CALL FOR PANEL AND PAPER PROPOSALS
Chicana/o Culture: Literature, Film, Theory
The Fifth Congress of the Americas is being held at University of the
Americas - Puebla, in Puebla, Mexico, from October 17-21, 2001.
Presenters will be converging on the city from Latin America, the United
States, and other parts of the world. The program and its panels tend to
be both multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary, and panels and
individual papers may explore aspects of the conference theme, "Civil
Society in the Americas: Challenges and Opportunities," or other issues
relevant to Chicano and Chicana cultural studies.
Presentations might traverse cultural distinctions within
genres—corridos, mitos, folklore, poetry, fiction, drama, film,
television. Topics might examine themes relevant to Chicana/o culture
including but not limited to "resistance and affirmation"; nationalism
and ethnic separatism; borders, frontiers, and territorialization; labor
unions and social collectivity; machismo, feminidad, feminisms, and
gender construction; immigration, internal colonialism, and indigenismo;
religion and spirituality; mainstream depictions and ethnic
stereotyping; La Raza Cosmica and cultural syncretism. Presentations
might cover theoretical and/or creative and/or historical works by
individual authors such as Jose Vasconcelos, Rudy Acuna, Luis Valdez,
George I. Sanchez, Gloria Anzaldua, Ana Castillo, Cherrie Moraga, and
others. Proposals that address any aspect of Chicana/o culture are
welcome.
See the conference website for additional information about the congress
and to register online—www.udlap.mx/congress.
The deadline for submitting panel and paper proposals HAS BEEN EXTENDED
to June 15th, 2001, for the first draft of the program, and after that
until June 30th to be added to the program. Early paper proposals find
the most compatible panels. To participate, submit a 100- to 200-word
abstract to the area chair; if submitting by email, please include an
attachment as well as a pasted copy.
Please send 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
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