[Discussion] CFP: Art and Pornography; Obscenity and Voyeurism (Cyprus) (2/11/05; Inscriptions, 5/12/05-5/13/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Art and Pornography; Obscenity and Voyeurism

A Panel Discussion at the
Eighth International Literature and Humanities Conference

INSCRIPTIONS '05: an arts and culture conference and festival at
Eastern Mediterranean University
in Famagusta on the island of Cyprus
May 12th - 13th, 2005

The Eighth annual Literature and Humanities Conference will be held at
Eastern Mediterranean University as part of Inscriptions '05, an Arts
and Culture festival taking place at the university and environs between
May 12th - 13th, 2005. In conjunction with a wide selection of music,
performance and film events, discussion- friendly papers are being
solicited for our symposium. Although we will be publishing selected
presentations from Inscriptions '05, we encourage participants to move
away from the standard prewritten, "finished paper" format, towards a
more open-ended presentation, which will provoke and contribute to a
genuine exchange of research and ideas during the panel sessions. Our
aim is to create a forum and publishing venue for inspiring work in
progress, where the exchange of ideas with fellow academics
participating in the conference will contribute to the final form of
participants' work.

With this in mind, we invite papers and/or presentations that examine
the current status of critical thinking on art and pornography,
obscenity and voyeurism. Possible topics might include but are not
limited to:
-           body art, tattooing, piercing and mutilation
-           erotic subjectivities
-           gym culture as voyeurism
-           Hustler vs. Playboy: real, hyper-real or dissimulation?
-           reassessing de Sade
-           ghosts, ghouls, vampires, succubi and incubi
-           Bataille, Baudrillard and seduction
-           foreign bodies: romanticising the sex of the other
-           Richard Kern, Jeff Koons, Robert Mapplethorpe
-           Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and erotic photography
-           fashion photography and the aestheticized body
-           Foucault, AIDS and 'the death of the author'
-           pornography and history
-           pornography and its transcultural manifestations
-           pornography and critical-legal studies
-           cyberporn and digital voyeurism
-           art and porn: the history of the female nude
-           art vs. porn: "I know it when I see it"
-           homoeroticism in literature and the visual arts
-           censorship and societal norms
-           religious "inscription" and the body


Please send 250 word abstracts by 11th February, 2005 to
rodney.sharkey@emu.edu.tr and please visit
http://www.emu.edu.tr/elh/inscriptions for more information.



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