UPDATE: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (12/10/04; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/9/05-2/12/05)

ONE MORE UPDATE -- Deadline for abstracts extended to December 10, 2004=0D
Submission e-mail: gypsyscholar_at_rgv.rr.com=0D
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Get those abstracts in - you still have time!=0D
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Updated Call for Papers on Children's and Young Adult Literature and Cult=
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Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association Conference=0D
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We have several great papers/panels shaping up on fantasy literature
(including Harry Potter, Philip Pullman's books, Madeleine L'Engle's and
Patricia Wrede's Dragon books), representations of girls in different era=
s
of "girls' books" series (Trixie Belden, Anne of Green Gables, and the
Betsy-Tacy series), Hispanic/Spanish children's books (representations of
characters and issues of literacy and reading pleasure), and children's
films/programming (Sesame Street, the VeggieTales, and Disney). We would
love to see more and other topics of interest to Children's and Young Adu=
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studies. =0D
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The Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Associat=
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will be sponsoring sessions dealing with Children's and Young Adult=0D
Literature and Culture at the 26th Annual Conference to be held at the Hy=
att=0D
Regency Conference Hotel in Albuquerque, NM, February 9 - 12, 2005. For=0D
further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel,=0D
registration, tours, etc.) please visit the developing web site:=0D
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca=0D
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Any aspect of Children's or Young Adult Literature (traditional or=0D
contemporary) and/or Children's/YA popular culture issues -- television,=0D
comics, films, toys, music, gender role models, fashion -- will be review=
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for acceptance. Please send queries, 250 word paper proposals, and 500 wo=
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panel proposals, including full contact info for all participants for rev=
iew=0D
to area chair by new deadline of December 10, 2004. (See below for list o=
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possible topics - but all areas of Children's and YA culture are welcome)=
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Interdisciplinary approaches and all scholarly fields are welcome.=0D
Presenters also need not have a university affiliation; we embrace all fo=
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of experiential knowledge potential presenters might offer.=0D
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Note: Please note the change in submission and contact address as it is=0D
different from that listed on the Conference Poster:=0D
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By regular post, submit to:=0D
Diana Dominguez=0D
Dept. of English & Communication=0D
U. of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College=0D
80 Fort Brown=0D
Brownsville, TX 78520=0D
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Phone: 956.544.8853=0D
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E-mail submissions preferred=0D
gypsyscholar_at_rgv.rr.com=0D
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Electronic submissions highly preferred to the above e-mail address. Plea=
se=0D
put "Popular Culture submission" in the subject line. Also please be awar=
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that the e-mail listed on the poster is only an alternate e-mail address,=
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which is not as reliable as the preferred e-mail listed above.=0D
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Please note two special items:=0D
1) Graduate students are highly encouraged to submit and present. The=0D
Associations award monetary prizes between $100-$500 in several categorie=
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for a graduate paper presented at the conference. The deadline for awards=
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is January 10, 2005. Visit the award page on the PCA/ACA web site:=0D
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/Awards/awards.htm.=0D
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We ask that professors or others who have contact with graduate students=0D
please encourage graduate students to submit abstracts to any of the wide=
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variety of areas sponsored at the PCA/ACA conference, and to seriously=0D
consider submitting a paper for an award.=0D
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2) Papers and panels may be presented in any language, as long as present=
ers=0D
provide 500 word summaries of their presentations to hand out to audience=
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members. Presenters planning to deliver papers in a foreign language shou=
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prepare to have 50 copies of summary for handing out during session.=0D
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Possible topics include (but are not limited to):=0D
Trends and the publishing explosion in the YA market -- especially the YA=
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Market for young girls -- book series tied in to television series like
Buffy,=0D
Angel, Alias, and Charmed, but also series featuring strong female=0D
characters like those written by Tamora Pierce and the series penned by=0D
Francine Pascal (Fearless); these series and others have become a huge=0D
market, and have spawned countless web fan sites. It's an area worth=0D
looking into.=0D
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This could also include a historical look at the girls' series markets --=
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Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, Judy Bolton, Anne of Green Gables and Emily of=
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New Moon, the Little House books, as well as others throughout the years;=
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this is always a fascinating subject! Think of the possible studies of=0D
comparisons about the girls of yesteryear and today; what are the qualiti=
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and capabilities?=0D
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Any other popular and prolific children's, 'tween, and young adult author=
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who bear some study.=0D
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Films and television for children/young adults, including popular childre=
n
s/YA literature turned into popular films, like the recent Holes, Ella
Enchanted, or A Wrinkle in Time, or television shows specifically markete=
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to the 'tween and younger crowd, like Disney's KimPossible, Lizzie Maguir=
e,=0D
and That's So Raven, as well as the quite popular shows like Charmed, Joa=
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of Arcadia, and Smallville, which all boast large young adult and 'tween=0D
audiences=0D
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Toy culture: any aspect of toys: gender, socialization, cultural aspects,=
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consumerism issues, etc.=0D
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Fantasy Literature, especially retold/modernized fairy tales in the=0D
tradition of Donna Jo Napoli and Robin McKinley, or series featuring=0D
children/young adult protagonists, like Philip Pullman's His Dark Materia=
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Series (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass) or=0D
Harry Potter, or the Lemony Snicket series. Also consider the Artemis Fo=
wl
series,=0D
Cornelia Funke's books, or Lois Lowry's books.=0D
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Children's/YA Literature and the depiction/dissemination of cultural, eth=
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  racial, and other minority groups (including sexual orientation and=0D
disabilities): depictions and issues about the Southwest (Hispanic and=0D
Native American), given our conference location would certainly be releva=
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and welcome.=0D
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Any other topic related to children's and Young Adult literature, culture=
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and the intersection of these items with popular culture are welcome.=0D
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As I have done in the past, I will be offering a general discussion sessi=
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during which all Children's/YA participants (and general public) can gath=
er=0D
to discuss issues in Children's/YA literature and culture and to=0D
propose/suggest possible topics for the next conference. I will try to ha=
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it scheduled in the middle of the conference so we can attract a large=0D
enough audience (and will attempt to have it scheduled so it does not=0D
conflict with any other Children's or YA session).=0D
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Presentations will be limited to between 15-17 minutes in order to allow =
for=0D
a vibrant discussion and question/answer session. Please adhere to this=0D
limitation since we are always on a tight time constraint and everyone=0D
deserves a chance to be heard. Please also send any Audio/Visual requests=
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with abstracts. The conference can only supply the following: Cassette/CD=
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player, Overhead projector/screen, TV/VCR combo (DVD players are limited =
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Film Area presentations), and Slide Project/Screen (presenter MUST bring =
own=0D
slide carousel).=0D
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Diana Dominguez=0D
Area Chair, Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture=0D
SW/TX PCA/ACA conference=0D
gypsyscholar_at_rgv.rr.com=0D

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