Call for Papers
Conference: Swinging Her Breasts At History
Friday 6 and Saturday 7 April 2001
Goldsmiths, University of London, London, England
The English Department at Goldsmiths and the Caribbean Women Writers'
Alliance (CWWA) invite scholars working in the field (faculty, postgraduate
students, and professionals with a scholarly interest in the area/subject)
to submit proposals for conference papers which address the theme of
Caribbean women's writing and history.
How are Caribbean women re(membering) a history characterized by trauma,
dislocation and loss? What are the meanings of
silence(s) recently broken? Which of the silence(s) have Caribbean women
broken in the twentieth century and which remain? How is this read in the
literature by "Western" theory and what is the debate about theoretical
containment? What are some of the issues related to the conditions of
literary production? How does location relate to access to a published
voice? What are the dynamics associated with the absence or presence of
Caribbean women's literature on the curriculum?
Proposals for short papers are welcomed. Suggested themes for papers might
be:
**History and Caribbean women's literature
**Caribbean women writing the body
**The process of literary production and Caribbean women writers
**Slavery and writing
**Theory/theoretical containment: debating the issues
**The works of specific Caribbean women writers
**Historiography and Caribbean women's literature
**Caribbean women and the process/conditions of literary production
**Reflecting/deflecting the male gaze
**Pre-twentieth century writing
**The short story
**The theorizing text
**Absent fathers/absent mothers
We plan, also, to organize two roundtables on research-in-progress and on
Caribbean women's literature in the curriculum. Further suggestions for
panels and roundtables are welcomed.
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: Monday, January 8, 2001.
Please send an outline of 300-400 words for a 20-minute paper and
biographical details or CV to:
Joan Anim-Addo
Caribbean Women's Writing Conference
Caribbean Centre
Goldsmiths, University of London
London SE14 6NW England
Tel/ans/fax: +44-20 7919-7395
E-mail: j.anim-addo@gold.ac.uk
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