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<P>Teaching the Body</P>
<P>The editors of Transformations seek articles (5,000 - 10,000 words) and media
reviews (books, film, video, performance, art, music, etc. - 3,000 to 5,000
words) that explore the body in a variety of pedagogical contexts and
disciplinary perspectives-literature, science, women's and gender studies,
anthropology, folklore, history, psychology, sociology, art, photography,
geography, religion, cultural studies, working-class studies, ethnic studies,
disability studies, age studies, narrative medicine. and others.</P>
<P>Topics might include: the body in global and transnational contexts; the
culture of self-help; environmental issues; im/migration and transnational
labor; body rituals and body modification (from tattooing and piercing to
cosmetic surgery); reproductive rights; transgender, intersex, and queer bodies;
bodies and sports; bodies and religion; military bodies; disciplining the
bodies; imprisoned bodies; body economics; bodily knowledge; the body in virtual
spaces; students as bodies; language of genetics in discussion of bodies; bodies
as biological entities; bionic bodies; online communities (icons and
avatars).</P>
<P>Send a hard copy in MLA format (6th ed.): Jacqueline Ellis and Edvige Giunta,
Editors, Transformations, New Jersey City University, Hepburn Hall Room 309,
2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305 OR email submissions and inquiries
to: transformations@njcu.edu. Email submissions should be sent as attachments in
MS Word or Rich Text format. For submission guidelines go to </FONT><A
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<P>Deadline: 31 March 2008</P>
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<P>Edvige Giunta<BR>Editor, Transformations<BR>Department of English<BR>New
Jersey City University<BR>2039 Kennedy Blvd.<BR>Jersey City, NJ 07305</P>
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<P>201-200-3086 (English Department)<BR>201-200-3071
(Transformations)<BR>201-200-3051 (Fax, Transformations)</P>
<P>egiunta@njcu.edu</P>
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