PCA/ACA 2014 (Part I)

This year I went to the annual national conference of the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association in Chicago. The event took place from the 16th of April to the 19th of April and tackled a wide range of topics like “Beer in Culture”, “World Fairs”, “American Literature”, “Children’s Literature”, “Fairy Tales”, “Internet Culture”, Games Studies”, “Motherhood/Fatherhood” and “Fan Studies”. It was my first conference in the States and this is an account of my personal experiences. Part 1: Organisation Overall Set-Up The national conference of the PCA /…