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Pop Culture and World Politics v5.0

View the story "Pop Culture and World Politics Conference v5.0" on StorifyPop Culture and World Politics Conference v5.0The fifth annual Pop Culture and World Politics conference was held Nov. 9-11 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y.Storified by HWS Colleges · Fri, Nov 09 2012 14:29:43Great lineup for #PCWP12 in #GenevaNY this weekend. http://www.hws.edu/pcwp2012 Events are free & open to public. #flxGeneva NYWelcome keynoters for #PCWP12 @Legs__McNeil @superanne @revbillytalen @popcultpirate. Enjoy the venues at @HWSColleges & around #GenevaNY.Geneva NYWhat do zombies have to do with world politics? #PCWP12 http://ow.ly/f8OeyHWS CollegesDogs, cookies, cute kids #PCWP12Domenic Merolla#pcwp12 just kicking off with Kevin Dunn talking about the growth of this area of scholarshipsimon philpottThe first keynote of #pcwp12 by Legs McNeil is imminent. First a warm welcome from the HWS president.Kyle GraysonAttention is drawn to the role of interdisciplinary work at HWS making it a good fit for #pcwp12Kyle Grayson#PCWP12 Welcome!!Jeff Heydon#PCWP12 Legs discussing his Pepsi book: 100 tales of Pepsi over a 100 years...not a happy endingsimon philpott#PCWP12 great account of the 1962 Mars Attacks cards.alien attacks on the American way of life.empire state bldg brought down by spaceshipsimon philpottHow does popular culture frame disaster and mayhem to make it seem more real? And how does it commodify chaos? #pcwp12Kyle Grayson#PCWp12 Legs links early 60s space program to growth in conspiracy and popu culture focus on sci fi and hostile aliens in tv programmingsimon philpottHow do conspiracy theories, science fiction, and political context form an assemblage of possibility that resonates more widely? #pcwp12Kyle GraysonListening to Legs McNeil do a talk on vampires, comic art and horror fiction. This is just too good. #PCWP12Jeff Heydon#pcwp12 early 19th C literary elite produce gothic horror with focus on fiends praying upon upper classes...what is there fear?simon philpott#pcwp12 extraordinarily account of vampire history and esp Dracula. Popular on stage in 20s and cinema of 30s...bloodsucking capitalism?simon philpottLegs McNeil is killing it with his talk about vampires at #PCWP12 @HWSCollegesDomenic MerollaVampires are always updated for every generation to reflect predominant fears, anxieties, and identities #pcwp12Kyle GraysonInteresting fact: Early American vampire panics linked to tuberculosis outbreaks. #pcwp12Kyle Grayson#pcwp12 mid-19th c desecration of corpses of suspected vampires in new england. long predates novel...so are vampires real?simon philpott#pcwp12. The text of La Fanu's Carmilla http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/carmil01.htmDavid Mutimer#pcwp12 point is that truth & fiction blur & crisis expedites blurring. retreat into fiction of fear & manifestation of anxiety in politicssimon philpottNarrative: solid. Q&A period: tense. #PCWP12Domenic Merolla

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