<p>FRANKENSTEIN AND THE FANTASTIC CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A THEMED-SESSION OF THE FANTASTIC (FANTASY, HORROR, AND SCIENCE FICTION) AREA Visit us at NEPCA Fantastic: <a href="http://nepcafantastic.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://nepcafantastic.blogspot.com</a> 2016 Conference of The Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association (NEPCA) Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire 21 and 22 October 2016 Proposals by 15 June 2016 Michael A. Torregrossa &hellip; <a href="

<p>2016 Conference of The Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association (NEPCA) Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire 21 and 22 October 2016 Proposals by 15 June 2016 Michael A. Torregrossa Fantastic (Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction) Area Chair NEPCAFantastic@gmail.com Formed in 2008, the Fantastic (Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction) Area celebrates its ninth anniversary in &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/05/11/cfp-the-fantastic-at-nepca/" cla

<p>Praeger Publishing, a leading independent academic publisher based in California, is seeking authors for books on American history, American studies, and contemporary American issues. We are looking either for new book ideas from authors or to discuss in-house book ideas with potential authors. Praeger publishes books with an interest to a broad array of readers, &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/05/02/praeger-looking-for-book-projects/" class="more-link">Continue

<p>There is still plenty of time to submit a proposal for the fall 2016 Northeast Popular/American Culture Association conference!  We are seeking papers on popular and American culture, broadly construed, for our annual fall conference to be held on Friday October 21 and Saturday October 22, 2016, on the campus of Keene State College in &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/04/29/send-in-those-nepca-proposals/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reade

<p>Since his seminal writing on The Sandman (1989-present) and long since before and after on works such as Batman, Miracleman, The Books of Magic, The Endless, Stardust, The Graveyard Book, etc. from adult graphic novels (Neverwhere) to voluminous amounts of children’s graphic novels and illustrated texts (Coraline, Chu’s Day, Fortunately, the Milk, Hansel and Gretel &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/04/17/neil-gaiman-chapters-sought/" class="more-link">Continue read

<p>Urban Netherworlds: Noir and Neo-Noir New York and Los Angeles in Film (under contract) Film noir is one of the most intensely studied cinematic genres, yet Mark Shiel remarks that while numerous studies have helped define the genre in thematic, stylistic, and technical terms, “they have engaged very little with the local geography of film &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/04/16/book-chapters-south-urban-netherworlds-noir-and-neo-noir-new-york-and-los-angeles-in-fi

<p>Racism and Discrimination in the Sporting World &#8211; An interdisciplinary volume to be edited by Professor of French and Fulbright ScholarEileen M. Angelini, Ph.D., Canisius College &nbsp; What is it about culture and society that creates an environment in which an athlete is able to excel or fail in his/her respective sport?  Which factors, such &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/04/13/book-cfp-racism-and-discrimination-in-the-sporting-world/" class="more-link">

<p>The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) is seeking papers on the subject of television for its annual fall conference to be held on the campus of Keene State College on October 21-22, 2016. The deadline for proposals is June 15, 2016. NEPCA prides itself on holding conferences which emphasize discussing ideas in a non-competitive and supportive &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/04/12/nepca-seeking-television-papers/" class="more-link">Continue re

<p>We are soliciting abstracts on a proposed collection on food and feasting in post-1700 outlaw narratives. While outlawry has its formal origins in the Middle Ages, the outlaw is a figure and trope present in many modern, post-1700 texts, especially American, Native American, African American, and Australian outlaw narratives. Food, its preparation, and its consumption &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/04/11/call-for-essays-food-and-feasting-in-post-1700-outlaw-narr

<p>How do we understand ourselves as human beings?  Historically, we have considered where we are in time and place and in relation to others.  Throughout history, humans have wondered about their origins and about their futures.  Charles Darwin gave some a foundation of understanding where human beings came from and how we evolved.  The greater &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/04/10/future-humans-book-proposal/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen

<p>Since Bram Stoker&#8217;s seminal vampire novel, Dracula, published in 1897, the figure of the vampire has been a persistent presence in Western popular culture. Though largely the remit of adult audiences since the 1970s, the vampire has become increasingly present in narratives (books/films/television) for younger children. In fact, in the 21st century, one might even &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/04/10/vampires-in-pop-culture-book-project/" class="more-link"

<p>Call for Book Chapters: Women in Sports: Breaking Barriers, Facing Obstacles My colleague, Jomills Henry Braddock II (Professor, University of Miami), and I are developing a two-volume book project to be published by ABC-CLIO-Praeger addressing women’s sport involvement in contemporary society. The volume highlights both individual sportswomen as well as general empirical trends surrounding women’s sports &hellip; <a href="https://nepca.blog/2016/03/31/women-in-sports-cfp/