2017 Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Conference

St. Louis, MO, Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch

Papers can explore any topic relating to heroes and/or prevailing notions of heroism as they present themselves in popular culture. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Superheroes and action stars as heroic icons
• Video games and the experience of vicarious/learned heroism
• Connections between violence and heroism
• The gendering of heroism
• Heroines in young adult fiction
• Anti-heroes in media
• Pop culture heroes and religion/mythology
• Hero worship
• Real world heroes in the news and biographies

Please upload 250 word abstract proposals on any aspect of Heroes in Popular Culture to the Heroes in Popular Culture area, http://submissions.mpcaaca.org/. Submission Deadline: April 30, 2017.

Any questions? Please email Jef Burnham at jefburnham@gmail.com,

More information about the conference can be found at http://mpcaaca.org/stlouis-2017/2017-cfp/.

Also, please note the availability of graduate student travel grants: http://mpcaaca.org/conference/travel-grants/.

Please include name, e-mail address, and affiliation with the 250 word abstract. Also, please indicate in your submission whether your presentation will require an LCD Projector.