CFP

http://swtxpca.org/CFPs_2011/Special_Topics/CFP-The%20Apocalypse%20in%20Popular%20Culture.pdf

This CFP comes from the 33rd Annual SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference. This panel is specifically looking for papers related to popular culture and apocalypse. I’m drawn to this call because the apocalypse, and the way we talk about and predict it, has always fascinated me. I am especially interested in post-apocalyptic or dystopian representations that involve the abuse of rhetoric (think Children of Men, Hunger Games, Repo the Genetic Opera, etc.). This call is open to writers from many disciplines, such as poetry, literature, religious studies, and film, and the audience seems to be cultural studies related. The knowledge valued at this conference is critical investigation of shared cultural knowledge (such as apocalypse scenarios) and the way shared knowledge shapes cultural norms. This particular call, unlike the others, is pretty sparse. But, I may be able to appropriate words like “depiction” and “prolific.”