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5th Annual Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference
Honolulu, HI
May 27-28, 2011
Chaminade University of Honolulu

PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 17, 2011

Panel and individual paper proposals are now being accepted for the 5th Annual Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference. All topics and proposals are welcome, particularly those treating cultural productions within and/or about the Oceanic region.

250-350 word abstracts/proposals for individual papers or
3-4 paper panels are due April 17, 2011. Direct abstracts and proposals to Cheryl Edelson cedelson@chaminade.edu

Possible topics for panels and individual papers include but are not limited to the following areas:

Oceanic/Pacific Culture and Literature
Japanese Popular Culture
Film Studies
Adaptation
Television Studies
African-American Culture
Poetry and Poetics in Popular Culture
Exotica/Hawaiiana
Children’s/Young Adult Popular Literature
Religion and Popular Culture
Philosophy and Popular Culture
Hawaii Five-0
Indigenous Literatures
Surf Culture