CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (Deadline Extension)
Indigenous Studies Area - Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Indianapolis, IN, Friday-Sunday, October 3-5, 2014.

The area seeks panel and paper proposals that address any aspect of Indigenous, Aboriginal, First Nations, Maori, and Sami popular cultures. In addition, the area highly encourages comparative papers between Indigenous and, say, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, or African popular cultures. Topics might address, but are not in any way limited to the following:

Film
Television
New Media
Video Games, Blogging, YouTube
Advertising
Fashion
Popular Literature
Comic books, Graphic novels, and Cartoons
Radio shows
Folklore
Sports
Theater, Festivals, Spectacles, and Ceremonies
Music
Visual arts

250 word abstracts may be submitted before or by 15 MAY 2014. Submissions should be made electronically via our online submission system, http://submissions.mpcaaca.org. Please direct questions and inquiries to the Area Chair, Anthony Adah at adahan@mnstate.edu

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 15 MAY 2014

For more information about the conference, including how to submit to a different area, please visit the conference website at www.mpcaaca.org/conference