Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:38:20 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas Seay <entheogens-AT-yahoo.com> Subject: AUT: Fwd: call for chapters --- Thomas Roberts <P80TBR1-AT-wpo.cso.niu.edu> wrote: > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 20:49:02 -0600 > From: "Thomas Roberts" <P80TBR1-AT-wpo.cso.niu.edu> > Subject: call for chapters > > The author tells me the deadline of March 1st is > "elastic", but it's > probably a good idea to contact him pronto. — TR > ==================================> > call for papers > > HIGH SOCIETY > essays on drugs and contemporary culture > > > By the age of 24, half the population of Britain has > used illegal drugs > - The Face 17th June1998 > > Recent developments in social and cultural > scholarship have demanded > attention to issues of difference and diversity, to > identities "outside > the normative framework of white, European, > heterosexual masculinity > within which academic disciplines tacitly operated" > (Roseneil and > Seymour Practising Identities 1999). > > Feminist theory, postcolonial theory and queer > theory have each > contested prevailing assumptions of normality, > difference and deviance. > It is remarkable, given contemporary estimates of > illicit drug use > across a wide range of social groups and the clearly > considerable > influence of drugs on literary, cultural, artistic, > musical and academic > production, that no unified body of critical > analysis has developed > which similarly challenges the normative dominance > of anti-drug > discourses. > > "The true object of propaganda", wrote Leonard > Schapiro (although in > reference to Stalin rather than Nixon's War on > Drugs), "is neither to > convince nor even to persuade, but to produce a > uniform pattern of > public utterance in which the first trace of > unorthodox thought reveals > itself as a jarring dissonance". > > The ideological dominance of anti-drugs crusaders, > the continuing > illegality of much drug use and the discrediting > stigma of a declared > interest in the subject have inhibited, with a > handful of notable > exceptions, the articulation by academics of "that > literally outlawed > voice - the user's ... that forbidden focus, the > user's point of view" > (David Lenson On Drugs 1995). The recent relaxation > of UK law on > cannabis, perhaps the first step toward its eventual > legalisation, > prompts a long-overdue and wide-ranging scholarly > analysis of the social > and cultural impact of extensive illegal drug use, > its evolution in the > 20th century from subcultural margins to the > cultural mainstream, and > its evident contribution to postmodernism. > > This edited collection aims to explore the impact of > illicit drug use on > the intellectual and cultural landscape of the 20th > Century and will > consist of approximately 15 articles of about > 5-6,000 words each, an > introductory essay written by the editors, notes on > contributors and > index. A contract to publish this edition is > currently being sought > from several academic publishers. > > The aim of the proposed collection of > interdisciplinary essays, however, > is not to reiterate familiar arguments defending or > challenging the > right of the State to police the bloodstream of the > body politic - but > rather to offer fresh and unorthodox perspectives in > academic writing on > drugs, recognising that illicit drug use is a key > site of political and > cultural resistance and of choices which structure > identity, style and > consciousness. > > The elaboration of Queer Theory, in particular, > since the early 1990's > offers a model for precluded user perspectives, > suggesting an approach > which similarly avoids normative binary presumptions > about 'users' and > 'straights', and emphasises experience, subjectivity > and criticality. > Indeed, the collection is seen as a starting point > for the development > of a theoretical perspective which validates what > Lenson terms > "diversity of consciousness". > > Accordingly, we invite from scholars working in a > range of disciplines, > offers of papers which explore the reflection of > widespread and > increasing illegal drug use in, for example, > contemporary writing, > music, fashion, software, film and visual arts ; its > influence on > contemporary identities, religion, spirituality, > philosophy and > psychology ; on social and cultural theory, > linguistics, politics, > popular culture and marketing. Papers offering > comparative, historical > and anthropological perspectives are also welcomed, > although the > emphasis of the volume will be on Europe > (particularly Britain) and > North America. > > Proposed titles and abstracts of approximately 250 > words should be sent > to > Ian Jones mailto:ijones-AT-glos.ac.uk > ijones-AT-glos.ac.uk > or Meg Barker > mailto:mbarker-AT-glos.ac.uk > mbarker-AT-glos.ac.uk > > School of Health and Social Sciences, University of > Gloucestershire, > Francis Close Hall Campus, Cheltenham GL50 4AZ, U.K. > - by 1st March > 2002. > > The deadline for receipt of final articles (max. > 6000 words) is June > 30th 2002. > > ijones-AT-glos.ac.uk > mbarker-AT-glos.ac.uk > ===="The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living" -Karl Marx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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