Thursday, October 31 / 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM Dockside 9

Session 48
Halloween: Creepy, Scary, Sexy? Evil clowns can be creepy, witches can be scary, but Halloween can also be sexy.

Chair: Martin J. Goessl, Institute of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM
Discussant: Martin J. Goessl, Institute of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM

1. “Bewitched and Bejeweled!” Sexy Halloween Costumes, Innocent Children and the Question of Who Bewitches Whom • Dominique Grisard, University of Basel.

2. “Gay Christmas”: Halloween and the Ritualization of Queer Life in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s • Chris Mitchell, Hunter College.

3. Homage to Education: Women, Disease, and Print Culture in Restoration Spain, 1880-1923 • Ruth Oropeza, History Department, Baylor University.

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