Call for Papers
"Imagining Readers and Writers"
CRAFT, CRITIQUE, CULTURE: The University of Iowa's 2nd Annual
Interdisciplinary Conference on Writing in the Academy, April 12-14, 2002
There is a famous photograph of Marilyn Monroe, perched in a sunny spot,
her hair and makeup done to perfection, and in her hand a copy of James
Joyce's _Ulysses_. On a recent episode of MTV's _Cribs_ (an updated
version of _Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous_), techno guru Moby shows a
similar sense of pride when displaying his bookshelf and its wide
assortment of literary titles. Such media representations of readers have
recently become a site of conflict. Jonathan Franzen's comments on the
representations of reading and writing on television, for example,
ultimately created a scandal. This panel seeks to explore how our culture
represents the practices of reading and writing by asking how these
representations shape our experiences and expectations.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
* Representations of readers in literature, film, and television (students,
reading for pleasure, etc.)
* Everyday scenes of writers in literature, film, and television (including
letters, diaries, etc.)
* Representations of academic readers and writers (teachers, critics,
intellectuals)
* Representations of famous authors in literature, film, and television
(Anais Nin, William S. Burroughs, etc.)
* Representations of writing workshops/classes in literature, film, and
television (Wonder Boys)
* Oprah's book club and other popular book clubs/reading groups
* Reading, writing, and gender (in everyday life, in popular culture, as
intellectuals, etc.)
* Differences in reading and writing from modernism to postmodernism (or
other historical periods)
* Reading and writing in childhood (children's literature, fairy tales,
stories, diaries, etc.)
* Reading, writing, and race (in everyday life, in popular culture, as
intellectuals, etc.)
* Imagining the future or the past of reading and writing (sci-fi and the
fantastic)
* Representations of reading or writing in other visual arts (painting,
photography, sculpture, etc.)
* Representations of reading and writing in genre fiction and film
(mystery, horror, romance, suspense, etc.)
Please submit abstracts by February 22, 2002 to:
David Banash
Department of English
308 English-Philosophy Building
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
david-banash@uiowa.edu
Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged.
For more information about the CRAFT, CRITIQUE, CULTURE conference, please
visit our website at www.uiowa.edu/~c3conf
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