The following CFP is for an approved session at RMMLA 2001 in Vancouver, =
BC. Conference dates are October 11-13; association membership is not =
required for submission of a proposal, but is required for participation =
at the conference.
Canadian Travel Writing: Extreme Tourism in the Twentieth Century
There are still places to go and journeys to be written into stories. =
The physical world may be thoroughly charted, but when it encounters the =
uncharted territory of the intellectual, psychological, and creative =
worlds of the extreme tourist, extreme stories result. In a tradition =
which includes David Thompson and Mina Hubbard, this branch of travel =
writing is as much about the journey in as the journey out. The element =
of risk is integral; these are not holidays. Papers which address any =
aspect of the resultant documents of extreme travel are invited. More =
than just maniacs who engage in high-risk behaviour, these travellers =
want to risk and tell. Look to Sand Dance: By Camel Across the Arabian =
Desert (Bruce Kirkby); The Water in Between: A Journey at Sea (Kevin =
Patterson); and Honeymoon in Purdah (Alison Wearing) as very recent =
examples of this phenomenon. When a caf=E9 just isn't our Everest, when =
the beach is no Empty Quarter, where do we go, and why do we go, and =
what have we got to say for ourselves when we get home? What are we =
trying to prove? To whom? And what makes others of us want to read about =
it? Somewhere there is a line between sailing on the reservoir and =
white-water rafting; then there's another one between that and taking on =
an ocean. There's a line between watching Lawrence of Arabia and heading =
out to meet the scorpions. There's a line between dinner at an Iranian =
restaurant and putting on the veil. What does it take to cross the line? =
And, most importantly, what kind of story does it make?
Please submit your proposal, in the body of an e-mail message, to A. =
Mary Murphy ammurphy@canuck.com
Conference and membership information are available from the RMMLA =
website at http://rmmla.wsu.edu/rmmla
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