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Circus Papers Invited for Popular Culture Conference 2012 

Submitted 10/5/2011 9:09:06 AM by Mort Gamble

CALL FOR CIRCUS PAPERS

The Forty-second Annual Convention of The Popular Culture Association & The American Culture Association will take place April 11-14, 2012,
in Boston, MA.

(after Passover and Easter)



This will be the sixteenth 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

Peace through Pyramids: Circus Beyond the Ring



Our panels have been diverse and fascinating. We invite you to join us. Send a fifty word abstract of your paper by December 15, 2011, 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 Conference.

Pictured from the 2011 conference in San Antonio are Dr. Janet Davis and Robert and Sally Sugarman.

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