2. Dunham’s Island Possessed: Negotiating Personal and National Stereotypes,” Kimberly “Katherine Banks, Queensborough Community College 3. and Catharsis in Lahiri's The Lowland,” Alyssa Devey, Brigham Young University “Trauma Session 3-G Seminar Discussion: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Courier 7th Floor) Chair: Susan Belasco, University of Nebraska-Lincoln An open discussion of crucial issues in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. No papers will be read. The emphasis will be on intellectual conversation in an atmosphere of professional fellowship. Session 3-H Haunting Realities: the Naturalist Gothic and American Realism (St. George C 3rd Organizer and Monika Elbert, Montclair State University 1. Specter and The Spectator: Rebecca Harding Davis’ Second Life’ and the Naturalist Gothic,” “The ‘The Alicia Mischa Renfroe, Middle Tennessee State University 2. Despair, Human Struggle, and the Gothic in Wharton’s Short Fiction,” Gary Totten, North “Naturalistic Dakota State University. 3. Victim as Vampire: Gothic Naturalism in the White Slave Narrative,” Donna M. Campbell, “The Washington State University. Session 3-I Wealth and Excess (Essex North Center 3rd Floor) Chair: Brad McDuffie, Nyack College 1. Stuff Bores Me’: Resistant Consumption and Culture Industry’ in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in “‘That ‘The the Rye,” Chad Jewett, University of Connecticut 2. of the Universe’: Reagan-Era Material Excess and Sexual License in Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire “‘Master of the Vanities,” Patrick S. Lawrence, University of Connecticut 3. in Limbo: Tom Wolfe’s American Dreamers,” Michael Jacobs, Berkeley College “Geniuses 4. Alger In and Out of Luck,” Valerie Rohy, University of Vermont “Horatio Session 3-J Boyhood Perspectives (Parliament 7th Floor) Chair: David Boyd, University of Glasgow 1. to Dismantle a Boy: An Alternative Reading of the Masculinities in Junot Díaz’s Work,” Daniela “How Miranda, Washington State University
2. “Katherine Dunham’s Island Possessed: Negotiating Personal and National Stereotypes,” Kimberly Banks, Queensborough Community College 3. “Trauma and Catharsis in Lahiri's The Lowland,” Alyssa Devey, Brigham Young University Session 3-G Seminar Discussion: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Courier 7th Floor) Chair: Susan Belasco, University of Nebraska-Lincoln An open discussion of crucial issues in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. No papers will be read. The emphasis will be on intellectual conversation in an atmosphere of professional fellowship. Session 3-H Haunting Realities: the Naturalist Gothic and American Realism (St. George C 3rd Organizer and Monika Elbert, Montclair State University 1. “The Specter and The Spectator: Rebecca Harding Davis’ ‘The Second Life’ and the Naturalist Gothic,” Alicia Mischa Renfroe, Middle Tennessee State University 2. “Naturalistic Despair, Human Struggle, and the Gothic in Wharton’s Short Fiction,” Gary Totten, North Dakota State University. 3. “The Victim as Vampire: Gothic Naturalism in the White Slave Narrative,” Donna M. Campbell, Washington State University. Session 3-I Wealth and Excess (Essex North Center 3rd Floor) Chair: Brad McDuffie, Nyack College 1. “‘That Stuff Bores Me’: Resistant Consumption and ‘The Culture Industry’ in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye,” Chad Jewett, University of Connecticut 2. “‘Master of the Universe’: Reagan-Era Material Excess and Sexual License in Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities,” Patrick S. Lawrence, University of Connecticut 3. “Geniuses in Limbo: Tom Wolfe’s American Dreamers,” Michael Jacobs, Berkeley College 4. “Horatio Alger In and Out of Luck,” Valerie Rohy, University of Vermont Session 3-J Boyhood Perspectives (Parliament 7th Floor) Chair: David Boyd, University of Glasgow 1. “How to Dismantle a Boy: An Alternative Reading of the Masculinities in Junot Díaz’s Work,” Daniela Miranda, Washington State University
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