[Discussion] CFP: Motorcycling Culture and Myth (10/1/04; PCA/ACA, 3/23/05-3/26/05)

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Call For Papers: MOTORCYCLING CULTURE AND MYTH, PCA/ACA, March 23-26, 2005

The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Associations are
holding
a series of panels at the next annual meeting of these groups to be held
March
23-26, 2005 in San Diego, California at the San Diego Marriott Hotel &
Marina.

Papers are requested on motorcycling and its impact on North American and
other societies and cultures. Although the field described is a broad
one and
a multiplicity of topics and disciplinary approaches are acceptable, a
primary
methodological consideration is suggested: mindfulness of the need to de-
colonize motorcycling culture and to prevent its colonization by interests
adverse to riders or to riding as an activity.

Likely topics:
* Riders' Narratives or Descriptions of the Ride
* The Motorcycle as Art, Poetry, or Agency
* Rituals, Norms, Customs, or Influences in Motorcycle Culture
* "The Biker" as Subaltern or as "Other"
* Movies, films, or other Images of Motorcyclists
* Analyses of media, corporate, or other power structures in relation to
motorcycling culture or popular myth
* Biographical Analyses of Noteworthy Motorcyclists and their Influence upon
Myth, Culture, or Cultural Capital
* Racial, Gendered, Class, or Demographic Aspects of Motorcycle Culture
* Other Literary, Anthropological, Geographical, Historical,
Sociological, or
Psychological perspectives of Motorcycling Culture or Myth

Also, as part of the 2005 Motorcycle Myth and Culture Area, we are
arranging a
special exhibition session. Conference participants will be able to meet
authors of motorcycle books, and tour exhibits of motorcycles in
photographs,
video and film. Presenters interested in contributing to the exhibition
session should contact the Area Co-Chairs.

Please respond to the Area Co-chairs listed below with a biographical
statement and an abstract of 150 words by October 1, 2004. Since responders
may be assigned to presentations, completed papers should also be sent
to the
Co-Chairs, to be forwarded for review, not later than March 1, 2005.

Basic information about the conference can be found at http://www.h-
net.org/~pcaaca/

Suzanne Ferriss
Division of Humanities
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences
Nova Southeastern University
Telephone: 954-262-8219
E-mail: ferriss@nova.edu

Gary L. Kieffner
Department of History
University of Texas at El Paso
Telephone: 505-997-9102
E-mail: Kieffner@utep.edu



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