Populaarikulttuurikonferenssi

Hannu Juhani Salmi (hansalmi@utu.fi)
Thu, 09 May 1996 08:42:43 -0900 (PDT)


Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 08:42:43 -0900 (PDT)
From: Hannu Juhani Salmi <hansalmi@utu.fi>
To: h-verkko@sara.cc.utu.fi
Subject: Populaarikulttuurikonferenssi

The Renvall Institute of Area and Cultural Studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland, presents:

The Sixth Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference on North American Studies

May 20 - 23, 1996, University of Helsinki Porthania Building

Visions and Divisions: The Changing Faces of Popular Culture

Monday, 20.5.1996 *****************

10.00 - : Registration, Porthania Building, Main Lobby

13.00 - 15.00: Opening ceremonies, Porthania II

Chair Eino Lyytinen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Welcome Risto Ihamuotila, Rector of the University of Helsinki

Greetings H E Isabelle Massip, Ambassador of Canada

Greetings H E Derek Shearer, Ambassador of the United States

Greetings Eino Lyytinen, Renvall Institute

Keynote E. Ann Kaplan, Director, The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA: Ethnicity and Aging in American Popular Culture and Cultural Studies Film Pam Tom: Ideal (American) Beauty.

15.00 - 15.30: Coffee break

15.30 - 17.00: Sessions I

A: Ethnicity and Popular Culture: Porthania II

Chair Kristiina Markkanen, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Patricia Hagen, College of St. Scholastica, USA: Irish-American, Irish-Canadian, Irish: Popular Culture and Ethnic Identity on the Internet. Paper Andrea Hanslip, University of Warsaw, Poland: Perceptions of Community and Difference in Asian- American and Asian-Canadian Literature.

B: Contemporary Popular Film: Porthania IV

Chair: Nely Keinänen, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Debra Rea Cohen, University of Mississippi, USA: The Roar of Mr. Rabbit: Natural Born Killers and the Victimology Backlash. Paper Mark Shackleton, University of Helsinki,Finland: Quentin Tarantino's American Archetypes.

C: Identity Literature: Porthania 654

Chair Matti Rissanen, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Robert Crunden, University of Texas at Austin,USA: Jazz Autobiography and the Influence of Popular Culture on American Modernism. Paper Jopi Nyman, University of Joensuu, Finland: Personalas Political: Constructions of Identity in Elmore Leonard's Bandits.

17.00 - 19.00: University of Helsinki Reception, Main Building

Tuesday, 21.5.1996 *****************

9.00 - 10.00: Plenary session I, Porthania II

Chair Thomas Wendel, San Jose State University, USA Address Robert C. Allen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA: The Color of Consumption: Chromolithography and the Rise of Consumer Culture, 1870-1900.

10.15 - 11.45: Sessions II

A: Consuming the Culture of Abundance: Porthania II

Chair Helena Vanhala, University of Tampere, Finland Paper Jeff L. Meikle, University of Texas at Austin, USA: Postwar Plastics: New Materials for the Culture of Abundance. Paper Henrik Bödker, University of Odense, Denmark: The Consumption of Culture.

B: Past and the Decline of the City in Film: Porthania III

Chair James Schwoch, Northwestern University, USA Paper Viktors Freibergs, University of Latvia, Latvia: Distant Voices and Familiar Sounds: Modernization of the Past in Historical Dramas of Hollywood. Paper Mark Luccarelli, University of Oslo, Norway: Images of the Contemporary American City in Film and Amusement Parks: A Shared Fear of Decline.

C: Poetry and popular culture: Porthania IV

Chair Mark Shackleton, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Thomas Gardner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA: American Poets as Readers of Popular Culture. Paper Douglas Burnet Smith, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada: Atlantic Poetry and Emerging Regionalism in the New Canada.

D: Both sides of the Atlantic: Popular music: Porthania 654

Chair Mikko Saikku, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Kari Kallioniemi, University of Turku, Finland: "Inauthentic" Brit/Euro-pop Versus "Authentic" American Rock: The Everlasting Debate of "Realness" in Popular Music. Paper Andre Prevos, Pennsylvania State University, USA: The Impact of American Popular Music in France from the 1960's to the 1990's: Borrowing, Adoption, and Adaptation from Rock to Rap.

11.45 - 13.15: Lunch

13.15 - 15.15: Sessions III

A: Gender in Film and TV: Porthania II

Chair Eileen Boris, Howard University, USA Paper Deborah L. Kitchen, University of Trondheim, Norway: Creating a Shared America: Re-imagining Race and Gender in Popular Film. Paper Rhoda Zuk, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada: Roseanne: Popularizing Feminism in America. Paper Tuija Modinos, University of Jyväskylä, Finland: The Language that Everybody Here Can Easily Understand.

B: Theory and Methods: Porthania III

Chair Seppo Tamminen, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Barry Shank, University of Kansas, USA: The Continuing Embassment of Culture / The Importance of Cultural Studies. Paper James Schwoch, Northwestern University, USA: Topographies of North American Studies: Broadcasting.

