The Eros, Pornography, & Popular Culture Area of the National Popular Culture Association invites scholars to participate in the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association, April 13-16, 2021. Details of the conference can be found at pcaaca.org.
Papers dealing with any aspect of eros and pornography, broadly defined, will be considered. Some samples of past topics include:
- BDSM and Authority Exchange Relationships: Real Life Relationships and How They Work
- From Wanderlust to Steven Universe: The Imaginal Potential of Ethical Non-Monogamy in Television
- Fifty Shades and the Tampon Taboo: Menstruation and the Media Marketplace
- Between the Fold: “Pornified” Visual Metonymy in Advertising
- Unbridling Experiences: Playing with Guilty Pleasures
- Curing a Moral Illness: Folk Etiology and Treatment of Addictive Sexuality in Modern Cinema
- Consuming From the Margins: Micropopcorn and the Sexual Scavenger
- Polyamory 101 – A Roundtable
Submission requirements: Scholars interested in presenting a paper at the national conference should submit a 200 word abstract and a short introductory bio (2-3 sentences) to the PCA database.
This call asks for individual paper proposals or submissions for entire panels. If you are submitting a panel, please make sure to note the members of your panel.
Papers should be delivered in 15-20 minutes. The PCA limits presenters to one paper given at the conference.
Please send all inquiries to the area chair:
Nicole Freim
