Call for Papers

Pacific Sociological Association: The Crossover: Hip-Hop, Commercialization and American Culture

2008 PSA Meeting – April 10th-13th, 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in Portland, OR.

Presentation proposals are now being accepted for The Crossover: Hip-Hop, Commercialization and American Culture session of the 2008 Pacific Sociological Association meeting in Portland, OR, April 10th -13th 2008. The session organizer seeks presentations from faculty and/or graduate students who are currently involved in research on the effects of commercialization on Hip-Hop music and culture and also on how the commercialization of Hip-Hop has affected the broader American culture in the last 25+ years. All disciplines are welcome!

Please send presentation titles and abstracts of 200-250 words via e-mail or mail (e-mail is greatly preferred) by November 1st 2007 to Michael Barnes at the addresses below. Make sure to include home department and institutional affiliation with your proposal.

Michael Barnes
Session Organizer: PSA 2008
Department of Sociology
University of California-Berkeley
410 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
mpbarnes@berkeley.edu

For additional submission information from the Pacific Sociological Association and more details on the conference:
http://www.pacificsoc.org/2006/06/2008_annual_mee.html

Michael Barnes
Session Organizer: PSA 2008
Department of Sociology
University of California-Berkeley
410 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
Email: mpbarnes@berkeley.edu
Visit the website at http://www.pacificsoc.org/2006/06/2008_annual_mee.html

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