CFP: Inn Empire: Lodging 19th-Century British Travelers (3/21/03; MLA '03)

CFP: Inn Empire: Lodging 19th-Century British Travelers (03/21, MLA)

Contributions are sought for a proposed special session on 'Inn Empire:
Lodging 19th-Century British Travelers' for the MLA 2003 convention,
27-30 December, San Diego.

Paper topics might include but are not limited to:

* traveler's tales from the formal and informal empire
* 'bad' experiences of travel in the colonial world
* representations of inns, hotels, dak bungalows, oases, and the like in
novels, poems, and other narratives
* hotels as alternate forms of domesticity for those living abroad; women
tourist's experiences
* depictions of hostels for European sailors overseas and foreign or
colonial sailors at home
* advertising about hotels, resorts, or spas
* discussions of hotel design and catering; Victorian vouchers and guided
tours.

Contributions offering a comparative angle on lodgings and empire in
French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, or Spanish texts/contexts are also
welcome.

Please send abstracts of 500 words (or completed papers) and a short CV by
21 March 2003 to Ross Forman at the address below. Email submissions
preferred.

Ross Forman
rf19_at_soas.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7898 4239
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7898 4268

AHRB Centre for Asian and African Literatures
Room 389
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom

Potential contributors must state whether they are currently members of
the MLA and be willing to join before 1 April.

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