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MOTORCYCLING CULTURE AND MYTH at SW/TX Regional PCA/ACA
(February 13-17, 2002 at the Albuquerque Hilton Hotel)
The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association and American Culture Associations are holding a series of panels at the next meeting of these groups, February 13-17, 2002, in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Albuquerque Hilton Hotel. We have met in Albuquerque for the past three years and it has proved to be a perfect venue for us, providing as it does the sights, sounds, tastes and museums of the Southwest.
Papers are requested on motorcycling and its impact on North American and other societies and cultures. Although the field described is a broad one and a multiplicity of topics and disciplinary approaches are acceptable, a primary methodological consideration is suggested: mindfulness of the need to de-colonize motorcycling culture and to prevent its colonization by interests adverse to riders or to riding as an activity.
Likely topics:
Riders’ Narratives or Descriptions of the Ride.
The Motorcycle as Art, Poetry, or Agency.
Rituals, Norms, Customs, or Influences in Motorcycle Culture.
”The Biker” as Subaltern or as “Other.”
Movies, films, or other Images of Motorcyclists Analyses of media, corporate, or other power structures in relation to motorcycling culture or popular myth.
Biographical Analyses of Noteworthy Motorcyclists and their Influence upon Myth, Culture, or Cultural Capital.
Racial, Gendered, Class, or Demographic Aspects of Motorcycle Culture.
Other Literary, Anthropological, Geographical, Historical, Sociological, or Psychological perspectives of Motorcycling Culture or Myth.
Papers treating any aspect of the topic are welcome. Multimedia presentations are especially encouraged. Basic information about the conference will be on the SW/TX PCA.ACA web site:
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~swpca/
Please respond to one of the Area Co-chairs listed below with a biographical statement and an abstract of 150 words by November 10, 2001. Since responders will be assigned to all presentations, completed papers should also be sent to the Co-Chair, to be forwarded for review, not later than January 10, 2002.
Gary L. Kieffner
Department of History
University of Texas at El Paso
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, Texas 79968-0532
Telephone: 505-997-9102
E-mail: Kieffner@utep.edu
Charlotta Koppanyi
Institute of Psychology
Stockholm University
Sweden
E-mail: singo11@hotmail.com
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