[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Modern Maculinities: A Narrative of Heroes and Failures (grad) (UK) (9/12/06; 11/25/06)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Modern Masculinity: A Narrative of Heroism and Failure

Papers are invited for a special panel at Return to Gender, the
forthcoming graduate conference at the University of Glasgow on 25th
November, 2006. In a recent news item reviewing the latest Superman
film, the news anchor asked if the actor playing Superman was a mincing
metrosexual. What does a modern masculine hero look like? Is the often
discussed crisis in masculinity empowering or emasculating? Possible
topics include:

* Crisis in masculinity
* Heroes
* Men and violence
* 'Boys will be boys'
* National/cultural models of masculinity
* Myths of masculinity
* Masculine bodies
* Feminine/female masculinity
* Metrosexuality
* Butch
* Camp
* Gay love
* Homosociality
* 'Angry young man'
* Paternity/fathers

Please see www.arts.gla.ac.uk/returntogender for more details.

We invite abstracts of 200-300 words for 20 minute papers to be
submitted electronically by SEPTEMBER 12TH 2006 to
returntogender at arts.gla.ac.uk, with institutional affiliation and
contact details. Participants at the conference will be invited to
submit their papers to eSharp, Glasgow's award-winning postgraduate
journal. They will then be considered for publication in a Spring 2007
issue on gender. Please get in touch if you have any questions regarding
the conference. A limited number of fee waivers and travel grants will
be available, please apply in advance for information.

Amy Murphy
Department of English Literature
University of Glasgow

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