CFP: Heroes in Popular Culture

Conference
2017 Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Conference
St. Louis, MO, Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch
October 18 - 22, 2017
Stichtag: 2017 05 15

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.

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