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| 2006 Conference Presentations |
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| FORUM ON GAMING Warrior Bodies and Wizard Minds: the Language of Identity In Role-playing Games Morgan Reitmeyer, Colorado State University Virtual Bodies: A Brief History of Fantasy and Gaming C. Jason Smith, CUNY-La Guardia STAR TREK The Enterprise and/as New Media Ethnographic Tool Chris Leslie, CUNY-Graduate Center Boldly Going to the Meaning of Life: Holmes and Moriarty on the Holodeck Steve Hecox, Averett University Star Trek: Cultural Relativism and the Prime Directive Heather M. Butts, Columbia University Medical Center COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY IN FIREFLY �You're On My Crew�: Ethical Prioritizing in Firefly Barbara Stock, Gallaudet University The Tradition of Food in Firefly Maria Walters, Utah State University Silent Speech: The Visual Language of Costumes in Firefly Kiersten Honaker, Utah State University Technology Makes the Man, Or Bringing a Pistol to a Laser Fight: The Divide Between Technological Haves and Have-Nots in the Firefly Universe Cassie Wagner, Southern Illinois University Carbondale �We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us�: Dystopian Frontiers in Josh Whedon�s Firefly, Susan J. Wolfe and Lee Ann Roripaugh, University of South Dakota FILM AND TELEVISION Cold War Fears, Cold War Passions: Liberals and Conservatives Square Off in 1950s Science Fiction Bryan E. Vizzini, West Texas A&M University �Look Up and Share the Wonders I Have Seen�: Farscape, Dismantling the Gender Binary Susan Johnson, California State University at Fullerton Odd Men Out: Accomodating Masculinities in Farscape, Firefly, and Serenity Ximena Gallardo C., CUNY�LaGuardia ENGENDERING THE WHEDONVERSE A Secret Agent, A Mechanic, and a Warrior Walk into a Bar: Gender Expectations and Genre-bending in Joss Whedon's Firefly K. P. Key, St. Andrews Presbyterian College [De]sissifying Men: Angel and Promasculinist Resistance to Buffyworld Joy Piazza, University of Missouri-Columbia The Geography of Firefly and Serenity: Feminist Spaces on the Patriarchal Frontier Monique Hyman, Pierce Community College and Pasadena City College �It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think�: The Male Gaze and Female Language in Firefly and Serendipity� Alyson Buckman, California State University, Sacramento RELIGION & SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY Suffering in Star Wars: A Biblical Perspective Stacey Baker, California Baptist University The End of the World, As We Know It: Apocalyptic Fantasy Julie M. Hopgood, University of Northern Colorado Science Fiction and Salvation Dara Fogel, University of Oklahoma |