If you are interested please try to contact me by September 1.  This
is a proposed panel for SCS 2001.

shawn

ENTERTAINMENT AND DEMOCRACY

As we meet in the nation's capital, this panel seeks to explore the
inter-relationships between contemporary democracy and entertainment.
Papers should address, through one approach or another, the means by
which popular participation in public issues has been/is/can be
conducted within the media and spheres of entertainment. Please send
title, abstract and contact information to: Shawn Shimpach (New York
University Cinema Studies), 200 East 11th Street, #12A, New York, NY
10003, 212.387.0196, or e-mail: [log in to unmask]

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