UPDATE: Science Fiction and Fantasy (1/10/01; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 3/7/01-3/10/01)

From: Jason Smith (smith_j@wvwc.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 07 2000 - 13:19:20 EST

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    CALL FOR PAPERS: NEW DEADLINE OF 10 January, 2001

    The SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY AREA of Southwest/Texas Popular Culture =
    Association and The Southwest/Texas
    American Culture Association is accepting proposals for papers, =
    discussion groups and panels. We have approximately 10 slots left for =
    papers and presentions at this time. Please e-mail submissions and/or =
    queries to smith_j@wvwc.edu.

    C. Jason Smith, Area Co-chair
    Science Fiction and Fantasy Area
    West Virginia Wesleyan College

    SOME PRESENTERS FOR 2001
    "The Myth of Horror: Walter Benjamin, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The =
    Blair Witch Project" Skelton, Shannon.

    "Forget Your Safeword?": Intertextuality and S/M in Buffy the Vampire =
    Slayer. Gillece, Jessica KS. Wentworth Institute of Technology.

    Hellraiser: Paranoid Knowledge and the Rhetorical Structure of the =
    Splatterpunk Film, Sparks, Doug. University of South Florida

    "Between the Conscious and Unconscious: Shadow in Ursula K. Le Guin's =
    The Telling"- Julie A. Sinn, University of Florida

    "The Damage Done: Misinterpreting the Hero in Frank Herbert's Dune"
    - J. Perry Lamson, University of Florida

    "Traveling Through Science: Forever War and Coming of Age in the Quantum =
    World"- Todd Reynolds, University of Florida

    "MI, Mobile Infantry or Ministry of Information: Fascist Spectacle as =
    Meaning in Brazil and Starship Troopers"- Brendan Riley

    "Playing Ethos: Character(s) and Persona in Computer Gaming." David A. =
    Georgina and Christine M. Silker

    "Cyberutopias: Computer Games as Utopian Fictions." Henthorne, Tom. Pace =
    University,=20

    "Framing Photograph: The Use of Still Photographs in Blade Runner: The =
    Director's Cut." King, Deborah J.=20

    "This Was No Horror Show.This Was A Commercial" Marc Laidlaw's Televised =
    Future. Oxoby, Marc. University of Nevada, Reno.

    "Not Quite Human, But Not Quiet Alien: Mutable Bodies in Octavia =
    Butler's _Xenogenesis_ Trilogy" Will Brannon

    "Still in the Game: Transforming 'the New Flesh' in eXistenZ," Lia M. =
    Hotchkiss, University of South Alabama.

    "I Used to Know This Girl Named Pandora" Rob Carney

    "(Dys)(Eu)(U)topia? Baum's Oz"-Richard Tuerk, Texas A&M =
    University-Commerce.

    "Mrs. Rodenberry: Star Trek's Other Woman" (Final title TBA) -Ximena =
    Gallardo.

    "Performance in Fantasy Gaming." (Final title TBA) Doug Rosson Florida =
    State University.=20

    "The Politics of Play: Sex, Gender, and Online Gaming" C. Jason Smith =
    Area Chair, West Virginia Wesleyan College.

    "Identity Becomes Pathology: Addiction and the Novels of Steven Barnes." =
    Alyson Buckman, Austin College

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