[Discussion] Journal Issue: "Imagined Cities"

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Call for Papers 
Journal Issue: "Imagined Cities" 
_genre_ 


_genre_ is the annual scholarly journal of the Comparative Literature and 
Classics Department at California State University, Long Beach. It has 
published 23 issues since the first volume in 1967. The theme for this 
year's journal is "Imagined Cities." 

Essays might deal with the topic of representing urban life broadly, but we 
are particularly interested in essays which use critical/cultural theory to 
focus on specific cities. The list of possible cities is virtually 
endless: How have authors and artists imagined Athens, Rome, 
Constantinople, London, Paris, Berlin, Sao Paolo, Prague, Mexico City, 
Tokyo, New Delhi, New York, Lagos, Brussels, Madrid, San Francisco, Lisbon, 
Moscow, Johannesburg, Beijing . . . 

Topics might include the imperial city, the colonial/postcolonial city, the 
utopian/dystopian city, cities as contested space for race/class/gender 
issues, future cities, cities in film, cities as spaces of enclosure or 
freedom, urban subcultures, or cities within cities. 

We welcome interdisciplinary submissions and graduate student submissions 
are encouraged. 

Manuscripts should be 2,000-5,000 words, double-spaced. MLA citations 
preferred. 

Deadline for submission: Monday May 12, 2003 

For further information or if you have any questions, contact the editors 
at: cla-genre495@csulb.edu 

Send submissions to: 

genre 
Comparative Literature and Classics 
California State University, Long Beach 
1250 Bellflower Boulevard 
Long Beach, CA 90840 

or via attachment to the e-mail address listed above. 

You can also look at the journal website for information and to view back 
issues: 
http://www.csulb.edu/~complit/genre/index.htm