Santa Evita (in
addition to his The Peron Novel) investigate powerful, charismatic leaders
and the methods by which those leaders come to, established, and
institutionalized themselves and their power.
How have these novelists (and others) costructed the image of the charismatic
leader?
How do they imagine that charismatic leaders deploy discourses of power in
order to gain and maintain power?
Submit abstracts of 100 - 300 words to:
Joanne Gass
Dept. of English and Comparative Literature
Clifornia State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA 92634
e-mail: jgass@fullerton.edu
fax: (714) 895-5751
Deadline for submission: May 20, 1999
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3. GENDER:
CHANGING ATTITUDES AND CULTURAL STEREOTYPES
Much has occurred over the last century to provoke major changes in what is
refered to as "gender issues." Attitudes as well as actions have been
especially taken to identify and change barriers that impede women's equality
in the process of social, economic, and political development.
Papers that relate to tendencies in the new generic appearances referring
to women and men at the end of the century and at the beginning of a new
millennium outline the interest of this area. Historical and
cross-cultural perspectives, critical theory, and interdisciplinary
approaches that substantially and explicitly address gender issues and
explore gender-related topics are of special interest. Topics that cut
across all areas of concern in the national and international context such
as those mentioned below will be themes to be developed.
Gender in a multicultural and global system.
Constructs of femininity, masculinity, and sexuality.
Full and equal partnership between women and men.
Empowerment of women.
Woman's participation in community environments, leadership styles and
forms, cross cultural aspects.
Mainstreaming women in the development process as agents as well as
beneficiaries.
Diversity of women and their situations,
Woman in the arts.
This Area is a strand within the Popular Culture Association meeting in
Puebla, Mexico. For full information about the conference, check the
conference web information on the PCA national web site: http://h-net.
msu.edu/~pcaaca/ (This meeting is one of the international activities of the
National Popular Culture Association and the Program Chair is Peter Rollins,
RollinsPC@aol.com)
PLEASE CONTACT AREA CHAIRS:
LOUISA GREATHOUSE AMADOR (IN ENGLISH)
louisa33@gemtel.com.mx
OR
LILIA CAMPOS RODRIGUEZ (EN ESPAÑOL)
lcampos@siu.buap.mx
Louisa M. Greathouse-Amador
Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
Email-louisa33@gemtel.com.mx
mailing address: apartado #30, Cholula, Puebla, c.p.72760, Mexico
office fax & phone (22) 46-26-00, Phone (22) 29-55-00 EXTEN. 5706
or 5707,
home phone: (22) 47-41-34
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4. FOOD AND CULTURE
Please submit inquiries and 300 word abstracts on subjects related to Food
and Culture to the address, below. The panel seeks conference papers that
approach the topic of Food and Culture from engaging
and entertaining angles (in English or Spanish).
Marcia Chamberlain, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston,
TX, 77251 or via her email address at
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5. THIRD WORLD "ZONES" IN FIRST WORLD NATIONS?
I am putting together an AREA for the 1999 Meeting of the Popular and
American Culture Associations at the Congress of the Americas in Puebla,
Mexico (29 September - 2 October) on the development of classically "third
world" economic zones in the urban centers of the "first" worlds. Studies
of NAFTA, patterns of migration, gang violence, the drug trade, sweatshop
labor, neo-nativism and anti-immigrant hysteria are especially welcome, but
all abstracts addressing this general theme will be
considered. The theme of the conference is "North America: Ending and
Starting a Millennium."
Please send 100-200 word abstracts to me by May 20th.
Also, please contact me immediately if you would like
to participate in any manner (whether as panelist, chair, or respondent).
Bernardo Attias
Department of Communication Studies
College of Arts, Media, and Communication
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA 91330-8257
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6. MIGRATION ISSUES
(As part of 29 September - 3 October 1999
Congress on Popular Culture in Puebla, Mexico)
There are a number of significant issues revolving around the
theme of migration as we move into the next century. The three partners in
the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are all heir to both internal
and external forces that are propelling movements of people from one part of
the continent to the other. This topic area is interested in the causes as
well as the impact of such migration on both sending and receiving areas.
