The Material Culture Caucus of the American Studies Association (ASA)
announces the following session at the Association’s Annual Meeting,
“The Fun and the Fury: New Dialectics of Pleasure and Pain In the Post-American Century,”
6-9 November 2014, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, CA USA
“The Fun and the Fury: New Dialectics of Pleasure and Pain In the Post-American Century,”
6-9 November 2014, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, CA USA
Material Culture Caucus Session: Twenty Years, Twenty Questions to Ask an Object
Fri. 7 Nov. 2014, 2:00 to 3:45pm PST
Since its formation in 1994, the Material Culture Caucus has bridged the gap between university-based and museum-based scholars to promote the study of material culture in American Studies programs. Join a panel of scholar-teachers in a very interactive session playing twenty questions. Questions will be provided; evocative (and questionable) objects will be at hand but participants are encouraged to bring their own as well.…
