The deadline for the following CFP has been extended to Friday, May 14, '04:
Conference Panel: The "Bisexual" in Late Victorian and Early
Twentieth-Century Literatures
8th International Conference on Bisexuality (http://www.8icb.org/)
Minneapolis, MN, August 5-8
Bisexuality has only recently emerged as a viable cultural identity, yet
authors have conceptualized the figure of the "bisexual" in a wide variety
of ways throughout history. In this panel we will explore the diversity of
approaches to and hypotheses about both the figure of the bisexual and about
bisexual desire in general in the literature of authors writing during the
height of the popularity of sexology through the birth and rise to
popularity of psychoanalysis.
A variety of approaches to bisexuality in literature of this rough time
period are welcome. Papers might address the following questions, but need
not be limited or controlled by these lines of thinking:
-- How do these authors incorporate, temper, correct, or react against the
work of sexologists and psychoanalysts in their treatment of bisexuality and
the bisexual subject?
-- How does the dearth of theories of bisexuality limit or, conversely,
liberate authorial creativity in construing the figure of the bisexual in
literature?
-- How does the author's own desire for both men and women impact her/his
treatment of bisexuality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, or sexuality in
general in his/her work?
-- What role does gender play in these formulations of the bisexual and the
possibilities of bisexuality?
-- To what extent can bisexuality be understood as a determinative factor in
a literary subject's notion of her/his identity?
-- How does contemporary GLBT theorizing and/or queer theory aid or impede
our understanding(s) of historical constructions of what we today would term
"bisexualities"?
-- How might these author's conceptualizations of bisexuality and the
bisexual figure have impacted our contemporary understandings of
bisexuality?
Please send a 250-word abstract in the message body of an email to Brenda
Helt at helt0010@umn.edu by Friday, May 14th. Please also include your
name and contact information, your paper title, institutional affiliation,
and department. (No attachments, please.)
Conference theme: Defining Bisexuality in the 21st Century.
Conference information: http://www.8icb.org/
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