Date: Fri, 04 Sep 98 12:37:56 PDT


CALL FOR PAPERS 		
JOURNAL OF CARIBBEAN LITERATURES


The Caribbean that isn't?

	Although contemporary discourse typically assumes the possibility of a
homogeneous Caribbean identity, comparative studies are starting to point
to the existence of rifts and disjunctions within and among the Caribbean
islands and regions of the continent. These rifts emerge in some
theoretical and literary texts where differing, and sometimes conflicting,
problematics of history, gender, race and culture prevail. The
geographical, historical, linguistic and political diversity of the region
has indeed produced numerous writers and critics whose views resist both
nationalistic and academic constructs of Caribbean literatures and cultures.
	Questions explored may include: to what extent do European national and
linguistic divisions continue to influence national definitions in the
Caribbean? What are the effects of migration within and outside of the
Caribbean, for instance, does exile attenuate or exacerbate the rifts found
in the Caribbean basin? In what ways does Caribbean literature express
resistance to globalizing definitions such as "postcolonial" literature,
literature of the periphery, "Third World" literature etc...? To what
extent does the Caribbean appear as an archipelago fragmented along
national and linguistic barriers?
	The papers selected will deal with these questions across national and
linguistic barriers and focus on particular disjunctions as they emerge in
theoretical and literary texts.

	Please submit a 500-word proposal in English by October 30, 1998 to:

Anne Malena
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
200 Arts Building, University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E6
Canada
fax: 403 492 9106
email: amalena-AT-gpu.srv.ualberta.ca



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