There are a number of causes ranging from severe economic strains to the
after-effects of catastrophic climatic events such as Hurricane Mitch.
The results of migration can relate to the process of person and social
identity change (for all ages and both genders) as well as social, economic,
and political development in affected areas.
In other words, there is a broad range of interdisciplinary
approaches that are relevant to migration concerns. Some examples of
panels that can be developed could include a focus on any of the following:
-Economic Development, Migration, and Rural-Urban Movements
-Gender, Identity, or Age in Migration Issues
-Natural Disasters and Migration Response
-Human Rights and Border Crossing
-Return Migration: Patterns and Effect
-National or International Retirement Migration
-Trade-Offs Between Legal and Illegal Migration
-Trafficking in Migrants
-Migration Politics and Policy Issues
Area Chair: Lorena Melton Young Otero (English)
E-Mail: oterol@gemtel.com.mx
Fax: (52)+(22)+ 46-26-00
Lorena Otero
Doctorate Program in Sociology
Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Tel/Fax: (22) 46-26-00
Home Tel: (22) 47-47-15
Apartado #148 Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
E-Mail: oterol@gemtel.com.mx
For more details on the conference, check the web site:
http://h-net.msu.edu/~pcaaca Click on Mexico Meeting
Conference Program Chair is Peter Rollins (RollinsPC@aol.com)
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7. CASTRO'S CUBA: REWRITING CUBAN POLITICS.
Critics of Cuba have pointed to strengths and weaknesses in Castro's
politics and governement. This can be seen through literature as well as
the social and political sciences. This interdisciplinary area seeks
papers and panels which define or redifine Cuban Politics through
history, film, fiction, and poetry. Proponents of the Castro regime are
also welcomed to this academic discussion.
Send a 100 word abstract by May 20 to: (regular mail or e-mail). Also,
let me know if you would like to be chair of the session or respondent as
well as panelist.
Mica Howe
Murray State University
Department of Foreign Languages
4A-3 Faculty Hall
Murray Kentucky 42071
(502) 762-4523
8. LITERATURE AND FICTION
The Popular Culture Association strand of the 4th International Congress of
the Americas, Wed., Sept. 29th - Fri., Oct. 2nd, 1999.
Papers or panel proposals wanted on topics related to North-, Central- and
South-American authors, literatures, or literary movements. (Especially
interested in papers on B. Traven.) Proposals of up to 250 words should be
submitted before May 20th. For more information on the Congress, consult its
website at: http://h-net.msu.edu/~pcaaca/ Click on Mexico meeting.
Or contact Peter Rollins, Program Chair, at: RollinsPC@aol.com
Submit paper or panel proposals to:
Robert Niemi
Area Chair, Literature, 4th ICA
Department of English
St. Michael's College
Colchester, VT 05439
E-mail: rniemi@smcvt.edu
Voice-mail: (802) 654-2569
FAX: (802) 654-2610
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9. MEXICO AS SUBJECT OF US DEBATE IN THE
PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA, 1820-1861
The Popular Culture Association (PCA) is holding a series of panels at the
Fourth International Conference of the Americas, Sept. 29th - Oct. 3rd, The
University of the Americas (UDLA) near Puebla, Mexico.
Papers wanted on how Mexicans, and former Mexican territories, figured in
the sectional rivalry during the antebellum period. The issues of Slavery,
Manifest Destiny, Sectional Rivalry, and outright War are all relevant to this
fascinating middle period in the relations between the United States and
Mexico--a period which determined many of the images and stereotypes to
dominate discussions in later times.
Likely topics:
Texas Immigration and Tensions
Congress and Admission of Texas to the Union
The Mexican-American War
Slavery in the "New South"
Slavery (or lack of it) in Mexico
Southwestern Humor (a la Kenneth S. Lynn's book, Mark
Twain and Southwestern Humor)
Images of Mexicans in Pulp Literature and Popular Culture
The Democratic Review and Manifest Destiny
New England and Expansion into Mexico
Movies about the Mexican American War and the variations
of The Alamo Story.
Recent Documentary Efforts by PBS on the M-A War.
Paper treating any aspect of the topic are welcome.
