NEMLA, BOSTON, MARCH 6-9, 2003
THE AMERICAN DREAM BLUES: SEARCHING FOR HOME IN WALTER MOSLEY’S FICTION
The panel will provide a forum for analyzing and assessing Walter
Mosley’s fiction as probing, vernacular explorations of the African
American quest for a sense of home as embodied in the American dream. In
all his fiction, Mosley focuses on the ways in which marginalized men
seek a version of the American dream. The panel solicits a variety of
topics and approaches to the work of Walter Mosley. Some topics that
might spur exploration:
Mosley as blues artist
The marginalized hero
The evolving and enduring American dream
The dream and the Other
The vernacular in Mosley’s fiction
The quest for home and identity
Invisibility and being at home
The guilty hero
Home in the landscape of history
Re-building civilization in an urban wasteland
Future-casting the dream
Genre and the dream: mystery and/or science fiction
While these topics suggest a focused approach to Mosley’s themes and
style, the panel is open to other imaginative approaches to Mosley’s
work.
By September 15, 2002, send papers (5-7 pages) or detailed 2-page
abstract to Owen E. Brady, Box 5750, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
13699. Phone: (315) 268-3981. E-mail submissions or inquiries should be
sent to obrady@clarkson.edu. Please use Word for any attachments.
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