Call For Papers For the Fourth Biennial Conference of ASLE (Association for
the Study of Literature and the Environment), June 19-23, 2001, Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. For further information, see
http://www.asle.umn.edu/
An invitation for proposals for a panel:
"Southwestern Literature: the Four Corners Country" (1/10; 6/19/01-6/23/01)
The Southwest Four Corners Area of the US defines a culture of place which
includes, roughly, the states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.
This landscape of mesas and arroyos has supplied a home to succeeding
cultures, sometimes living in harmony, and sometimes turning this red rock
arena into a zone of conflict. Like cloud-shadows moving on its uneven
terrain, the literature of this area reveals a moving succession of cultural
forms, cross-cultural relations, and a variety of relations to the land.
Any topic on the literature of this area is welcome. A few possible topics
could include:
perceptions of "wilderness"
perceptions of the "Other"
diasporas-the forced dislocation of peoples
examples of cross-cultural understanding
landscape: romanticism and the sublime
reflexive definitions of desert from barren and threatening to richly living
even and uneven power structures within and between societies
differences in environmental attitudes between cultures:
the effects on cultural practices toward the natural world
the effects on the land
Water usage in differing cultures
To Compare and Contrast literatures of the Southwest may also be to arrive at
new insights about the area as a dynamic crossroads of cultures and attitudes
toward place and the land.
Send a 250-word abstract to Jean Arnold, jarnold500@aol.com by January 12.
or
Jean Arnold
English
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA 91711
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