The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Associations are holding their next annual meeting in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference will convene April 8-11, 2009 at the beautiful New Orleans Marriott.

The Motorcycling Culture and Myth Area invite you to attend and further the research into the history, myth and impact of the motorcycle on culture, society and the individual. Proposals for individual papers, presentations, and panel discussions are requested. Suggested topics include:

* 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
* Movies, films, or other images of motorcyclists
* Analyses of media, consumer capitalist, corporate, state, 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, ethnic, gendered, class, or demographic aspects of motorcycling culture
* Other literary, anthropological, geographical, historical, sociological, or psychological perspectives of motorcycling culture or myth

Please respond to one of the Area Co-chairs listed below with a biographical statement and an abstract of 150 words by November 30, 2008.

Gary L. Kieffner
Department of History
University of Texas at El Paso
Telephone: 915.747.5875
E-mail: Kieffner@miners.utep.edu

Lisa Garber
Psychologist
E-mail: Garberwwr@earthlink.net