Call For Papers; MOTORCYCLING CULTURE AND MYTH at SW/TX Regional PCA/ACA
The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association and American Culture
Associations are holding a series of panels at the next meeting of these
groups, February 12-15, 2003, in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Albuquerque
Hilton Hotel and Fairfield Inn by Marriott. We have met in Albuquerque for
the last four years and it has proved to be a perfect venue for us,
providing as it does the sights, sounds, tastes and museums of the
Southwest.
Papers are requested on motorcycling and its impact on North American and
other societies and cultures. Although the field described is a broad one
and a multiplicity of topics and disciplinary approaches are acceptable, a
primary methodological consideration is suggested: mindfulness of the need
to de-colonize motorcycling culture and to prevent its colonization by
interests adverse to riders or to riding as an activity.
Likely topics:
Riders' Narratives or Descriptions of the Ride
The Motorcycle as Art, Poetry, or Agency
Rituals, Norms, Customs, or Influences in Motorcycle Culture
"The Biker" as Subaltern or as "Other"
Movies, films, or other Images of Motorcyclists
Analyses of media, corporate, or other power structures in relation to
motorcycling culture or popular myth
Biographical Analyses of Noteworthy Motorcyclists and their Influence upon
Myth, Culture, or Cultural Capital
Racial, Gendered, Class, or Demographic Aspects of Motorcycle Culture
Other Literary, Anthropological, Geographical, Historical, Sociological, or
Psychological perspectives of Motorcycling Culture or Myth
Also, as part of the 2003 Motorcycle Myth and Culture Area, we are arranging
a special exhibition session, "For the Love of the Ride." Conference
participants will be able to meet authors of motorcycle books, and tour
exhibits of motorcycles in photographs, video and film. Presenters
interested in contributing to the exhibition session should contact the Area
Co-Chairs.
Please respond to the Area Co-chairs listed below with a biographical
statement and an abstract of 150 words by November 1, 2002. Since responders
will be assigned to all presentations, completed papers should also be sent
to the Co-Chairs, to be forwarded for review, not later than December 1,
2002.
Basic information about the conference will be on the SW/TX PCA.ACA web
site:
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~swpca/
Gary L. Kieffner
Department of History
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, Texas 79968-0532
Telephone: 505-997-9102
E-mail: Kieffner@utep.edu
Charlotta Koppanyi
Department of Psychology
Stockholm University
Sweden
Mailing address:
904 Hinman Ave
Evanston, IL 60202, USA
E-mail: singo11@hotmail.com
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