Panel: Niagara Falls
American Studies Association
November 11-14, 2004
Atlanta, GA
For a proposed panel for the ASA Convention:
Since the 19th century, Niagara Falls has been an icon in U.S. culture.
>From tourist destination to industrial symbol, it has maintained its
iconic draw as a crossroad. Situated at a crossroads of the U.S. and
Canada, with its historical importance to people escaping from slavery, it
also stands at the crossroads of, to mention just a few, the Eastern and
the (mid)western U.S., of industrialism and unspoiled nature, and as an
archetypal honeymoon destination (at least in the past) the crossroads of
the single and married state. How did Niagara Falls come to have so many
different symbolic meanings? Do these varying meanings interact? This
panel will address the changing meanings of Niagara Falls from the 19th
century to the present through explorations of it representations in
history, literature, film, photography, music, art, and other cultural
forms. I am particularly interested in papers that take an unexpected view
on the topic.
I would like this panel to be an "alternate format" session, using the
"Talk format" in which final papers will be distributed to the other
panelists prior to the meeting and papers will be presented from notes
rather than read verbatim from the paper (see the ASA website for more
information).
Please send 350-500 word abstracts by January 21, 2004, to msledge@mmm.edu
Also, because of the deadline, please send a brief CV (1-page) with your
abstract, and identify any audio/visual equipment you will need.
Please keep in mind that according to ASA guidelines, each person is
allowed to make, and/or be listed as a participant on, only one
submission.
Martha Sledge
Assistant Professor of English
Marymount Manhattan College
New York, NY
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