C: Horror Literature: Porthania IV

Chair Heikki Raudaskoski, University of Oulu, Finland Paper Agnieszka Rzepa, Adam Mickiewich University, Poland: Neither In Nor Out: The Lower of Witches. Androgyny in American Popular Culture Paper Maarit Piipponen, University of Tampere, Finland: "What! Will the line stretch out to th' crack of doom," Bodies that Count and Counting Bodies: American Serial Murder Fiction. Paper Tiina Aunin, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Estonia: How Horror Stories Have Helped Shape Estonian Culture - E. A. Poe in Estonian.

15.15 - 15.45: Coffee break

15.45 - 17.15: Sessions IV

A: The Popular Cultures of Canada: Porthania II

Chair Mary McDonald-Rissanen, University of Tampere, Finland Paper Frances Boylston, Laval University, Canada: The Teleroman and the Popular Culture of Quebec. Paper Dale Schierbeck, University of Warsaw, Poland: Due South and Canadian-American Stereotypes, eh!

B: Western imaginery and popular culture: Porthania III

Chair Laurel Bush, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Robert Brinkmeyer, University of Mississippi, USA: Contemporary Southern Writers and the American West. Paper Michael Green, University of Kentucky, USA: "Somewhere West of Laramie": The Mythic American West in Automibile Advertizing of the 1920s.

C: Generation X: Porthania IV

Chair Ursula Vesala, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Marcus Richey, University of Karlstad, Sweden: Defining a New Generation: 3 Years of X and the Media, a Survey. Paper Reet Sool, University of Tartu, Estonia: Nameless in America: Generation X.

17.30 - 18.30: Plenary session II, Porthania II

Chair Kay Ahonen, University of Helsinki, Finland Address Susan Warwick, York University, Canada: "A Bundle of Sticks, A Binding Cord:" Reflections on Popular Culture in Canada.

Wednesday, 22.5.1996 *******************

9.00 - 10.00: Plenary session III, Porthania II

Chair Michael Coleman, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Address Philip Deloria, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA: Playing Indian: Popular Culture, Performance, and American Identity.

10.15 - 11.45: Sessions V

A: Native Americans and Film: Porthania II

Chair Marika Sandell, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Willard H. Rollings, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA: Dancing with Wolves and Pocahontas: Popular Culture and Native American History. Paper Theda Perdue, University of Kentucky, USA: Pocahontas for Adults; Or, What Really Happened Between the Chief's Daughter and Captain John Smith.

B: Political Ideology and Popular Culture: Porthania III

Chair Simo Virtanen, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Robert MacGregor, Bishop's University, Canada: Turbans and Poppies: Identity Politics in a Canadian Context. Paper John Moe, University of Tampere, Finland and Ohio State University, USA: Do-Rags and the Legend of Aunt Jemina: The Influence of Black Political Activism on Popular Culture.

C: The Arts and Popular Culture: P IV

Chair Leila Mustanoja, FUSEEC, Helsinki, Finland Paper Joyce Kline, Toronto, Canada: The Golden Arches of McPomo, the Oprah-Geraldo Theory of Art and Other Signs of the Times: A Slide Lecture of the Effects of North American Popular Culture on Visual Art. Paper William H. Young, Lynchburg College, USA: Popular Culture in the Heartland: The Sculpture of Tom Every.

D: The Limits of Popular Culture: Porthania 654

Chair Debra Rae Cohen, University of Mississippi, USA Paper Chris Ferns, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada: Containing Counter-Culture: or, The Death of Gonzo Journalism. Paper Edgars Osins, University of Latvia, Latvia: American Popular Culture and the Latvian Book Market.

11.45 - 13.15: Lunch

13.30 - 15.30: Sessions VI

A: American Popular Culture and the World: Porthania II

Chair Susan Anderson Wunder, University of Helsinki, Finland, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Paper Peter Such, York University, Canada: The River Flows Both Ways: The Dynamics of Pop Culture Exchange Between the United States, Europe, and the Third World. Paper Thomas Zelman, College of St. Scholastica, USA: Teaching American Popular Culture to Russian College Students. Paper Anita Nahal Arya, Delhi University, India: American Popular Culture: Conceptual, Theoretical, and Practical Manifestations in India.

B: African Americans, a Place, and Popular Culture: Porthania III

Chair Leslie McBee, USIS, Helsinki, Finland Paper Sinikka Saarinen, Åbo Akademi, Finland: The Porch as a Site of African American Identity. Paper Daphne Duval Harrison, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA: Blues: The Chicago Experience. Paper Judith Anderson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA: Rap Music and the Ghetto: The Cultural Violence of Apartheid.

C: Native Americans and Popular Culture: Porthania IV

Chair Marika Sandell, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper P. Jane Hafen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA: Let Me Take You Home in My One-Eyed Ford: Popular Imagery in Contemporary Native American Fiction. Paper Jane S. Bakerman, Indiana State University, USA: Distilling Personal, Evoking the Universal: The Crime Fiction of Mary Wilis Walker and Dana Stabenow. Paper Catherine F. Elston, University of Texas at Austin, USA: Indians of the Imagination and New Age Hucktserism.

