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Book on Yoga and Popular Culture Seeks Contributors
<p>Yoga in Popular Culture (edited collection) Seeking contributors for an edited volume on yoga in popular culture. This book is envisioned as a cross-disciplinary collection of scholarly work on yoga, with essays that explore the ways that yoga has reflected and changed popular culture in the West. Yoga is experiencing its third “boom” … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/05/04/book-on-yoga-and-popular-culture-seeks-contributors/" class="more-link">Continue reading
May 4, 20172 min read
Cultural Studies Newsletter
<p>Here’s a link for Intellect’s latest newsletter that will inform you of new cultural studies books and journals.</p>
Apr 19, 20171 min read
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Last Indian War?
<p>Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI. By David Grann, Doubleday, 2017, 352 pp. History books tell us that the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre and the slaughter of at least 150 Indians* was the final episode in the wars between Native Americans and whites. Perhaps we should … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/04/11/killers-of-the-flower-moon-the-last-indian-war/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Killer
Apr 11, 20173 min read
What if Vietnam is Who We Are?
<p>American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity. By Christian G. Appy, Penguin, 2016. Nations seldom exit wars as they entered them. In an important new book, University of Massachusetts Amherst professor Chris Appy argues that, though the Vietnam War ended thirty-two years ago, the United States continues to struggle with its results. He … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/04/03/what-if-vietnam-is-who-we-are/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span
Apr 3, 20174 min read
Wilderness of Ruin Both Fascinating and Frustrating
<p>The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America’s Youngest Serial Killer. By Roseanne Montillo. New York: William Morrow, 2015. Gilded Age Boston and Chicago shared a lot in common. Both had World’s Fairs: Boston in 1883, and Chicago ten years later. Each suffered devastating fires, with Chicago being nearly … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/03/28/wilderness-of-ruin-both-fascinating-and-frustrating/" class="more-link">Continue readin
Mar 28, 20174 min read
Travel Grants from PCAACA
<p>ANNOUNCING THE POPULAR CULTURE SUMMER RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY MAY 21-25, 2017 Reminder: Travel Grant applications are due 24 March 2017. “Exploring the Archives: Fifty Years of Popular Culture” For the second time, the PCA/ACA and Bowling Green State University are jointly sponsoring a summer research institute on the Bowling … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/03/03/travel-grants-from-pcaaca/" class="more-link">Continue r
Mar 3, 20171 min read
CFP: Film and History
<p>Call for Papers for Film and History area for the October 27-28, 2017 Northeast Regional Popular / American Cultural Association (NEPCA) annual conference. Dr. Carol Mitchell; Area Chair of Film and History Email: cmitchel@springfieldcollege.edu Call for Papers: Film and History. The annual fall conference of NEPCA will be held at University of Massachusetts … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/02/20/cfp-film-and-history/" class="more-link">Continue reading <
Feb 20, 20172 min read
PCA/ACA Seeking Nominations
<p>Call for Nominations for the PCA/ACA 2017 Elections To the PCA/ACA community, The nominations committee, headed by Sue Matheson, has issued this call for nominations for the 2017 PCA Elections. Nominations are solicited for six elected positions in the PCA/ACA Position #1: Seeking nominations for a Vice President/President Elect. Candidates must demonstrate a … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/02/12/pcaaca-seeking-nominations/" class="more-link">Continue readin
Feb 12, 20172 min read
CFP Fantastic (Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction) Area (6/1/17; NEPCA Amherst, MA 10/27-28/17)
<p>SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS TENTH-ANNIVERSARY SESSIONS OF THE FANTASTIC (FANTASY, HORROR, AND SCIENCE FICTION) AREA Visit us at NEPCA Fantastic: <a href="https://nepcafantastic.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">https://nepcafantastic.blogspot.com</a> 2017 Conference of The Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association (NEPCA) University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 27 and 28 October 2017 Proposals by 1 June 2017 Michael A. Torregrossa Fantastic (Fantasy,
Feb 8, 20172 min read
Review of New Work on Marx Brothers
<p>FOUR OF THE THREE MUSKETEERS (2016). By Robert S. Bader. Northeastern University Press, 544 pages. 2016. I am a Marxist—a devotee of Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo. I’ve seen all the films numerous times, read every book I can get my hands on, seek out new documentaries, and scour DVDs and YouTube for lost clips. … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/02/07/review-of-new-work-on-marx-brothers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Review
Feb 7, 20173 min read
Pop Culture Institute at Bowling Green
