CALL FOR PAPERS
CAPTIVITY NARRATIVES (OLD & NEW)
The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations
will hold their 26th Annual meeting at the Sheraton Old Town in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, from March 7-10, 2001. The 1999 and 2000 meetings met there, and
the organizations' members wanted to return because of the great location,
the fine hotel, food, sights, and museums.
Papers on all aspects of captivity narratives are encouraged for our 2001
meeting. Participants may consider literal and figurative-emotional and
psychological-forms of "captivity" as they appear in various narrative
forms. Past topics have examined narratives concerning Puritan and Native
American relations in Early America; slavery in different historical and
cultural contexts; religious intolerance and persecution; prisoners of war
and political exile; kidnapping and abduction; and spousal and child
abuse. Narratives include canonical as well as non-canonical pieces of
literature, legends, and other popular writings; oral histories; political
and historical writings; films, television and radio programs, and other
mass media. Participants may consider how various captivity narratives
cross paths with issues of race and ethnicity; religion; gender;
political dispositions; and ideologies.
Papers that address any aspect of narratives of captivity are welcome.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 10 January, 2001.
Please send 100- to 150-word proposals or inquiries to:
Scott Baugh
English Department, MS 3091
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-3091
806.742.0989 (fax)
email: sbaugh@ttacs.ttu.edu
Please visit the website for more information about the site, the meeting,
and the diverse Areas of participation
www2.h-net.msu.edu/~swpca
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