MOTORCYCLING CULTURE AND MYTH at SW/TX Regional PCA/ACa (March 7-10, 2001 on Route 66....in Albuquerque) The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Associations and American Culture Associations are holding a series of panels at the next meeting of these regional groups, February 7-10, 2000 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Sheraton Oldtown Hotel. We met there last year and it was a perfect venue for us with sights, sounds, tastes, and museums of the Southwest. Papers are requested on motorcycling and its impact on North American and other societies and cultures. Although the field described is a broad one, a couple of approaches are suggested: views of motorcycling culture and myth from the outside or the inside. The first covers such issues as individual and mass perceptions, expectations, and responses to, motorcyclists as cultural symbol including "the biker" as media subject or stereotype. The second offers opportunities for analysis of media or other group agendas, hegemonic discourses, or evaluation of forces that have influenced motorcycling culture or popular myth throughout the twentieth century. Likely topics: The Motorcyclist as "the Primitive" The Motorcyclist as the "Working-Class Good Guy" The Motorcyclist as the "Biker Chick" The Motorcyclist as the "Criminal" The Motorcyclist as American "Other." The Motorcyclist as Freedom Fighter / Patriot Who is Riding? WASP's or a Cross-Section of Society? Racial or Class Aspects of, or Relations in, Motorcycle Culture including, but not limited to, Relations between the AMA and other, Non-Affiliated Motorcyclists. Military or other Origins or Influences in Motorcycle Subcultures Rituals, Norms, or Customs in Motorcycle Culture Gendered perspectives including, but not limited to, Sex or Gender studies within Motorcycle Subcultures, or any analyses of Women Motorcyclists relating to Advancements in Women's Status in the larger, host Society Movies, films, or any other Images of Motorcyclists in Media and Popular Culture including, but certainly not limited to, Connections between media and Perpetuation of popular Stereotypes Biographical Analyses of Noteworthy Motorcyclists such as Pancho Villa, Ann Margaret, or Elvis Presley and how they, as motorcyclists, may have Influenced Myth, Culture, or Cultural Capital The Motorcycle as Art, Poetry, or Agency Other Anthropological, Geographical, Historical, or Sociological studies in Motorcycle Culture or Myth Papers treating any aspect of the topic are welcome. Multimedia presentations are especially encouraged. Basic information about the conference will be on the SW/TX PCA.ACA web site: http://www2.okstate.edu/swpca [note the three w's] Please respond to the Area Chair with an abstract of 150 words by November 1, 2000 Gary L. Kieffner History Department Northern Arizona University Liberal Arts, Box 6023 Flagstaff, Arizona 86011 Telephone: 520-523-4378 FAX: 520-523-1277 [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]