[Discussion] HEALTH ISSUES IN POPULAR CULTURE

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CALL FOR PAPERS 

PCA/ACA AREA: HEALTH ISSUES IN POPULAR CULTURE 

POPULAR CULTURE/AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 
SAN ANTONIO MARRIOTT RIVERCENTER HOTEL 
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 
APRIL 7-10, 2004 

The "Health Issues in Popular Culture" PCA/ACA area encourages proposals 
from historical and contemporary perspectives. The area of "Health Issues" 
offers a broad range of opportunities for specific proposals. Examples may 
include subjects related to drugs (botanicals, licit or illicit), alcohol, 
and tobacco in popular culture; infectious and chronic diseases in popular 
culture; epidemics; mental health; women and men as healers, caretakers, 
and health professionals; health institutions and popular culture; 
literature and health; health in the media; race, gender, class and 
health; and urban and rural health. Abstracts reflecting 
interdisciplinary and single discipline approaches are welcome. 

DEADLINE: October 10, 2003. Please send 100 word abstracts to 

Jennifer Tebbe-Grossman 
jtebbe@mcp.edu 

Snail Mail Address: 

Jennifer Tebbe-Grossman 
Professor of American Studies and Political Science 
School of Arts and Sciences 
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences-Boston 
179 Longwood Avenue 
Boston, MA 02115