Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:30:28 -0300
Subject: SPOON-ANN: CFP: Comics


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Call for Papers: Comics Area
The Fifth Congress of the Americas ( http://www.udlap.mx )
University of the Americas-Puebla, Mexico
- October 18, 19, 20, 2001 -

The deadline for submitting papers and panels is 1 February, 2001.

This is the largest congress held devoted to the evolving North American
community. Editors of presses and journals rely on it for special issues and
articles. It has extensive press coverage. 

Presenters come from all over Latin American, the United States and Canada, and
from Europe and Asia. There are important panels on a range of economic,
political, social, and cultural topics. This is a multidisciplinary meeting
which covers North American culture in all its aspects.

This particular call is for panel and paper proposals related to the study and
analysis of comics.  The term "comics" refers to comic strips, single panel
cartoons, political/editorial comics, comic books, comic albums or the graphic
novel, etc.  Papers and/or panels can focus on such aspects as postcolonialism,
feminist issues, comics in the 1960s from the viewpoint of varying countries,
censorship, publication and distribution, fans and popularity or differing
attitudes towards comics, and educational comics.  Varying theoretical
approaches will be accepted as well.

Papers can be in Spanish or English.

For paper submissions, send a 300 word abstract.
For panel submissions, send a 150 word abstract describing the panel^Òs theme,
plus a 200 word abstract for each paper (keep panels to three or four
participants).

Include requests for any audio-visual equipment needed or desired.

Send all abstracts and proposals to: 
Jeff Williams, Area Chair for Comics
Achaval Rodriguez 1146
5000 Cordoba, Argentina

email submissions preferred: jwilliams-AT-arnet.com.ar (make sure you put ^ÓPuebla
Conf Submission^Ô in the subject line).



Jeff Williams, Ph.D.
work:  
Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Av. Vélez Sarsfield 187
5000 Córdoba,  Argentina

Universidad Nacional de La Rioja
Av. Laprida y Vicente Bustos
5300 La Rioja, Argentina

home:
Achával Rodríguez 1146
5000 Córdoba
Argentina
mailto:jwilliams-AT-arnet.com.ar