Diversity and Representation ad Dragon 2017
Here are a few of the panels dealing with diversity and inclusion.
Racial Representation in Marvel
Time: Friday 7pm
Location: Comics Track (Chastain I-J – Westin)
Comics Scholars from CPAC explore issues of racial representation, the struggle for diversity, whitewashing, and blaxploitation, in comics such as Black Panter, Ghost Rider, Power-Man & Iron Fist, and Nighthawks.
Julian Chambliss (Rollins College), “A Different Nation: Black Panther and the Struggle for Diversity”
Gabriel Cruz (Bowling Green State University), “From East L.A. to ABC: A Critical Analysis of Ghost Rider Reyes’ Whitewashed Latinidad”
Phillip Cunningham (Quinnipiac University), “The Limits of Neo-Blaxploitation: Considering David F. Walker’s Nighthawk and Power-Man & Iron Fist“
Moderator: John Flowers (SIU Carbondale)
Sex and Gender Issues in Comics
Time: Friday at 10pm
Location: Comics Track (Chastain I-J – Westin)
CPAC scholars discuss representations of sex, gender, and sexuality in several comics genres, including representations of men and women, interrogations of hegemonic masculinity and normative heterosexuality, and the diversity of powerful female characters.
Aidan Diamond (Memorial University of Newfoundland), “‘Any more of your deviant behavior’: Masculinity in Gotham City”
Margaret Robbins (Mount Vernon Presbyterian School), “The Evolution of Diverse Female Superheroes and Warriors in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, and Ms. Marvel Comics”
Erin Gordon, “‘I know when you girls say NO … you really mean YES’: The Normalization of Sexual Violence and Rape Culture in Superhero Comics”
Special Guest: Kelly Sue DeConnick
Moderator: Matthew J. Brown
Race, Gender, and Culture in Comics
Time: Sunday 8:30pm
Location: Comics Track (Chastain I-J – Westin)
This panel of CPAC comics scholars investigates the relationships among sex, gender, sexuality, race, culture, and politics in comics like Black Lightning, X-Men, Power Man, Araña, Blue Beetle, and even in fanfiction.
Jillian Browning (Florida Gateway College), “Why Hair Matters: Negotiating The Politics of Black Hair in Pop Culture”
Johanna Alberich (Troy University), “Justice Latinos of America: The Hispanic Influence in the Comic Book World”
LindaMarie Tonn, “Slashing the Patriarchy: How Male/Male Fanfiction Might be a Feminist Response”
Moderator: Daniel Amrhein
Politics, Power, and the Other in Superhero Comics
Time: Sunday 10pm
Location: Comics Track (Chastain I-J – Westin)
Comics Scholars from CPAC interrogate the representations of power relationships and the political struggles of the social Other, those who are non-normative, oppressed, disabled, or unwanted, in Avengers, X-Men, Daredevil, and other superhero comics.
Tiernan Cole (Guardians of Legality), “Mutant Registration Act, Superhuman Registration Act, and Sokovia Accords: A Constitutional Anaylsis”
Courtney Bliss (Bowling Green State University), “The Super Problem with the Super-Crip”
Daniel Amrhein, “Punishing Powerful Women: Gender Power Politics in American Superhero Comics”
Moderator: Kari Neely
Women in Science and Tech Careers
Time: Friday 1 pm
Location: Hilton room 208-209
A frank conversation on the issues women face in technology and science careers and what we can all do about it.
Location Hilton Galleria 2-3
Date Saturday, Sep 2 11:30 AM
Women at Warp is a twice-monthly podcast where four women talk about Star Trek, its representations of women, contributions of women behind the scenes, & other fun Trek topics. Additional Panelists: Carol Underwood
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