CFP: (dis)junctions: Blaming the Victims: Representations of the First and Third Worlds (grad) (2/14/03; 4/11/03-4/12/03)

(dis)junctions: morphing the written word (april 11-12, 2003)

Blaming the “Victims”

 Conceptualizing the first and third world divide is inextricably bound up
with the manner in which one constructs history. Given the heavily biased
representations of terrorism in regions such as Chechnya and Palestine,
what trends are evident in the historical, social, and political
representation of these groups? How are “perpetrators” and “victims”
codified in any particular discourse? In particular, is “terrorism”
replacing the “Red Threat” in Western political discourse when analyzing
these situations? Does this ideologically saturated discourse force blame
on the victims? Are different or similar trends occurring in other
national discourses? Most importantly, how does ideological perception
affect the domestic and foreign policy of a particular nation or groups of
nations?

One page abstracts should be e-mailed to: tinastavropoulos_at_yahoo.com by
February 14th, 2003 (text in the body of the message; please no
attachments). The submissions should be no longer than 250 words.

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http://www.geocities.com/disjunctions/

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