[Discussion] CFP: The Cultural History of Reading: World Literature (7/10/05; collection)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: Gabrielle Watling <gwatling@endicott.edu>

Contributors Sought
Project Overview
The Cultural History of Reading (forthcoming from Greenwood Press, 2007)
examines written documents (books, pamphlets, treatises, plays, poems, 
essays
etc.) that shaped, and were shaped by, crucial cultural events 
throughout the
world and in the United States.

This is a two volume set. Volume I focuses on World Literature and is 
organized
by region. Volume II centers specifically on American literature and is
organized by time period. Each volume explores the relationship between the
historical moments that shaped a nation or region, and the texts that
challenged, incited, enforced, or subverted those events. A list of recent
references and other sources will also be included.


Contributors wanted

The Editor seeks contributors to write subsections in the following
chapters for the World Literature volume:

     1. Africa and the Middle East (subsections: The pre-Mohammedan 
period; The
rise of Islam; The Ottoman Empire; The modern "Middle East"; The creation of
Israel, Pre-Colonial Africa; Post-Colonial Africa)

     2. Asia and the Pacific (subsections: China; Japan; South East 
Asia; The
South Pacific and Melanesia)

     3. South Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent - India, Pakistan, 
Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka (subsections: The classical period; European arrival; The Colonial
period; Independence; The Contemporary period)

     4. Diasporic Literatures (subsections: The Jewish diaspora; The Asian
diasporas; The Islamic diasporas; The African diasporas; The Latin American
diasporas; The Russian and Eastern European diasporas)

Chapters will be approximately 100-125 pages and include: 1) a timeline of
important cultural events; 2) an introduction to the region or nations.
Subsections will focus on the texts that generated/were generated by 
moments of
cultural change or periods of distinct cultural, political, ideological,
religious or social consolidation. Individual entries will contain 
information
about the specific texts that characterized the era, including 
author(s), date
of first appearance or publication, overview of content; and discussion of
cultural significance.

For more information contact Dr. Gabrielle Watling, Editor
at gwatling@endicott.edu by July 10, 2005.



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