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From: perrius-AT-unity.ncsu.edu
Subject: grad student poco conference--last call
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 01:04:08 -0500 (EST)


!!!!!!!!!! FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS !!!!!!!!!!!!
Please submit abstracts or conference-length papers by Friday, January 
19, 1996.  We prefer e-mail submissions, or an e-mail note preceding a 
regular mail submission (see addresses at the bottom of this post).

REQUESTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL GRAD STUDENT CONFERENCE AT
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, NC

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CULTURAL CARTOGRAPHIES:SURVEYING THE POSTCOLONIAL BODY
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Questions concerning the "body" are central to postcolonial inquiry.  
What is the relationship between the individual body and the body 
politic?  Between identity and its embodiment?  Between the speaking 
subject and dominant discourse?  By surveying film, literature, and other 
cultural texts, _Cultural Cartographies_ seeks to identify and explore 
the racialization and sexualization of postcolonial bodies.  This 
conference will attempt to chart how textuality, adornment, violence, and 
subjectivity affect the construction and comprehension of personal and 
political identity in the context of colonial and postcolonial power 
dynamics.

We welcome papers, creative manuscripts, and panel proposals that exhibit 
a variety of critical and artistic engagements with postcolonial 
discourse.  Submissions may be specific to national or regional 
literature, to a single author or theorist, or they may treat broader 
subjects such as new definitions of genre and gender, eroticism vs. 
pornography, literary sexuality, as well as specific issues of national 
and colonial representation.

The conference will feature Chris Eyre, a Native American filmmaker, who 
will screen his latest project, and Michael Valdez Moses, author of _The 
Novel and the Globalization of Culture_, who will speak on the field of 
postcolonial studies.  In addition, a $100 prize for a selected paper 
will be awarded, sponsored by _Postmodern Culture_ and _J'ouvert: a 
journal of postcolonial studies_.

Please send or e-mail a detailed 1-2 page abstract to:

Mike Malouf  (mgmalouf-AT-unity.ncsu.edu)
or for creative submisions:
Matt Kreib   (makreib-AT-unity.nscu.edu)

English Department
Tompkins Hall, Box 8105
North Carolina State University
Raleigh   NC   27695-8105



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