CFP: JOHN FORD'S _THE SEARCHERS_

At the SW Regional PCA/ACA meeting in
Albuquerque, March 7-10, 2001.

Area title:  __The Searchers__ as Cultural Lens

This panel takes a multidisciplinary look
at the John Ford/John Wayne movie __The Searchers__,
looking generally at the question, "How has/does
this film filter American culture?"  Taking as a
basic assumption that a culture's stories both
reflect and inflect the culture, questions that
might be addressed by this panel include (among
MANY others):  What has __The Searchers__ done
with/to American culture?  How does the film fit
in?  Does it fit in?   How does the film
demonstrate/obscure/develop/inhibit the "American
character"?  Does the film solidify, destabilize
or ????? race and gender bias?  What is the function
of esthetics in the cultural work of this film?

Deadline for receipt of submissions is January 10, 2001.
Email submissions will be accepted.  Please send a
1-page proposal and 1-paragraph bio to:

Denise MacNeil
Dept. of Liberal Studies - ANWC
University of Redlands
Redlands, CA  92373-0999
email: [log in to unmask]
phone: (909)793-2121, ext. 4157
fax:  (909)335-5125

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where all your questions will be answered--we hope:

www.h-net2.msu.edu/~swpca

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