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CALL FOR PAPERS: SOCIALIST REALISM AS ARTISTIC STYLE
IN THE AMERICAS
Popular and American Culture Association at the Fifth
International Congress of the Americas, to be held in
Puebla, Mexico, 18-20 October 2001.
Panels: Socialist Realism as Artistic Style in the
Republics of the American Continent.
As organizer of various panels that will deal with
manifestations of socialist realism in several
cultural fields in the American hemisphere, I would
like to make a second appeal to all those who want to
participate, and in order to facilitate it, we have
extended our deadline to present abstracts until June
30, 2001.
Originated in the Soviet Union after the Soviet
Revolution, as a theory and method of literary
composition, socialist realism spread rapidly during
the late twenties and early thirties towards other
arts, namely painting, theater, sculpture, film, and
also to other cultural fields as to become recognized
as a specific new artistic school/style. Understood as
a way to overcome 19th century realism, socialist
realism attempted to portray reality, in order to
transform it and, in a parallel way, to mould the
consciousness of the masses and facilitate the
building of socialism in the world, with the objective
to construct a classless society.
But almost from its origins, socialist realism
provoked polemic, and many attempts to redefine and
reinterpret it, not just within the Soviet Union
itself, but also in other parts of the world. In this
process, Socialist realism as an artistic style was an
important influence not just within the Soviet Union,
but also in several countries in the world, where it
acquired also local influences coming from the
particular political, cultural and social conditions
and from specific local artistic styles and subjects.
The papers we are asking for should concentrate in how
the societies of the American republics experienced
the arrival of socialist realism, how it influenced
several artistic manifestations in these nations,
and/or how indigenous artistic manifestations of the
American republics enriched socialist realism to the
point that it became an artistic style, how it was at
the end linked, at least in some ways, to 19th century
romanticism and naturalism in its attempts to become a
faithful and objective mirror of life, encouraging the
heightening and idealization of new social heroes and
events: workers, farmers, historical developments, and
their unglamorous lives and environments.
Papers can include links between socialist realism and
any kind of artistic manifestation or cultural
production in the republics of the American
hemisphere. In consequence, any kind of topics that
relate socialist realism with the above mentioned
artistic and cultural expressions are more than
welcomed
If you wish to present a paper, send an abstract of
100-200 words to Francisco Peredo Castro,
Galjoenstraat 40, 1503 AT Zaandam, The Netherlands by
June 30, 2001. In order to prepare the program and to
have it ready in time, we strongly recommend you, and
we will appreciate very much if you can send your
abstract, your paper, and your information as soon as
possible. (E mail address: peredofm@yahoo.com, or fax
+31 299 42 71 26).
More information about the conference can be found at
our web sites: PCA/ACA: http//h-net.msu.edu/pcaaca or
www.udlap.mx.congress/
The registration form is available an the UDLA web
site (Universidad de las Americas, Puebla/University
of the Americas, Puebla).
As you must register to be included in the program we
strongly suggest you to complete the form and register
as early as you can.
Francisco Peredo
peredofm@yahoo.com
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