Call For Papers:
The Southwest Popular Culture Conference in Albuquerque, Feb. 9-12
Subject: The Aesthetics of Violence.
Joel Black, in The Aesthetics of Murder, writes that "the violence
depicted in works of art ultimately seems directed against the idea of
art itself, and should be seen as art's suicidal attempt to pass beyond
its culturally conditions self-image of falsity, and to achieve some
transcendent or nihilistic--but in any case, pre-aesthetic--'reality.'"
Some argue that art turns to violence to make itself more
"authentic." Is writing itself a violence against an original
utterence of language? Is poetry, and word play further violence to the
original violence to language?
Beat the doldrums of early February--or winter's Cabin Fever by visiting
beautiful Albuquerque and surrounding area. . . Feb. 9-12
Send 250 word abstracts to:
Michael Baldwin
Dept. of English
Oklahoma State U.
Stillwater, OK 74078
Or email to: mick@cowboy.net
For conference information, see the Web site:
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