CFP: Interdisciplinary Arizona Studies (12/15/02; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/12/03-2/15/03)

From: Jennifer Lei Jenkins (jenkinsj@u.Arizona.EDU)
Date: Mon Oct 28 2002 - 11:08:32 EST


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Call for Papers

Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/
American Culture Associations Conference
February 12-15, 2003 Albuquerque, NM

ARIZONA CULTURES: PREHISTORY TO THE PRESENT

The Area Chair for Arizona Cultures invites abstracts, papers, or panel
proposals that address all aspects of Arizona culture from across the
disciplines. Topics might include but are certainly not limited to:

=AEInclusive and exclusive theories of Arizona History.
=AERepresentation or presentation of Native cultures
=AEThe Border
=AEMyth and reality of the Cowboy =AEGunfighter culture
=AEOral tradition =AEArizona literature
=AEArizona music, from Waila to Mariachi to Country Swing to Native
Hip-Hop
=AEGrand Canyon as place, space, and mythic landscape
=AEWater issues and culture =AEDevelopment vs. preservation in Sun Belt
expansionism
=AENative American architecture and 21st century urban planning =AEBorder=

issues and culture
=AEArizona celebrities, from Barry Goldwater, Mo Udall and Evan Mecham to=

Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks, and Linda Ronstadt
=AEthe John McCain Phenomenon =AEWomen in Arizona Government
=AERanching and Agriculture, or the Farmer and the Cowman
=AEHeritage Tourism
=AEPioneering and land interests: Spanish, Mormons, lungers, Snowbirds
=AEArizona and/in the movies:the packaging of "The West" from John Ford t=
o
the Coen Brothers to Kevin Costner
=AEMilitary presence: de Anza; Buffalo Soldiers; the Cold War; the War on=

Terror
=AEDesert Studies and the influence of Islam
=AEWestern Art and Native Art =AEVisual representations of Arizona
=AEArizona souvenirs and material memento culture
=AEArizona=92s imaginary landscapes: Old Tucson, Scottsdale, Flintstone
Village, London Bridge
Interdisciplinary approaches are welcome. Please indicate A-V equipment
needs.

Paper proposals should include individual abstracts (100 words) and a
one-page CV; panel proposals should include a description of the panel,
individual abstracts, and short CVs of each panelist.

Send materials by December 15 to:
Professor Jennifer Lei Jenkins
Humanities Program
Harvill 347/ PO Box 210076 Conference information, visit:
www.swtexaspca.org
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0076
(520) 621-2446/ FAX 520.621.1809
jenkinsj@u.arizona.edu

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