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Art & Culture: The Shaping Forces of History
Annual Meeting of the Aphra Behn Society
The deadline for the Aphra Behn Conference to be held in
Philadelphia from November llth through l4th, l999 has been
extended to May 15, l999. Please submit abstracts by e-mail to
siwanisziw@aol.com or by regular mail to Susan Iwanisziw at 729
North 3rd St, Philadelphia, Pa. 19123.
Emphasizing the contributions of women to European and American
culture and the arts, this conference aims to explore the means
(material, social and historical) by which men and women came to
terms with the forces of artistic and literary representation,
imperial expansion, political unrest, religious crisis, social
identity and gender relations in the long eighteenth century
(l660-l830). Suggested topics for papers include:
a) Literary history, genre and gender (transforming and establishing
conventions in the novel, biography, poetry, and drama)
b) l8th Century innovations in theater, painting, music, devotions,
printing, science and the home
c) Women making history: queens, prostitutes, writers, musicians,
painters and activists
d) The public and private lives of women
e) Women as travellers and travel writers
f) Slavery at home and abroad
g) Trade and consumerism in literature and culture: clothes and
fashion; food and diet; style and the foreigner
h) Intersections of political history and the arts
i) Race, class, gender and sexuality in the arts.
Carole Meyers
Educational Analyst in the Humanities
Information Technology Division
Emory University
cmeyers@emory.edu, (404) 727-4755
http://prometheus.cc.emory.edu/cfm/cfmhome.html
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