<p>“Exploring the Archives: Fifty Years of Popular Culture” For the second time, the PCA/ACA and Bowling Green State University are jointly sponsoring a summer research institute on the Bowling Green, Ohio campus from Sunday, May 21 through Thursday, May 25, 2017. This institute will introduce a small group of scholars from across the country and … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/01/25/pop-culture-institute-at-bowling-green/" class="more-link">Continue rea
Jan 25, 20171 min read
Kent State Reconsidered
<p>Kent State: Death and Dissent in the Long Sixties. By Thomas M. Grace. University of Massachusetts Press, 2016. 273 pages + appendices, notes, index. Tin soldiers and Nixon coming/We’re finally on our own/This summer I hear the drumming/Four dead in Ohio. Those lines from Neil Young’s “Ohio” were inescapable by the summer of 1970, with … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/01/23/kent-state-reconsidered/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-te
Jan 23, 20174 min read
History of White Trash
<p>This review appeared in the Cultured Classrooms section of NEPCA’s fall newsletter. It seems appropriate to repost it as a review on Inauguration Day. Putting Class Back Into the Classroom I’m guilty of being one of those scholars who too glibly use the words “important book” in reviews and academic discussions. We often mean, simply, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/01/20/history-of-white-trash/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="
Jan 20, 20175 min read
Undergrad Conference at Providence College
<p>Type: Call for Papers Date: February 1, 2017 Location: Rhode Island, United States Subject Fields: Health and Health Care, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Public Health, Sociology, Anthropology The 8th Annual Undergraduate Conference on Health & Society at Providence College will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2017. This is a great opportunity for … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/01/20/undergrad-conference-at-providence-college/" class="more-link
Jan 20, 20171 min read
Frankenstein and the American Dream
<p>CALL FOR PAPERS: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE AMERICAN DREAM? SESSION PROPOSED FOR 2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD AT THE WESTIN COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS FROM 25 TO 28 MAY 2017 PAPER PROPOSALS DUE BY 28 JANUARY 2017 Frankenstein and the American Dream? Frankenstein and the Fantastic, an outreach effort of … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/01/14/frankenstein-and-the-american-dream/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span
Jan 14, 20172 min read
The Medieval in American Popular Culture
<p>The Medieval in American Popular Culture: Reflections in Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of Prince Valiant The comic strip Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur was launched in 1937 and continues to be produced to this day. Begun by illustrator Hal Foster and now under the direction of writer Mark Schultz and artist Thomas Yeates, Prince Valiant celebrates … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2017/01/06/the-medieval-in-american-popular-culture/" class="more-link
Jan 6, 20172 min read
Salome Ensemble a Slice of 20th Century History
<p>The Salome Ensemble: Rose Pastor Stokes, Anzia Yezierska, Sonya Levien, and Jetta Goudal. By Alan Robert Ginsberg. Syracuse University Press, 2016. If you don’t know who Rose Pastor Stokes (1879-1933), Anzia Yezierska (1880-1970), Sonya Levien (1888-1960), and Jetta Goudal (1881-1985) are, you should. Their lives are a study in connections, as friends, role-models, and … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/12/07/salome-ensemble-a-slice-of-20th-century-history/"
Dec 7, 20165 min read
Nothing High Falutin’ (but maybe stuff you can use!)
<p>STRANGE HISTORY (2016). By Jay Newman, editor. Portable Press, 2016. Have you ever seen Chuck Shepherd’s quirky “New of the Weird” columns? If so, you can imagine the content of Strange History. In editor Jay Newman’s words, it’s a “smorgasbord of oddities: kings, queens, commoners, criminals, gladiators, aliens, ghosts, monsters….” You can add to … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/12/05/nothing-high-falutin-but-maybe-stuf
Dec 5, 20163 min read
Book Review: new Look at Sue Mengers
<p>Can I Go Now? The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood’s First Superagent. Brian Kellow. New York: Viking, 2015. Brain Kellow has written the definitive biography of Sue Mengers, and it’s a fun book. Mengers was an influential Hollywood talent agent who represented some of the industry’s most glamorous stars at the height of their careers, … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/12/05/book-review-new-look-at-sue-mengers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="s
Dec 5, 20162 min read
Book Review: Lessons Learned from Popular Culture
<p>Lessons Learned from Popular Culture. By Tim Delaney and Tim Madigan. SUNY Press, 2016. 274 pp. It’s been 46 years since Ray Browne (1922-2009) founded the Popular Culture Association, and 49 since he launched the Journal of Popular Culture. Yet, as uncomfortable as it might make a lot of scholars, pop culture remains suspect in … <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/11/28/book-review-lessons-learned-from-popular-culture/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span
Nov 28, 20163 min read
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