CFP: Animal Rights (11/15/01; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/13/02-2/17/02)

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Date: Mon Aug 06 2001 - 12:10:23 EDT

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    CFP: Animal Rights (11/15/01; SW-TX PCA/ACA 2/13/02-2/17/02)

    Animal Rights Issues
    SW-TX PCA/ACA Conference
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    February 13-17, 2002

    Sample topics are:

    --representations of animals in children's and adult literature

    --philosophical arguments about vegetarianism, vivisection, and
    inclusion of nonhuman animals in the human community

    --history of animal rights movements

    --legal aspects of animal rights

    --documentation of abuse in domestic, farm, lab, and wild sites
    and dissemination of this information in the popular media

    --analysis of rhetoric about animals in daily life and in
    humane society publications

    The 2002 meeting of the SW-TX PCA/ACA will be at the
    Albuquerque Hilton near the U of New Mexico campus.
    Special events are planned for the meeting and any
    modern language is welcome for presentations. For details
    about the meeting, the site, and travel, see the web site at

    www.swtexaspca.org

    Please send or e-mail a 300-400 word paper proposal, a brief
    biographical note, and a short bibliography for the paper--
    BY NOVEMBER 15--to:

    Dr. Carole Schuyler
    Department of English
    9030 Haley Center
    Auburn University, Alabama 36849-5203

    FAX: 334-844-9027

    schuyca@auburn.edu

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