From: Peter Rollins, Program Chair for Puebla meeting of PCA/ACA www.udlap.mx/congress Dear Popular Culture Enthusiasts. The Mexico meeting of PCA/ACA will take place in Puebla, Mexico next fall, October 18-21, 2001. We are really excited about the event--which includes tours, parties, banquets, musical moments along with the usual papers and presentations. I now have a full panoply of Area Chairs for the meeting, but I may have left a gap or two.....Here is what we are looking for right now... Area Chairs lacking for.... Fidel Castro: Early and Late Images and Realities Socialist Realism as an Artistic Style in Latin America Education in the US, Canada, and Latin America Some of you may have great ideas for other topics. Let me know.....Here is a list of the current Areas for which we DO have Area Chairs: Globalization of Culture Tourism and Travel Culture Gender and Gender Roles Food and Culture Great Leaders in Film and Fiction Technical Communications Comics and Fotonovelas Drug Wars Ethnicity and Race Chicano Culture Mexico--History and Culture Pre-Civil War Mexico in US debates 20th Century Mexico Mexican Images of the US US Images of Mexico The Arts Art and Architecture Literature Superrealism and the Latin Imagination: Garcia Marquez and the Superrealist School Film and TV Film & History: Movies and the Past, Movies to Move the Present Literature to Film: The Art of Adaptation Latin American and Cuban Films and Filmmakers Video Poetry Music Music Dance and Culture Material Culture Food and Culture Education Distance Learning and the Internet If I left out a vital topic and you are interested and qualified to act as an Area Chair, please contact me. Many thanks, Peter Rollins Peter C. Rollins Program Chair for PCA/ACA Areas at Mexico Meeting (October 18-20, 2001, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla-Cholula, Mexico) Popular Culture Center RR 3 Box 80 Cleveland, OK 74020-9515 (918)243.7637 and fax 5995 [log in to unmask] Basic information on the Mexico Conference will accumulate at the web site: http://www.udlap.mx/congress Click on "Popular Culture/American Culture" track (upper left) and then, once on the next page, click on "Subject Area" box for the spectrum of Areas and details about Area Chairs. Please check the above source on a regular basis. There are programs there for past conferences--a resource which newcomers might like to check for the flavor of the meetings. We take the Walt Whitman approach to cultural studies and contain multitudes. Absolute deadline for proposals to Area Chairs is 1 June, 2001, but early proposals find the most compatible panels. Best way to Puebla....Fly Delta Airlines from Dallas to Puebla Airport or fly Continental Airlines from Houston to Puebla Airport. It is that easy! Cab ride should cost no more that 170 pesos or $15. Best places to stay in Puebla....See web site for hotel details. Area Chairs are in charge of panels and will submit them to the Program Chair. Participants are required to register and to pay the registration upon acceptance of their proposal. (This requirement is for the good of all.) Fill in the on-line registration form and mail check to Peter Rollins (address, above). To repeat: on-line and fiscal registrations must be completed UPON ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR PROPOSAL and not later. This rule helps everybody in planning for a successful meeting. Historical tours are always part of the mix....Keep track via the web site. ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html