[Discussion] CFP: Passing As Feminist (grad) (12/5/05; 2/17/06-12/18/06)

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From: tracy-wendt@utulsa.edu


CFP: Passing As Feminist (grad)(12/5/05; 2/17/06-12/18/06)

English Graduate Student Conference
The University of Tulsa
"Passing and Questions of Legitimacy

Call for papers for panel "Passing As Feminist"

Many literary, cinematic, and musical works "pass," or are widely received as,
proto-feminist. These works are culturally and/or academically viewed as
supporting a progressive feminine portrayal and promoting the fundamentals of
women's equality. While possessing seemingly straightforward parameters,
declaring a piece "feminist," and having it ultimately trumpet the message it
presumes, is not so simple. Many pieces "pass" as feminist that may,
paradoxically, subvert feminism's aim. Because of their association with power
and agency, female action heroes' highly sexualized and exaggerated appearances
are often ignored or interestingly incorporated into the apparatus that makes
them "feminist."

This panel seeks papers that address works, characters, images, scenes, etc.
that "pass" as feminist yet possess qualities subversive to that title. As well,
the panel also seeks submissions that interrogate a work's reception as
anti-feminist when including feminist properties. Larger questions might
include: What does it take for a work to "pass" as authentically feminist or
anti-feminist? Can a work be both simultaneously?

We are looking for submissions from graduate students and advanced undergraduate
students. Please e-mail 300-500 word abstracts, or panel proposals to Tracy
Wendt Lemaster at tracy-wendt@utulsa.edu by December 5th, 2005. The conference
will take place at the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK on Feb. 17th and 18th,
2006.

Tracy Wendt Lemaster
Editorial Assistant for Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
Writing Center Director
Instructor of English
University of Tulsa
600 South College Ave.
Tulsa, Ok. 74133
tracy-wendt@utulsa.edu
918-631-2557



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