Happily Ever After: An Analysis Of Romance Novels,
2021
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Happily Ever After: An Analysis Of Romance Novels, William Kirtley
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
A current plaintive cry of, "I need a book!" is not unusual, yet fulfilling that need in the deadly 2020 coronavirus pandemic is often a godsend. For most, the new normal is unfamiliar territory. However, human beings are adaptable, and often amazingly creative in satisfying a need for escape and distraction. For many (17%) in this difficult time, that is the romance novel. This least respected, most popular genre, written by women for women, represents a cornerstone of popular culture. It is part of what is left after the literati decree what books belong to the canon and what books …
How Pop Cultures Makes For Better Teachers,
2021
USU Eastern
How Pop Cultures Makes For Better Teachers, Jason Olsen
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
In this talk, I will discuss the benefits of pop culture for educators in two distinct but obviously connected ways: (1) how implementing pop culture in classroom curriculum (in both specific and general ways) can engage our students and improve their overall experience and performance and (2) how academic pop culture research and writing paves a path toward teaching excellence (even when the research is not pedagogically driven). As an Associate Professor of English at Utah State University, I can use examples from my own teaching and research (and how I have managed to merge them together), including how I …
Foucault Fantasy Vi: A Role-Playground For Postcolonial Thought,
2021
Duquesne University
Foucault Fantasy Vi: A Role-Playground For Postcolonial Thought, Greg Jones
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
This paper adopts the player-focused approach of studying video games to articulate how Final Fantasy VI (FFVI) can be involved in turning the adherents and objectors of Foucault’s discursive approach toward one another in conversation. It advances the thesis that FFVI’s video game experiences – 1) building friendships between members and victims of the Empire, 2) exploring a world ruined by a maniacal striving for power, and 3) confronting radically destructive despair with a shared sense of life-preserving human connectivity – are avenues for authentic and constructive conversations about the strengths and weaknesses of postcolonial thought that …
Ode To A Gym Teacher: The Music Of The Women's Music Movement,
2021
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ode To A Gym Teacher: The Music Of The Women's Music Movement, Jessica Freyermuth
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
In the wake of the social and political movements that defined the 1960s, the women’s music movement emerged as a means to cultivate an outlet for young, lesbian musicians who saw themselves as equal to their straight, male counterparts, but were unwilling to compromise their musical integrity in order to perform on major labels. Within this cultural movement were musicians Margie Adam, Meg Christian, Alix Dobkin, Kay Gardner, Holly Near, Linda Tillery, Mary Watkins, and Cris Williamson. Together they created a soundtrack for lesbians throughout the 1970s. There was no unifying genre to the music produced during this movement. Some …
Over The Edge: Suburban Planned Communities, The Second Frontier, And The Rise Of 80s High School Films,
2021
Fort Hays State University
Over The Edge: Suburban Planned Communities, The Second Frontier, And The Rise Of 80s High School Films, Daniel Mcclure
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
While many 1980s youth-oriented films often sold various images of consumption, Over the Edge was one of the early prototypes of the genre, offering a more sober—a more 70s—outlook on youth attempting to find meaning and identity in a corporate-driven, materialistic space called American suburbia. Both a setting for paradise as well as an existential hell for the youth growing up amidst it, the film mobilizes the West and its frontier-like majesty haunting the characters’ space in the planned development of New Granada—a place where families are safe and entrepreneurs can thrive. Specters of the West haunt the film—from the …
Selections From Divinatio Diver, Sculptural Antipathia In Atonement Transcendo, And Mechanika Momento: Creatio Forecaster,
2021
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS
Selections From Divinatio Diver, Sculptural Antipathia In Atonement Transcendo, And Mechanika Momento: Creatio Forecaster, Antonie Frankie Aquino
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
It is fated inspiration which penetrates the heart, satisfies the collective soul, and offers its spirit to the vastness of ceremonial vision. Vision becomes sound and sound forms a poetic voice displaced— this displacement radiates a mythologized poetic voice serving as a lyrical object, theogonic lyre, and the genealogical muse. Selected poems from Divinatio Diver, Sculptural Antipathia: In Atonement Transcendo and Mechanika Momento: Creatio Forerunner, the collected poems orchestrate a tryptic voice that dismantles the outward magnitude of the self by subverting the antithetical self through spiritual and organic sensualness.This mythopoeic tripartism simultaneously interconnects with religion, theology, and metaphysics which …
“Something There Is That Doesn’T Love A Wall”: The Wall As Catalyst For Resistance In Frost’S “Mending Wall”,
2021
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
“Something There Is That Doesn’T Love A Wall”: The Wall As Catalyst For Resistance In Frost’S “Mending Wall”, James Altman
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
Literature, Resistance, Ecology, Conflict
A Glass Of Fresh, Clean Water From Lake Baikal,
2021
University of Nevada Las Vegas
A Glass Of Fresh, Clean Water From Lake Baikal, Raluca D. Comanelea
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
"A Glass of Fresh, Clean Water from Lake Baikal" is the short story that I will read and discuss as part of the creative writing panel for FWPCA 2021.
