From: "Pierre-Philippe Fraiture" <PIERRE-PHILIPPE-AT-sol.brookes.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 16:16:58 -0000 Subject: Re: Call for Papers on Racial Ambiguity It sounds really interesting but would you at all consider writings in other languages than English? Thanks Pierre-Philippe Fraiture Oxford Brookes University French Department On 12 Jan 00, at 18:01, Teresa Hubel wrote: Call For Papers Literature and Racial Ambiguity Editors, Teresa Hubel and Neil Brooks We are soliciting essays of 18 - 20 pages for a forthcoming volume, provisionally entitled "Literature and Racial Ambiguity." The book will be part of the series Rodopi Perspectives on Modern Literature, and it will focus on twentieth-century literature in English from all parts of the world. Writing that scrutinizes racial identity has been the source of a great deal of literary scholarship over the past decade, but relatively little attention has been paid to literature that problematizes the very usage of terms such as "person of colour, "whiteness," or, indeed, of "race" itself. This volume explores the ways in which socially sanctioned definitions of race often conflict with cultural and personal understanding. Literature has shown itself to be a particularly fruitful site for the exploration of the shifting boundaries of racial identity. While addressing topics as diverse as the effects of South African Apartheid, Indian caste distinctions, American "one drop laws," or European imperialist policies on race, many literary works have delved into the clash between prescriptive definitions of racial identity and individual experience. In fact, literature is often the only public forum for the discussion of dilemmas associated with being "mixed race" because mutable racial categories are frequently unacknowledged or deliberately repressed in official discourse. In bringing these essays together, the editors hope to establish a context where racial categorizations are shown to be arbitrarily constructed and in many circumstances fluid, though nevertheless profoundly significant. How particular racial constructions become codified, such as through pseudo-scientific analysis of physiological distinctions, is an obvious subject for examination in this volume, as are the intersections between race and class and gender. The ambiguity and richness of literary language allows for the expression of the many difficulties inherent in transgressing assigned racial identities. As we continue in a world where physical and cultural borders are being constantly re-evaluated, this volume seeks to help us understand the power and inadequacies of racial borders. The deadline for submissions of completed essays is July 15, 2000. Abstracts of no more than one page must be submitted by May 15, 2000, but decisions regarding inclusion in the volume will be based on a review of the completed essays. Essays should be submitted in MLA format, although minor editorial adjustment may be necessary. Inquiries, abstracts, and essays should be sent to Neil Brooks Associate Professor Department of English Huron College, the University of Western Ontario 1349 Western Road London, Ontario N6G 1H3 CANADA e-mail: nbrooks-AT-julian.uwo.ca fax: 519-438-3938 --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Pierre-Philippe Fraiture Oxford Brookes University French Department G2.16a Tel 0044 1865 483949 Fax 0044 1865 483791 E-mail: pierre-philippe-AT-sol.brookes.ac.uk --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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