Sunday, January 5, 8:30–10:30 a.m.

American Catholic Historical Association Session 10

Catholic Visual Culture: Dress, Cinema, and Art in America

Hilton, Conference Room 4B

Chair: David Morgan, Valparaiso University

Papers: White Dresses and Mary Janes: An Analysis of the Meanings Woven into First Communion Attire
Susan Ridgely Bales, Wake Forest University

Hollywood's Catholic Doubles: Constructions of an (Anti-Catholic) Aesthetic in Late Twentieth-Century American Cinema
Maryellen Davis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Three Catholic Artists in Search of a Sign: William Congdon, Lucas Samaras, Andy Warhol, and American Artistic Iconoclasm
Kathryn Lofton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Comment: David Morgan

   

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