The Rhetoric Of Spirituality, Gender, And The Environment In The Wicker Man (1973) And Midsommar (2019),
2021
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The Rhetoric Of Spirituality, Gender, And The Environment In The Wicker Man (1973) And Midsommar (2019), Emma Frances Bloomfield
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
The Wicker Man (1973) and Midsommar (2019) are horror films that address dominant ideologies including the patriarchy, anthropocentrism, and Christianity. Both films have a nature-connected cult that sacrifices for the community and performs rituals informed by pagan eco-spirituality. I perform an ecofeminist rhetorical criticism to analyze how, despite these shared themes, spiritual, gender, and environmental messages differ between the two films. In The Wicker Man, the audience is invited to sympathize with Neil’s character, his Christianity, and his individualistic masculinity as he is sacrificed in the cult’s harvest ritual. Alternatively, the main character in Midsommar, Dani, gets revenge …
She Lives: Bringing The Bride Of Frankenstein To Life In The Comics,
2021
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
She Lives: Bringing The Bride Of Frankenstein To Life In The Comics, Michael Torregrossa
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein recently celebrated its two-hundredth anniversary, and its story remains vibrant in popular culture, especially in the comics medium. I’ve done a number of conference papers in the past devoted to representations of the Creature and his creator, Victor Frankenstein, in comics and comic art, but I’ve only recently begun to look at how the character of the Bride of Frankenstein has been depicted. I’d like to use this opportunity to further that work and look more closely at continuations and recastings of her story. The Bride has no chance at life in Shelley’s novel, as she is …
“Meet The Fantastic Four”: The Origins And Innovations Of The Fantastic Four,
2021
Beacon College
“Meet The Fantastic Four”: The Origins And Innovations Of The Fantastic Four, William Nesbitt
Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
No abstract provided.
Donations,
2021
University of Central Florida
Donations, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
New Members,
2021
University of Central Florida
New Members, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Report Of The Treasurer,
2021
University of Central Florida
Report Of The Treasurer, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
The Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Annual Meeting Of The Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Letter Of Colonel James Gadsden On The Seminole Council,
2021
University of Central Florida
Letter Of Colonel James Gadsden On The Seminole Council, James Gadsden
Florida Historical Quarterly
No abstract provided.
The Seminole Council, October 23-25, 1834,
2021
University of Central Florida
The Seminole Council, October 23-25, 1834, T. Frederick Davis
Florida Historical Quarterly
The territory embraced within the state of Florida was not acquired by the United States through direct purchase from Spain. The treaty ceding this territory was drawn around a claim clause of this country and its citizens against the Spanish government for alleged damages for various reasons. The United States government agreed to cancel its claims and assume the payment of those of its citizens to an amount not exceeding five million dollars, in consideration of which Spain ceded Florida. The transfer of government was accomplished in July, 1821; whereupon General Andrew Jackson became provisional governor.
Documents Relating To El Destino And Chemonie Plantations, Middle Florida, 1828-1868. Part Ii,
2021
University of Central Florida
Documents Relating To El Destino And Chemonie Plantations, Middle Florida, 1828-1868. Part Ii, Kathryn T. Abbey
Florida Historical Quarterly
The second instalment of documents relating to the plantations of El Destino and Chemonie contains records of Chemonie during its first year as part of the Jones property. The estate was located some six miles north of El Destino in Leon County, and was purchased by Mary Savage Nuttall a few months before her marriage to George Noble Jones. The object of the purchase was to give employment to some eighty negroes whom the future Mrs. Jones had inherited from the estate of an uncle, William Savage. It is probable that not all of the group were placed on Chemonie, …
Verso,
2021
University of Central Florida
Verso, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Lists the Officers and Board of Directors for the Florida Historical Society, as well as membership fees.
Title Page,
2021
University of Central Florida
Title Page, Florida Historical Society
Florida Historical Quarterly
Title page for Volume 7, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents
