[Discussion] CFP: Violence Among Women (7/1/05; e-journal)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: Thomas Philbeck <drewphilbeck@yahoo.com>

Submission Deadline : July 1st

Publication decisions will be made by September 1st

In many modern and contemporary narrative acts of psychological and physical
violence among women, violence has been interpreted and presented in 
terms of
Freudian envy, spaces for male pleasure, negotiating conflicts in a male 
world,
biological determinism (the over protective mother), or as non-existent, 
i.e.
created by males (women are peacemakers and  nurturers, neither inherently
violent nor evil) etc.

InterCulture would like to inspect this notion of female on female 
violence from
an interdisciplinary perspective.  An examination of texts like Ibsen's 
Hedda
Gabbler, &#65533; A Doll&#65533;s House&#65533;, Romulo Gallegos' Dona 
Barbara,
Cinderella or films like Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Imitation of 
Life, and
The Color Purple are just a few examples that depict violence among women.
Beyond the literary, InterCulture would also like to explore historical 
feuds
among queens or princesses, conflicts between classes of women, racial 
violence
among women, and the balance of hierarchy among women within groups based on
such things as social status or physical appearance. Female sports, women
boxers, women wrestlers (in both legitimate and entertainment arenas), 
beauty
pageant vengeance, prostitution and territorial violence, female prison
violence, matricide, etc&#65533; are all welcome avenues of exploration.

InterCulture would like to receive submissions that attempt anthropological,
religious, historical, biological, and mythological approaches to this 
theme.
For example, the mythical feud between Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera 
immediately
comes to mind, as does the role of alpha females in ordering social animal
groups like wolves, primates, and the like. Uses of text, film, art, 
scientific
study, and music are all welcomed as we attempt to determine the reaches of
female on female violence in world cultures and examine the diverse cultural
experiences and perspectives concerning violence among women.

Articles should be submitted in MS Word format and be between 3-6K words in
length; book, film, and music reviews should be between 750-1250 words.

Submissions are peer-reviewed.

InterCulture is an e-journal focused upon the interdisciplinary study of 
world
cultures, the celebration and contemplation of cultural diversity, and
exploration of the commonalities of the human condition. InterCulture 
exists to
publish articles and media written from an interdisciplinary perspective,
without any preference for a particular theoretical approach. Creative work,
book, film and music reviews are accepted as well.For creative work, 
video and
images should be submitted in commonly utilized formats. (e.g., .SWF, 
MP3, AVI,
Real Media, Windows Media, .JPG, .GIF, .WAV, etc.)All submissions should 
include
"InterCulture" in the subject heading.

Please send submissions via email to:

Thomas Philbeck
Editor and
InterCulture Site Coordinator
tdp0761@fsu.edu


Thomas Drew Philbeck
Interdisciplinary Program in the Humanities
Florida State University
tdp0761@fsu.edu




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