UPDATED Call for papers on Martial Arts and Popular Culture
NEW DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS 10 DECEMBER 01
WHERE?
the annual Southwest/Texas Popular
Culture and American Culture Associations, 13-17
February, 2002 in Albuquerque, NM. The meeting will be
held at the Albuquerque Hilton. Details at
www.swtexaspca.org.
Given the increase in interest in the martial arts over the past couple
of decades, it seems time to look at the way they impact our popular
culture: martial arts movies, fighting in TV fantasy series and in
special series like Martial Law, the increase in awarenes of martial
arts and the number of people practicing them, and a general increased
awareness of Asia and all its arts.
We are looking of papers and panels that consider the following possible
approaches(or others of your own devising):
In addition papers and presentations could address:
Representations and misrepresentations of martial arts in film.
Women's roles in martial arts films.
Jet Li vs Jackie Chan films.
Martial Arts Westerns.
Kung Fu the TV show.
Martial Law the TV show.
Toshiro Mifune.
Steven Segal.
Women and Martial Arts
Practice and the maid or do women's bodies make their practice different?
Women's dojos.
Size does make a difference. Or is it what you do with it?
Assertive vs agression? Which is which and how do we know?
Abuses of power: student-teacher relationships.
Women as teachers.
Is it okay to cry? Conflict and resolution.
Martial arts practice vs self-defense: reasons why women practice.
ART SHOW
I would love to set up a revolving slide show and art
exhibit with commentary from the artists on the ways
in which their practice of martial arts relates to
their art. The art can be about martial arts or
anything else, but the commentary should reflect the
way the artist's work has been influenced by his or
her practice.
Additionally artists might want to consider:
Connections with other Asiana, e.g. influences on your
work from the art and cultures of Asia.
Did your interest in Asian art lead to a particular
practice or did training in a martial art lead you to
a more focused study of Asian painting, sculpture,
pottery, poetry?
How does your martial arts practice influence your
practice of your other art?
OR
Consider the way martial arts have become a part of
our culture though they are based in a very different
religious and cultural mileu. Writers might want to
examine:
the cross-pollination between history and the growth
of martial arts practice in this country or around the
world,
the differences between 'internal' and 'external'
arts,
practice versus competition,
military and police applications,
connections between the art and its culture, e.g.
aikido and other aspects of Japanese culture.
The organization's Web site with lots of data:
www2.h-net.msu.edu/~swpca/
Register for the Hilton via web site:
http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/private_groups/pca2002/index.jhtml
(There is a click point on our web site to reach this long address!)
Southwest Airlines has a special rate for our folks. Check our web site
for details about travel benefits from Southwest Airlines.
www2.h-net.msu.edu/~swpca/
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