CFP: Dismemberment and the Discontinuous Body (9/15/01; NEMLA, 4/12/02-4/13/02)

From: Vanessa K Warne (3vkw@qlink.queensu.ca)
Date: Tue Jul 17 2001 - 08:32:05 EDT

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    Call for Papers: Dismemberment and the Discontinuous Body
    NEMLA, April 12-13, 2002

    This panel will explore the meanings and operations of cultural
    representations of corporeal dismemberment. Papers should address the
    visual or literary treatment of acts and/or the ramifications of
    amputation, maiming and self-mutilation. Treatments of both literature
    and film are welcome. Proposals addressing different historical
    periods and cultural traditions are also welcome. Possible topics for
    discussion include:

    State power and the spectacle of bodily discipline
    Disease, (dis)ability, medical intervention and mobility issues
    Dismemberment and the grotesque body
    Domestic violence and the dismembered body
    Augmented bodies vs. fragmented bodies
    The (de)aestheticization of bodily violence

    Please send proposals (350 words) by September 15th to:

    > Vanessa Warne
    > Department of English
    > University of Manitoba
    > 625 Fletcher Argue Building
    > Winnipeg, MB
    > R3T 5V5

    Email submissions are welcome. Please address submissions to
    vanesssawarne@hotmail.com. Please include your proposal in the body of
    the message. Thank you.

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