Extended Deadline, Adaptation: Film, Literature, and Culture SWTX PCA/ACA (12/2/12)

From: Lynnea Chapman King <[email protected]>

Extended Deadline: 12/2/12
Call for Papers: Adaptation: Film, Literature and Culture
34th Annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Associations ConferenceFebruary 13-16, 2013
Albuquerque, New MexicoHyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Centerhttp://swtxpca.org
Proposal submission deadline: December 2, 2012
Join us this year, as a returning or first-time participant, in the Adaptation area, a long standing, well-represented area with outstanding past presentations.
The Adaptation Area this year encompasses traditional approaches to adaption, including 
Adaptation theoryNovel-to-film, novel-to-TV, TV-to-film, or film-to-TV adaptationsGenre adaptation (homage, parody, etc.)Stage-to-screen adaptation (excluding Shakespeare)Film remakes (Dredd, Total Recall, The Amazing Spiderman, Red Dawn, etc.)Games, songs, cartoons, graphic novels and comic books to film adaptation
Special topics this year include Sherlock Holmes  (including the Guy Ritchie, BBC, and CBS adaptations)The HobbitOn the Road
Graduate students are encouraged to submit their papers to the Post Script Graduate Student Award or to other awards, as appropriate.  Please visit http://swtxpca.org/documents/48.html for a complete listing of the awards.
Please send inquiries regarding this area to Lynnea Chapman King at [email protected].  
Submissions must be entered directly into the conference database at http://conference2013.swtxpca.org/.  Submission deadline is December 2, 2012.  Submissions should include a current curriculum vitae, a working bibliography, and a 250-word abstract.  For additional information, including a list of available awards, hotel and registration information, and conference registration, please visit the SW/TX PCA/ACA website at swtxpca.org.