Please respond to the Area Chair:
Lyon Rathbun, Assistant Professor
Penn State, Worthington Scranton Campus
120 Ridge View Drive
Dunmore, PA 18512-1699
(570) 963-2657
lor1@psu.edu
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10. GENDER AND TELEVISION
Television occupies a key position in popular culture studies, as a
discursive site around which the meanings of the 'masculine' and
'feminine' are both contested and transformed. This panel calls for a
necessarily broad range of papers, using both historical and
contemporary examples, which attempt to analyse the relation of gender
to television in terms of the concrete practices of production,
signification, 'reading', and interpretation.
Papers could attend to, or cut across, any of the issues listed below:
- ways in which gender is constructed in televisual representations.
- the impact of gender on cultural perceptions of televisual
representations.
- the relationship between gender and genre.
- the presence, or absence, of gendered spaces within televisual
programming.
- gender and television advertising.
- production, gender, and the television industry.
- the 'gendered audience'.
- television and the gendering of technology.
- television, gender and the domestic sphere.
- consumption, gender and television.
- television and the construction of gendered 'subjects'.
- television and gendered cultural competence.
PLEASE CONTACT AREA CHAIR:
ANNA GOUGH-YATES
anna.gough-yates@virgin.net
Anna Gough-Yates
Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies
Media Arts Faculty
Southampton Institute of Higher Education
East Park Terrace
Southampton
SO14 OYN
UK
E-mail: anna.gough-yates@virgin.net
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11. MASCULINITIES AND POPULAR CULTURE
Since the 1970s there has been an expanding body of literature which has
attempted to conceptualise masculinity. The starting point for this body
of work was the critique of men's power, and the 'effects' of dominant
definitions of masculinity on women's relationships with men,
foregrounded by feminist theorsists. This work tended to see masculinity as a
unitary conception, and as a 'burden' for men and women. However,
more recent work has insisted that there is more than one version of
masculinity, and that the attributes and characteristics associated with
masculine identities differ according to temporal and cultural context.
Papers that relate to recent theoretical approaches to masculinities are
sought for this area, which hopes to raise questions about the power of
representations of masculinities in popular culture, and to ask how and
why some meanings, identities and positions on masculinity are preferred
to others. The area also hopes to examine how popular cultural
representations of masculinities are contested and disputed, and to
examine the emergence of new positions and identities, produced, for
example, in changing economic and social circumstances.
Papers could attend to, or cut across, any of the issues listed below:
- specific versions of masculinity (its attributes, characteristics,
etc.) articulated through popular cultural forms of different historical
periods
including magazines, television, cinema, advertising, popular music,
etc.
- masculine representations and power relations, i.e. how do relations
of power operate through representations of different masculinities in
popular culture? How do relations of power operate through
representations of masculinity and femininity in popular culture?
- masculine identities and globalization. How do economic and cultural
factors impact upon masculine identities. What impact do production and
consumption patterns have upon the production of masculine identities in
popular culture?
- shifts in masculine identities as a feature of the 'global-local
nexus'. What impact have global changes, for example in the economy, had
on local masculine identities? And what impact have these shifting
social contexts had upon masculine identities?
- masculinities and difference - how is difference marked through the
symbolic system of popular cultural representation?
PLEASE CONTACT AREA CHAIR:
BILL OSGERBY
bill@mistral.co.uk
Dr. Bill Osgerby
Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies
Media Arts Faculty
Southampton Institute of Higher Education
East Park Terrace
Southampton
SO14 OYN
UK
E-mail: bill@mistral.co.uk
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12. FILM AND LATIN AMERICA
We seek papers that deal with both film in Latin America and films made
in North America and Europe that reflect on Latin American peoples and
cultures.
We are open to a wide range of films and styles. Some specific questions that
might be addressed are:
How are Latin American films financed? distributed? In what ways do films
made in Latin America "correct" the viewpoint and stories told about Latin
America by outsiders? Who are the intended audiences for Latin American
films? What are the influences on Latin American directors? How do the
political and economic conditions in Latin America help or hinder filmaking?
How are Latin American people and history portrayed in films made by North
Americans and Europeans? What impact has Latin America had on Hollywood? What
avenues for employment exist in Hollywood for Latino actors, writers and
directors? How has Hollywood perpetuated stereotypes of Latin America? or
challenged those stereotypes?
