---->Volume on Labor and the Middle Ages<----
We solicit essay proposals for a volume on labor and the
Middle Ages. The editors are particularly interested in papers that
explore how postindustrial models of labor can be used (or, alternatively,
have been used) to explain the social value of labor as represented in
medieval texts. In considering various kinds of medieval work (broadly
defined), we hope that papers would not only illuminate a particular
historical environment but also encourage discussion of how premodern
texts can supplement (challenge?) modern and postmodern understandings of
labor. Possible topics may include the regulation of identity in terms of
work, medieval and/or modern theories of need and value, gender and labor,
theological labor, technology and manual labor, the construction of
bureacratic identity, the applicability of Marxist and postmarxist theory
to the Middle Ages, etc.
If you are interested, please send us a brief description
of your proposed piece. We anticipate that final essays should be ready
for editing by May 2000. Please pass this call along to others who may be
interested.
Expressions of interest should be directed (by August 15) to Kellie
Robertson, Department of English, University of Pittsburgh, 526 Cathedral of
Learning, 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412.624.6532; krobert+@pitt.edu);
and Michael Uebel, Department of English, 1215 Patterson Office Tower, University of
Kentucky, Lexington KY 40506-0027 (uebel@pop.uky.edu)
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