Race and 19th-Century Speculative Fiction, a panel at the 2003 NEMLA
Convention (March 6 - 9, 2003).
See the complete call for papers for the convention at http://www.nemla.org
If, as W. E. B. DuBois wrote in 1903, "the problem of the Twentieth
Century is the problem of the color-line," obviously people living in the
nineteenth century were already well-aware of the problem and were thinking
forward to its future manifestations. They were also, from all sides of
the political spectrum, proposing various "solutions" to it. In this
discussion, speculative fiction--that is, works which speculate on possible
futures, "lost" or alternate worlds and social make-ups, etc., including,
among others, early science fiction and utopian writing--took a prominent
place. Of course, utopian fiction from the period has long been recognized
for its political nature, especially as related to issues of gender and the
feminist movements of the nineteenth century. However, utopian and other
speculative works were also being used to discuss issues of race, and
offered a wide range of thought on the subject.
This panel aims to explore the various constructions of race in this
important (and widely popular) nineteenth-century genre as a means of
adding to our understanding of this significant period in the "history" of
race. Papers can address works from either side of the Atlantic.
Please send 250-500 word proposals by Sept. 15th to:
Jason Haslam <jhaslam@wlu.ca> (e-mail preferred);
or send paper copies to the address below.
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Dr. Jason Haslam
Dept. of English and Film Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, Ontario
N2L 3C5
http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~jwhaslam/cv.htm
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