UPDATE: Identity in Contemporary Popular Narratives (Sweden) (3/1/05; 5/26/05-5/29/05)

UPDATE: As there has been some confusion as to submission deadlines for the
following panel, we are extending the deadline to MARCH 1.
Please disregard the deadline posted on the conference website.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Nordic Association for American Studies

Panel: Identity in Contemporary Popular Narratives

University, Sweden
May 26-29, 2005.

IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE NARRATIVES
As concerned with concepts of identity as contemporary (western) cultures
are, it is no surprise how prolifically we produce fictional depictions of
what identity means to us, how we define it, how it is constructed or
springs forth, how we defend it, depictions of identity in crisis, and how
our contemporary experiences constantly demand shifts in our perspective on
identity. In the current workshop, we will focus on framings of identity
through a variety of fictional narratives that are in some capacity
representative of contemporary popular American (US) culture. Particularly
(but not exclusively) welcome are papers dealing with the following:

-cyborgia
-clones
-aliens
-conspiracy theory
-reality TV
-the American Dream
-the myth of reinvention
-Film Noir / Neo-Noir

TIME LIMIT FOR PRESENTATIONS: 20 minutes

LENGTH OF ABSTRACTS: 500 words

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: March 1, 2005

Please submit abstracts per email. Along with your abstract, please include
your complete mailing address, AV requirements, and professional
affiliation.

Please address submissions and inquiries to Scott Loren:

sloren_at_swissonline.ch

University of St. Gallen
Gatterstr. 1
9010 St. Gallen
Switzerland

For more information about the Nordic Association for American Studies 2005,
visit the conference web site at:
http://www.hum.vxu.se/forskn/konferens/NAAS2005/

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