CFP: Travel and Tourism in the Americas (5/1/03; 10/9/03-10/12/03)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR PANELS AND PAPERS:
Travel and Tourism

The International Colloquium for Vernacular, Hispanic, Historical,
American and Folklore Studies (formerly the Congress of the Americas)
is being held at the Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico from
October 9-12, 2003. Conference participants will come from all over
the Americas and the world and bring interdisciplinary and
multi-disciplinary perspectives to the conference.

Panels and individual presentations are welcomed on a wide range of
topics from a variety of theoretical, historical, and cultural
perspectives, including anthropology, sociology, religious studies,
literary and materialist criticism and cultural studies. Topics can
include any of the following: colonial and postcolonial travel;
women's travel; travel and identity formation; travel and the
construction of the Other; ecotourism; pilgrimage or religious tourism;
commercially created tourist sites; heritage tourism; single purpose
travel or tourism (photography, natural history, literary sites, etc.);
and a host of other topics.

The deadline for submitting papers and panels is May 1, 2003, although
earlier submission of proposals is encouraged so as to allow for the
best organization of sessions.

To submit a proposal send a 150-200 word abstract via email to the area

chairs:
Douglas A. Noverr,
Department of American Thought and Language
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Email address:

Jennifer Hayward
Department of English
College of Wooster
Wooster, OH 44691
Email address:

See the Vernacular Congress web site at for information on
registration and the conference site and attractions.

Jennifer Hayward
Associate Professor of English
College of Wooster
Wooster, OH 44691 USA
jhayward_at_wooster.edu

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