CFP Heroes in Popular Culture (4/30/14; Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference)

HEROES IN POPULAR CULTURE
Location: Indiana, United States
Call for Papers Date: 2014-04-30 (in 16 days)
Date Submitted: 2014-04-08
Announcement ID: 212906
2014 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference

Friday-Sunday, October 3-4, 2014

Indianapolis, IN

JW Marriott Indianapolis

Deadline: April 30, 2014

Submissions.mpcaaca.org



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 heroism

-Connections between violence and heroism

-The gendering of heroism

-Heroines in young adult fiction

-Anti-heroes in film and television

-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/.

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

More information about the conference can be found at http://mpcaaca.org/

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

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

Jef Burnham
DePaul University
Email: jefburnham@gmail.com
Visit the website at http://submissions.mpcaaca.org/