[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Fashioning Fiction (grad) (UK) (3/10/06; 5/27/06-5/28/06)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: fashioningfiction <fashioningfiction@stir.ac.uk>

Fashioning Fiction (grad): University of Stirling (UK)

Abstract Deadline: 03/10/06

Conference Dates:  05/27/06 =96 05/28/06


"What a strange power there is in clothing" Isaac Bashevis Singer

Clothes serve more than a practical purpose; they communicate identity. Our
choice of clothing aligns us with cultural, religious and national groups.
Clothing enables us to perform gender, conceal and transform the body, 
whilst
facilitating our self-fashioning.  From the monk to the punk, clothes, 
and the
way we wear them, provide us with a sense of belonging and a feeling of
individuality.

The conference invites proposals for papers lasting no longer than twenty
minutes from post-graduate students from all area of the Arts and 
Humanities.
Papers should focus on the representation of clothing and the adornment 
of the
body. Possible topics are listed below, although papers are free to 
interpret
the conference theme in any way they see fit.

  Disguise and Concealment
Masks and Veils
  Religious Dress and Ceremonial Clothing
  Transformation and Self-Fashioning=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
  Fetish Clothing, Corsetry and the Physical Manipulation through Clothing
  Tattoos and Body Piercing
  Plastic Surgery and Prosthetics
  National Dress
  Uniforms and Work Clothing
  Costume in Performance Studies
  Cross-Dressing and Gender Constructions=20
  Nudity and Eroticism

The deadline for abstracts is the 10th of March 2006, and we would ask that=
  the abstract is approximately 250-300 words, and is sent by email to 
Amy P=
alko, Kerstin Pfeiffer, and Elizabeth Andrews at fashioningfiction@stir.ac.=
uk=20=20
We can confirm that our plenary speakers are Dr Catherine Spooner from the =
University of Lancaster who has published _Fashioning Gothic Bodies_ for Ma=
nchester University Press, and Dr David Murphy from the University of Stirl=
ing, who has published widely on African - particularly Senegalese - cultur=
e, and on the relationship between Francophone and Postcolonial Studies.   =
More information on both plenary speakers, the conference, and Stirling, ca=
n be found at www.fashioningfiction.stir.ac.uk=20

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