16.00 - 19.00: Evening program - boat trip to Suomenlinna

Thursday, 23.5.1996 *******************

9.00 - 10.00: Plenary Session IV, Porthania II

Chair John Wunder, University of Helsinki, Finland and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Address Mimi White, Northwestern University, USA: Political Formations of Contemporary American Television: Communitarianism and Picket Fences.

10.15 - 11.45: Sessions VII

A: The Irony of Television: Porthania II

Chair Tuija Modinos, University of JyvÑskylÑ, Finland Paper Pia Karlsson, Uppsala University, Sweden: From Beverly Hills 90210 to 75327 Uppsala: Transmission

B: South and Popular Culture: Porthania III

Chair Robert Brinkmeyer, University of Mississippi, USA Paper Paul Harvey, Colorado College, USA: Sweet Home Alabama: Southern Popular Culture and the American Search for Community. Paper Richard Hardack, Haverford College, USA: From Southern Gothic to Postmodern Anonymity: REM and

C: History and Literature in Popular Culture: Porthania 654

Chair Thomas Wendel, San Jose State University, USA Paper Harvey Green, Northeastern University, USA: Myth and History in Popular American Literary and Material Culture, 1850-1910. Paper Robert Olsen, University of Groningen, Netherlands: Exposing Ideologies: The Exhibition of Institutional and Popular Views of History in Contemporary North American Fictions.

11.45 - 13.15: Lunch

13.15 - 15.15: Sessions VIII

A: Comics: Porthania II

Chair Laurel Bush, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper M. Thomas Inge, Randolph-Macon College, USA: Anything Can Happen in the Comics: Reflections on an American Art Form. Paper Karen S. Langlois, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA: Dilbert and Dogburt in the Information Age: Anti- Information, Corporate Culture, and Comic Art.

B: Gender: Porthania III

Chair Aili Nenola, University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Eileen Boris, Howard University, USA: Gender and Dolls: Barbie Meets the American Girl. Paper Mary Logan Rothschild, Arizona State University, USA: The Gender Role Wars: Girls Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, and the Boy Scout Controversy. Paper Georganne Scheiner, Arizona State University, USA: The Deanna Durban Devotees: The Role of Spectators in the Social Construction of Stardom.

C: Popular Literature: Porthania IV

Chair Maarit Piipponen, University of Tampere, Finland Paper David Fite, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA: The Dream of Loss: The Great Gatsby and American Popular / Postmodern Culture. Paper Heikki Raudaskoski, University of Oulu, Finland: Among Avant-garde and America: The Novels of Thomas Pynchon. Paper Rasa Siegberg, University of Helsinki, Finland: Cyberpunk as viewed through its leading work, Neuromancer.

15.15 - 15.45: Coffee break

15.45 - 17.00: Closing session, Plenary session V, Porthania II

Chair Seppo Tamminen, University of Helsinki, Finland Address Lawrence Mintz, University of Maryland at College Park, USA: American Humor as Unifying and Divisive

Closing remarks Seppo Tamminen, University of Helsinki, Finland

17.00 - 19.00: Reception of the Embassies of the United States and Canada, Porthania Building

Järjestäjät varaavat oikeuden tehdä muutoksia ohjelmaan.

Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies:

Address: Unioninkatu 38 E, 3rd floor P.O. Box 59 00014 University of Helsinki

Phones: (358-0-) Eino Lyytinen, Director 1912-3146 Katariina Kosonen, Administrative Secretary 1912-2993 Paula Pennanen, Secretary 1912-3282 Seppo Tamminen 1912-3292 John Wunder 1912-3291

Fax: (358-0-) 1912-3107

The North American Studies Program of the University of Helsinki would like to thank the following institutions, associations, and companies for their assistance:

The Finnish Academy The United States Information Agency The USIS Helsinki The Nordic Association for Canadian Studies Finnair Nokia

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:

Mark Shackleton, Chair Seppo Tamminen, Secretary John Wunder, Eino Lyytinen, Niina Elomaa, Kaarina Hazard, Juha Kallio, Jill Kotel, Jaana Käyhty, Annika Lounasmaa, Minna Mäkelä, Katariina Prihti, Kaisa Rihu, Taina Somerkallio, Tiinamari Takaneva, Reija Tuomaala, Tanja Vainikka, Annakaisa Vekka, Ursula Vesala

RENVALL INSTITUTE OF AREA AND CULTURAL STUDIES

Eino Lyytinen, Director

NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM:

John Wunder, Professor, Bicentennial Chair Seppo Tamminen, Assistant and coordinator Markku Henriksson, Docent

BOARD OF THE NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM Mark Shackleton, Chair, Faculty of Arts Seppo Tamminen, Secretary, Faculty of Arts Aila Lauha, Faculty of Theology Ritva Levo-Henriksson, Faculty of Social Sciences Arvo Peltonen, Faculty of Science Ursula Vesala, Student Union John Wunder, Bicentennial Chair

Conference fee: 250.-, students 100.-. Pay at the registration desk at the Porthania Building, Main Lobby, First floor.