Call for Submissions
Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies
2000 Special Issue: Ireland and Postcolonialism
Guest Editors:
Caitriona Moloney, Bradley University
Helen Thompson, Alabama State University
Fred Sanders, Center for Irish Studies, Georgia Southern University
Marginalized within the United Kingdom and "British" literature, Ireland
appears once again to be marginalized within Anglophone postcolonial
literature and theory. At times, scholars in Irish Studies and in
Postcolonial Literature and Theory reject Ireland's candidacy for
postcolonialism. Issues of race, color, economics and class can be seen
to separate the Irish from India, South Africa, Nigeria, and the
Caribbean--cultures less controversially considered postcolonial.
Yet, many of the important concepts of postcolonial theory--hybrid
identity, dual language, exodus/return, collaboration/revolt, gender's
double disenfranchisement--can be fruitfully applied across cultural
borders.
In this issue we wish to examine the relationship of Ireland and
postcolonialism by asking scholars to interrogate Ireland's position
within [and without] postcolonial studies and to respond to the question
"To What Extent is Ireland Postcolonial?" Hence, we are soliciting
articles that examine the relationship of Irish Studies and Literature
to postcolonial issues. We are especially interested in
interdisciplinary examinations of race, gender, politics, history,
culture and literature.
We suggest--although we are not limited by--these themes:
? The difficulty of reading Ireland as postcolonial
? Intersections between postcolonial cultures
? Identity/Race/Ethnicity: i.e. "whiteness" and "blackness"
? Colonial and postcolonial patriarchies and women's movements
? Postcolonial narrative theory
? Journeys: travel/exile/expulsion/return
? Collaboration: "The Big House"
? Metaphors and icons of nation
Please send two copies of your article by January 17 to:
Helen Thompson Caitriona Moloney
Dept. of Languages and Literature Dept. of English
Alabama State University Bradley University
P.O. Box 271 1501 W. Bradley Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36101-0271 Peoria, IL 61625
DrHelenT@worldnet.att.net cmoloney@bradley.edu
Email queries but no email submissions please.
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