CFP: Asian American Literature Panels (3/15/07; MLA '07)

The Division on Asian American Literature is sponsoring 3 panels for the
2007 MLA convention in Chicago. Please contact panel organizers listed
below with submission or queries.

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"Racial Allegory"
Narratives about Asian Americans that do not explicitly reference
racializedbodies/subjects. How does "Asianness" circulate symbolically? To
what end? Theorizing implications of invoking race metaphorically in
American literature and culture. 1-page abstract, c.v., 15 March; Leslie
Bow lbow_at_wisc.edu

"Poetry's Place in Asian American Studies"
Roundtable addressing the relative lack of attention to poetry in shaping
the field and offering conceptual frameworks for why poetry matters.
Polemical presentations especially welcome. 1-page abstract, c.v., 15
March; tina.chen_at_vanderbilt.edu.

"Marketing Childhood/Adolescence in Asian American Literature"
Theoretical analyses of texts/graphic novels about childhood/adolescence
and/or targeted for youths, contextualized by examining their publishing,
networking and/or marketing. 1-page abstract, c.v., 15 March;
greta.niu_at_rochester.edu

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Tina Chen
Associate Professor
Department of English
Box 1654B
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
Email: tina.chen_at_vanderbilt.edu
Phone: 615-343-3186
Fax:   615-343-8028
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