[Discussion] CFP: Motorcycling and Motorcycle Life (11/15/05; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/8/06-2/11/06)

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From: "Nagy, Paul" <nagyp@clovis.edu>

CFP: Motorcycle Life and Culture
Abstract/Proposals by 15 November 2005

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 27th Annual Conference
Albuquerque, NM  February 8-11, 2006
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1.505.842.1234
Fax: 1.505.766.6710

Panels now forming for presentations on Motorcycling Culture in all its various
forms and manifestations. Papers about any aspect of motorcycling life are
welcome, including travel narratives that involve motorcycling. Please send an
abstract (of 300 words or less) of your presentation to the address below.
Graduate students/future teachers are particularly welcome to participate or
register to attend the conference and pedagogy forum.

Writers interested in the Motorcycle Life and Culture panels should contact Paul
Nagy, Motorcycle Culture Area Chair, via <paul.nagy@clovis.edu> in the fall. 
Papers are requested on motorcycling and its impact on North American--and
other--societies and cultures. Suggested topics include: * 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 motorcycling culture * Other literary, anthropological,
geographical, historical,  sociological, or psychological perspectives of
motorcycling culture or myth.

If your work does not focus on Motorcycling Culture but fits within the broad
range of areas designated for the upcoming conference on American & Popular
culture, I still encourage you to participate. Please pass along this call to
friends and colleagues.

Send materials with your email address by 15 November 2005. Due to the short
deadline, submission by e-mail is being strongly encouraged.

Paul Nagy, Motorcycling Life and Culture Area Chair
Clovis Community College
English Department
417 Schepps Boulevard
Clovis, NM 88101
(505)769-408
paul.nagy@clovis.edu


Conference Website: <http://www.swtexaspca.org> (updated regularly)


Paul G. Nagy III
Clovis Community College
Clovis, NM 88101



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