CONTACT AREA CHAIRS:
Tony Giffone and Marlene San Miguel Groner
Dept of English and Humanities
SUNY at Farmingdale
Knapp Hall
Farmingdale, New York ll735
e-mail: giffonaj@farmingdale.edu
gronerms@farmingdale.edu
fax: 516-420-3668
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13. CALL FOR PAPERS: TECHNICAL WRITING
Technical Writing in the Americas: Ending and Starting a New Millenium
The 4th Congress of the Americas
September 29-October 2, 1999
Universidad de las Americas
Cholula/Puebla, Mexico
The Latin American Congress of the Popular Culture Association/American
Culture Association is currently seeking proposals for presentations on
International Issues in Technical Writing. We are especially interested in
papers on issues that affect tech writing and trade between the US and
Mexico or other Latin American countries, but any international issues will
be considered as well. Presentations can be in either English or Spanish.
The University of the Americas is in a beautiful, smog-free mountain valley
near Puebla, Mexicos third largest city and one of the wealthiest areas in
the country. Cholula, the "sacred city," has a long history of occupation
beginning in 1400 B.C., and was one of the most important regional centers
in Meso-America. UDLA is Mexico's finest private university. The students
and faculty generally speak English and are most cooperative and gracious
to visitors. The locals in Puebla, the site of Mexico's Volkswagen plant,
are also most welcoming. The food, especially the "comida tipica," is
something you will long remember. There are many interesting tourist
sights both in Puebla and within a short drive of the city. Tours are
planned.
Conference participants generally stay in one of three of Puebla's finest
hotels. Rates for hotels, meals and transportation are exceptionally low
in this area. (Details at web site.)
To submit a presentation, send a proposal of not more than 500 words, and a
one hundred word abstract to:
Dr. Michael Gos
Department of English and Communications
Lee College
PO Box 818
Baytown, TX 77522
mgos@lee.edu
Proposal deadline is May 20, 1999.
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To learn more about the Congress, visit our website at:
http://h-net.msu.edu/~pcaaca
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14. Touch of Evil: A Mexican-American Film?
This Area hopes to address the complex question of how one should
understand a Hollywood film representing Mexico. The focus of this panel will
be Orson Welles's Touch of Evil and, particularly, the recent release by
Universal of a Director's Cut .
Questions of interest would include, but not be limited to…
Touch of Evil's relation to
--the Hollywood genre of Mexican film
--the nature of Mexican-American relations in the late 1950s
--duty and pleasure as ethnically coded
--violence as endemic to the Mexican-American border
--film noir and the gangster movie
--auteur cinema
--the relation between vision and knowledge
Colin MacCabe,
Dept of English
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh PA 15260
phone 412 624 6508
fax 412 624 6639
e-mail etbst+@pitt.edu
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See the PCA/ACA website for full details: http://h-net.msu.edu/~pcaaca
15. TRAVEL CULTURE
We are seeking papers on travel culture with an interdisciplinary
perspective. Essays on sense of place, on travel writing, women's issues,
travel in film, the democratization of travel, and other topics are welcome.
This field is one of the most dynamic in popular culture studies; join
the vanguard!
Deadline for proposals: May 20th- 2 pages maximum.
Submit to :
Beatriz Badikian
1867 N. Bissell
Chicago, IL 60614
badgart@aol.com.
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16. CULTURAL STUDIES AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY:
COMING TO AMERICA:
As Ziauddin Sardar and Borin Van Loon note in "Introducing Cultural Studies,"
when the field emerged in the 1960s it was "committed to a moral evaluation
of modern culture and to a radical line of political action." Since coming
to America in the 1980s, however, Cultural Studies has changed, at least in
American colleges and universities. Rather than challenge tradtional beliefs
and values, American Cultural Studies often celebrates consumer culture by
subjecting it to uncritical analysis. Students analyze MTV videos,
web-sites, graffiti, and the like as works of art without considering
ideological implications. In effect, Cultural Studies has been
de-politicized: it is used to make the liberal arts "fun," to attract
students to traditional disciplines.
