From: "Wendy Waring" <wwaring-AT-pip.engl.mq.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:34:47 GMT+1000
Subject: Call for papers


Here's a short symposium that may interest some of you.  Please pass 
this info on to anyone else off screen who may be interested.  Thanks


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 T h e   C u l t u r a l   P o l i t i c s   o f   F e e l i n g s 
An interdisciplinary symposium sponsored by
Cultural Studies & The Institute for Women's Studies 
Macquarie University 
Sydney Australia
18 October 1996 

How are feelings produced? 
Are some feelings given more status than others? 
Will there be `virtual' feelings? 
Are feelings gendered? 

Once praised as the key to our authentic 
individuality, feelings are now seen by many as 
another commodity in the cultural market-place. 

The aim of this conference is to investigate how our 
feelings are situated in society, culture and politics_
can they be theorized in relation to current 
controversies about textuality, discourse and the 
body? What is their place in aesthetics and ethics? 
What are we allowed to feel, and when are we 
allowed to feel it?

For more information, contact:
Wendy Waring 
The Institute for Women's Studies
( (02) 850 7684 
Fax: (02) 850 7686
: wendy.waring-AT-mq.edu.au
or
Nick Mansfield
Cultural Studies, ELM
( (02) 850 8853 
Fax: (02) 850 8240    
: nmansfield-AT-pip.engl.mq.edu.au

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Macquarie University
North Ryde 2109 NSW
Australia

If you'd like to receive conference updates please 
copy the section below, complete it and send it as an 
e-mail message to Bbarnett-AT-pip.engl.mq.edu.au  
with a subject heading of `Feelings', or copy it and send it by snail
mail to: `Feelings' The Institute for Women's Studies Macquarie
University 2109 NSW We will put you on our mailing list.

I'd like to:
___  attend the conference 
        (please register before 1 Sept.)
___ present a paper  (Abstracts due by 1 Sept.)
___ propose a session/discussion panel

Name:
Organisation:
Address:
Post Code:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail: 

Registration Fees
Waged Participants: $25
Unwaged Participants/Students: $20
Advanced Purchase Discount:
Before 1 September 1996:  $5

Please make cheques payable to Macquarie 
University.

_________________________________________________
"When I dare to be powerful--to use my strength
in the service of my vision, then it becomes
less and less important whether I am afraid."
                                     Audre Lorde
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Dr Wendy Waring                  +61 (2) 850 7684
Director, Institute                 FAX: 850 7686
for Women's Studies
Macquarie University       wendy.waring-AT-mq.edu.au
Sydney NSW 2109
Australia