Announcement CFP: Roundtable on Contemporary American Horror Cinema PCA/ACA 2014

From: Shannon Blake Skelton [[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 12:38 PM
CFP: Roundtable on Contemporary American Horror Cinema PCA/ACA 2014

If interested, please contact Shannon Blake Skelton at [email protected] b=
y Friday, NOV. 15th. Please see details below:

Call for Participants:

" 'Oh Yes, There Will Be Blood': A Roundtable on Contemporary American Horr=
or Cinema"

Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) National=
 Conference

Chicago, IL

USA

April 16-19, 2014



This roundtable discussion is centered upon recent scholarship, research an=
d criticism concerning contemporary American horror cinema. Participants wi=
ll read the volumes American Horror Film: The Genre at the Turn of the Mill=
enium by Steffen Hantke, Post-9/11 Horror in American Cinema by Kevin J. We=
tmore, Remaking Horror: Hollywood's New Reliance on Scares of Old by James =
Francis, Jr. and Horror After 9/11: World of Fear, Cinema of Terror by Aviv=
a Briefel and Sam J. Miller. Participants will also engage in on-line discu=
ssions during January, February and March 2014 focused upon the texts. Part=
icipants (4-6 scholars) will write one short (3-5 pages) position/response =
paper regarding the notions posited in the volumes. The roundtable discussi=
on at PCA/ACA will serve as a public conversation as well as a reflection a=
nd summation of the on-line discussion. The roundtable will allow participa=
nts to present their position papers and to pose further questions regardin=
g scholarship that considers contemporary American horror cinema.



If you are interested in participating in this discussion, please contact S=
hannon Blake Skelton at [email protected] by November 15, 2013.



Chair: Shannon Blake Skelton

The University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Nati=
onal Conference will be held April 16th to April 19th, 2014 at the Marriott=
 Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile in Chicago, IL. More information is avai=
lable at http://pcaaca.org/national-conference-2/

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Shannon Blake Skelton, PhD
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Communication Arts
Department of Theatre and Drama
http://wisc.academia.edu/ShannonBlakeSkelton

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