Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 07:17:41 -0400 From: radhika gajjala <radhika-AT-cyberdiva.org> Subject: Fwd: Call for Submissions/MELUS Special Issue (fwd) >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Subject: Call for Submissions/MELUS Special Issue > > _MELUS_, the quarterly journal of the Society for the Study of the >Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, invites essays for a special >issue honoring Katharine Newman. Two $500 cash prizes will be awarded for >the best articles published. Professor Newman, who passed away in 2001, is >widely acknowledged as the moving spirit behind the founding of MELUS in >1972. This special number seeks to preserve and expand Professor Newman's >legacy by attempting a retrospective evaluation of the role played by >MELUS during the past three decades in the on-going re-definition of >American literature, by taking stock of developments in ethnic and >cultural studies since the 1960s, and also by gathering a few tributes to >and/or reminiscences of Katharine Newman in a special section. > Especially welcome will be essays on multi-ethnic American >literature addressing the development of ethnic literature as a discipline >(issues of recognition and inclusion); the pedagogy of ethnic literature; >the theorizing of ethnic literature; the relationship between ethnic >literary studies and Cultural Studies/Postcolonial Studies/Gender >Studies/Whiteness Studies; MELUS or ethnic literary studies in global and >transnational contexts, including the role of MESEA (formerly >MELUS-Europe), CAAR (Consortium for AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH), and >MELUS-India; the role of anthologies (such as Heath's) and Critical >Editions (such as Norton's) in transforming the American Literature >curriculum in the U.S., Europe, Asia, etc.; Ethnic Studies and American >Studies. Publication is scheduled for late 2003. Proposals and >submissions (4,000 words or less) may be directed in duplicate to either >of the following by 7 December 2002 (with revised and finished versions by >31 January 2003): Professor C. Lok Chua, English Dept., M.S. 98, Calif. >State Univ., Fresno, CA 93740, U.S.A., fax 559-278-7143 ><chengc-AT-csufresno.edu>; or Professor Amritjit Singh, English Dept., Rhode >Island College, Providence RI 02908, U.S.A., fax 401-334-4778 ><amrit378-AT-earthlink.net>. > > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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