[NIS_GS:] UPDATE: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (12/1/05; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/8/06-2/11/06)
New Abstract Deadline December 1, 2005
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 27th Annual Conference Albuquerque, NM February 8-11, 2005
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1.505.842.1234
Fax: 1.505.766.6710
For further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) please visit the developing website:
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/

Any aspect of Children's or Young Adult Literature (traditional or contemporary) and/or Children's/YA popular culture issues – television, comics, films, toys, music, gender role models, fashion – will be
reviewed for acceptance. Please send queries, 250 word paper proposals, and 500 word panel proposals, including full contact info for all participants for review to area chair by deadline of December 1, 2005. Please include a short (100 word) bio listing previous and current research activities, but no full CVs
needed. (Please see topic ideas and two special panel requests below.)

Interdisciplinary approaches and all scholarly fields are welcome.
Also, as this is a popular culture conference, presentations that depart from traditional reading of papers are highly encouraged and welcomed.
Presenters
also need not have a university affiliation; we embrace all forms of
experiential knowledge potential presenters might offer. Graduate
students
are especially encouraged to submit proposals.

Please see the Conference website for information on Graduate Student Paper Awards.

Submit proposals to:
Diana Dominguez
Dept. of English & Communication
U. of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, TX 78520

Phone: 956.882.8853
gypsyscholar@rgv.rr.com

Electronic submissions highly preferred to the above e-mail address.
Please put "Popular Culture submission" in the subject line. Please note: contact phone number has changed from poster and web site.

Possible topics of particular interest include (but are not limited to):

Gender and Toys
Television and the Young Adult Market (series aimed at 'tweens and teens)
The Growing Fantasy Young Adult Book Market (beyond Harry Potter)
Children's Television Issues
The Growing Appeal of Series Book Collections (for children, 'tweens, and teens)

Any other topic related to children's and Young Adult literature, culture, and the intersection of these items with popular culture are welcome.

See you in Albuquerque!
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