Circuses & Circus Culture
CALL FOR CIRCUS PAPERS
The Fortieth Annual Convention of The Popular Culture Association & The American Culture Association will take place
March 31- April 3, 2010
Renaissance Grand Hotel St. Louis
800 Washington Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
(314) 621-9600 1 (800) 468-3571
This will be the fourteenth meeting of the Popular Culture Association Circuses and Circus Culture interest group. We invite papers that explore the past and present of circus as art, craft and a unique form of popular culture. Circus, a continuously evolving tradition of live entertainment, lends itself to scholarship from many perspectives.
Some previous papers:
“Bolossy Kiralfy’s Specs for Barnum & Bailey
Dan Rice, 19th Century Circus, Twentieth Century Myth
Fools and Horses: The Humour of the Victorian Clown
West Meets East: The Western Impact on Traditional Chinese Circus
The Savage East in the Wild West: Buffalo Bill’s Reenactment of the Boxer Uprising
Too White for Barnum? Race and the White Elephant War of 1884
Our panels have been diverse and fascinating. We invite you to join us. Send a fifty word abstract of your paper by December 15, 2009 to PCA Circuses and Circus Culture Chair:
Robert Sugarman
P.O. Box 407
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
Phone: (802) 447-7179
FAX: (802) 447-2611
Email: robsugar@comcast.net
Note: Only one paper may be submitted to the Convention.