Update: new deadline
----UPDATE: The Machine in the Garden (12/18; SW/TX PCA/ACA 3/7/01-3/10/01)
The Machine in the Garden Area @ The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association March 7-10, 2001 Sheraton Oldtown Hotel Albuquerque, NM
As Leo Marx observed in _The Machine in the Garden_ (Oxford UP, 1964), the appearance of a machine in a previously pastoral setting results in an "interrupted idyll"--a rupture in the otherwise harmonious relationship of humans and the natural world. The idea of the machine in the garden as symbolized by the conflict between pastoralism and urbanization recurs throughout American culture, including, but not limited to, literature, film, television, photography, art, politics, religion, recreation, advertising, and urban and rural landscapes. The Machine in the Garden Area of The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association invites proposals for papers and panels from all disciplines for its annual conference to be held March 7-11, 2001 at the Sheraton Oldtown Hotel in Albuquerque, NM.
Last year there were a number of panels, featuring papers on topics such as: "Car Trouble in Paradise: Henry Miller’s Spirituality and the Southwest," "John Ford’s _The Grapes of Wrath_: The Aftermath of Failure," "A Garden Path of Iron: Travel Narratives of the Canadian Pacific Railway," "‘An Automobile Grew’: Organic Machines in The Automotive History of Lucky Kellerman," and "In Search of a Further Frontier: Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy."
The meeting in Albuquerque draws a diverse and engaging group of scholars. We will once again be using the Sheraton, which is located within walking distance of Albuquerque's Historic Old Town, containing over two hundred shops, restaurants, art galleries, the Albuquerque Museum, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History. Furthermore, it’s right next door to Little Anita’s restaurant, home of some of the best huevos rancheros and green chile stew in Albuquerque.
Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words in length to:
Robert C. Sickels Whitman College English Department 345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 509-527-5245 fax 5039 sickelrc@whitman.edu
E-mail submissions preferred. Deadline extended to December 18, 2000.
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