[Discussion] UPDATE: Endurance Sports Culture Area (11/15/05; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/8/06-2/11/06)

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From: Sally Goade <goades@sage.edu>

UPDATE: CALL FOR PAPERS: ENDURANCE SPORTS CULTURE AREA
2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association
(11-15-05; 02-08-06)

The 27th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA
February 8-11, 2006
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico

The new Endurance Sports Culture area of the Southwest Texas Popular Culture and
American Culture Associations is still accepting proposals for papers and
presentations at the annual conference. The impact of sports culture on people's
lives and on literature and film is well acknowledged, but study of sports
culture is often concentrated on major team sports, the phenomenon of fandom, or
societal pressures on individuals to have "fit" bodies. For this panel, we are
interested in papers on all aspects of endurance sports culture (marathon
running, triathlon racing, distance cycling, distance swimming, adventure
racing, etc.).

The Area Chair is an English professor who is stepping outside her usual
research area to chair this topic because she is also a marathon runner and
six-time Ironman triathlete. The spark for this panel comes from the social
aspect of these sports and how it can seem that you are nearly encountering the
same people at events located 3,000 miles apart. Possible topics may include,
but are certainly not limited to:

* Comradery at Races
* Intimacy among Training Partners, Groups and Clubs
* Endurance Sports in Film and Literature
* Addictive Aspect of Endurance Sports
* "Extreme" Sports Image Marketing and Appeal
* Outside vs. Inside (or how racing culture compares to gym culture)
* Off-Road (Trail, Xterra, etc.) vs. "Roadie" Culture
* Food & Endurance Sports (pre-race & post-race meals, "excessive" exercise as
an eating disorder, food as fuel, food marketing to athletes, etc.)
* Socio-Economic and Educational Level of Endurance Sports Athletes
* Aging and Endurance Sports

To submit, send a 250-word abstract and brief biography by November 15, 2005. 
Both hard-copy and electronic submissions are welcome. Address all abstracts
and/or inquiries to:
Dr. Sally Goade
Department of English and Modern Languages
The Sage Colleges
45 Ferry St.
Troy, NY  12180
USA

(518) 244-2406
goades@sage.edu

The registration deadline for the conference is December 31, 2005, and
participants must also be members of the national PCA/ACA organization. The
conference hotel is the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Registration,
lodging, and other conference registration is available at
http://www.h-neg.org/~swpca/Registrion/registration.htm
Please note that this is the website for the Southwest PCA; while the
organizations are connected, this conference is separate from the national
PCA/ACA conference later in the year.


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