*Apologies for cross-postings.*
*CFP: Philosophy and Popular Culture*
*The 36th Annual Conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture
Association (SWPACA)*
*“Many Faces, Many Voices: Intersecting Borders in Popular and American
Culture”*
February 11th – 14th 2015
Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center
Albuquerque New Mexico 87102
Proposal/Abstract Submission EXTENDED Deadline: *November 15th 2014
*at *http://conference2015.southwestpca.org
<http://conference2015.southwestpca.org>*
Paper and panel proposals are now being accepted for the Philosophy and
Popular Culture area of the 36th annual conference of the Southwest
Popular/American
Culture Association,
“Many Faces, Many Voices: Intersecting Borders in Popular and American
Culture,” in Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 11-14, 2015.
In the last decade there has been a dedicated exploration of popular
culture as it relates to aspects of philosophy, and how philosophy relates
to popular culture, and as such we welcome proposals that investigate and
examine the intersections between philosophy and popular culture. Any and
all aspects of philosophy and popular culture will be considered.
*Possible topics include but are not limited to:*
· Philosophical issues explored in popular culture
· Views of philosophy in popular culture
· Philosophical frameworks engaged in popular culture
· Representations of philosophy and/in popular culture
· Elements of popular culture analysis
· Philosophy and film
· Philosophy and television
· Philosophy and the fine arts
· Philosophy and Literature
· Philosophy and graphic novels/comic books
· Issues of identity and popular culture
· Conceptual entities of identity and popular culture
· Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality and popular
culture
· Epistemology and Popular Culture
· Phenomenology and Popular Culture
To apply to the Philosophy and Popular Culture Area please follow the
instructions for submitting a paper abstract on the submissions database
at: *http://conference2015.southwestpca.org
<http://conference2015.southwestpca.org>*
For information about the conference and other presentation areas,
registration, and hotel accommodations, please go to the SWPACA
website at: *http://www.southwestpca.org
<http://www.southwestpca.org>*
The conference organizers are particularly interested in graduate student
presentations (as well as those of independent scholars in order to make
the conference as inclusive as possible) and as such have a number of
awards for graduate student papers. For more information, see:
*http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/
<http://southwestpca.org/conference/graduate-student-awards/>*
We are also pleased to announce the inaugural issue of *Dialogue: The
Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy*, a peer-reviewed
publication of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association. The
Journal debuted at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Conference in
February 2014. For more information and to submit manuscripts, email Lynnea
Chapman-King, Editor in Chief, or Anna CohenMiller, Managing Editor, at
[log in to unmask], or through the contact form
<http://journaldialogue.org/contact/>.
If you have questions, requests, or require further information, please
contact the Area Chair:
Burcu Gurkan, Area Chair, Philosophy and Popular Culture
School of Foreign Languages
Istanbul Sehir University
Kuşbakışı Caddesi No: 27 34662
Altunizade, Üsküdar
Istanbul TURKEY 34662
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I wanted to try a dystopia from the female point of view - the world
according to Julia, as it were. However, this does not make *The Handmaid's
Tale* a "feminist dystopia", except insofar as giving a woman a voice and
an inner life will always be considered "feminist" by those who think women
ought not to have these things.
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