Has Cultural Studies been "sold out" in the American academy -- and does it
matter anyway? Is there anything wrong with making class fun? How does
American Cultural Studies differ from Cultural Criticism? How are Cultural
Studies courses taught? How should they be taught?
Submit queries and abstracts regarding these and related questions by
May 20th to
Tom Henthorne
Department of English
Pace University
One Pace Plaza
New York, NY 10038
fax: (212) 346-1754
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17. The Cultural and Historical Significance of el 5 de Mayo
The fact that the 1999 Meeting of the Popular and American Culture
Association at the Congress of the Americas (29 September - 2 October, 1999)
is taking place in Puebla, Mexico, lends itself to research on the cultural
and historical significance of 5 de Mayo both in the United States and
Mexico. Of course, the original celebration was as a result of the Mexican
victory over the French expeditionary forces of Napoleon III on 5 May 1862.
The Conference is issuing a call for papers investigating various aspects of
5 de mayo including but not limited to: (1) the original 1862 battle; (2) how
the 5 de mayo celebration has evolved both in Mexico and in the United
States; (3) the panethnic quality of contemporary United States celebrations
of 5 de mayo (now celebrate by other Latin Americans and by Anglos as well as
persons of Mexican descent); (4) the emergence of a 5 de mayo children's
literature; (5) the celebration of 5 de mayo as contrasted with 16 de
septiembre in both the United States and Mexico; and (6) the economic impact
of the 5 de mayo celebration and its relationship to corporate America.
The Hispanic Research Center (HRC) of Arizona State University is committed
to producing a CD-ROM, The Binational 5 de Mayo Project: History of the 5
de Mayo Holiday and will be making a major presentation of the plans for
this CD (to be completed in 2001) at the conference. The HRC encourages
submissions and participation in the creation of this CD-ROM including
articles, art, information, and
other materials.
Contact:
Santiago Moratto
Hispanic Research Center
PO Box 872702
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-2702
e-mail: ifsam@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
Telephone: (602) 965-1279
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18. Native America and Performance
The Popular Culture Association (PCA) invites papers/presentations and
workshops for a Native American AREA at the Fourth International Conference
of the Americas, Sept. 29th - Oct. 3rd, University of the Americas (UDLA)
near Puebla , Mexico.
In a postcolonial Native America, entire communities are often involved in
festivals, parades, and political performances in which people execute
power, celebration, and resistance. Sometimes these manifestations include
dance, theater, music, and the visual arts. Of particular interest for this
area are those instances in which Native American Indians and other peoples
from North America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America
express and experience issues of race, gender, and class in popular,
everyday, and transcultural performance.
Other topics related to Native Americans are also most welcome.
Send inquires and/or abstracts of approx. 150 words (in English or Spanish)
by May 10. Please indicate whether you would like to participate as
panelist, chair, or respondent.
Area Chair:
Ann Axtmann, Adjunct Associate Professor
Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University
21 So. Portland Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 834-0714
E-mail: aa6@is.nyu.edu
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19. International Marketing
Area Description:
The increasing globalization of the nations of the world
means that corporations everywhere are learning to deal with
multiculturalism and multilingualism as bottom-line considerations.
Transnational, transcultural marketing opens up many avenues of
investigation in many disciplines in the social sciences, business,
linguistics, fine arts, etc. in all regions of the world.
Call for Papers:
Examples of SOME topics which COULD be covered include:
Hidden cultural values and assumptions.
Effect of establishing trade regions, e.g. NAFTA, Andean Pact.
Case studies of multinational corporations expanding abroad.
A country-by-country definition of sexual harrassment.
How to define interculture ethics.
How managers manage across cultures.
Linguistic run-ins: How to translate idiomatic slogans across borders.
Selling to Singaporeans with the fear of scarcity.
The coolness of English in Japan.
Color codes: Associations change with each country.
"Green marketing": Selling to environmentally concerned countries.
Standardization vs. localization issues in producing promotional materials.
Add your idea to the list and join us in Mexico. Please send a 100 word or
less abstract to ... by May 20.
Contact:
Thomas W. Volek (twvolek@ukans.edu) or
Linda Lee Davis (ldavis@ukans.edu)
William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications
200 Stauffer-Flint Hall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
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