CFP: Fashion and Middlebrow Modernism

"Fashion and Middlebrow Modernism
National Conference of the Popular & American Culture Association

April 20-23, 2011 San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter

The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association will hold its National Convention at San Antonio, Texas, on April 20-23, 2011. Proposals are now being accepted for a panel on Fashion and Middlebrow Modernism.

The conception of modernism has been expanded to include literature and culture outside high modernism and the avant-garde. This panel will explore the intersections of highbrow modernism with middlebrow modernism, as well as the development of middlebrow modernism outside of the avant-garde, through the discourses of fashion and beauty culture. Papers on a range of genres and topics are welcome, including:

Fiction, autobiography and biography

Literary production and reputation

Art and art collecting

Film

High fashion

Ready to wear

Fashion cycles

Fashion markets

Designer furniture and décor

Advertising

Popular Culture

Beauty culture

Children and fashion

Pets and fashion

Gender and sexuality and fashion

Class, race, age and fashion

Abstracts of 300-400 words may be submitted to Professor Lisa Walker (lwalker@usm.maine.edu) by December 15, 2010. Please include a working title and a brief biography of 100 words with your submission. Email submissions are preferred. Registration and conference information is available at http://www.pcaaca.org/conference/national.php.