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

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

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

Abstract Deadline: 03/10/06

Conference Dates:  05/27/06 = 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
  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
  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 Palko, Kerstin Pfeiffer, and Elizabeth Andrews at
fashioningfiction@stir.ac.uk

We can confirm that our plenary speakers are Dr Catherine Spooner from
the University of Lancaster who has published _Fashioning Gothic Bodies_
for Manchester University Press, and Dr David Murphy from the University
of Stirling, who has published widely on African - particularly
Senegalese - culture, and on the relationship between Francophone and
Postcolonial Studies.

More information on both plenary speakers, the conference, and Stirling,
can be found at www.fashioningfiction.stir.ac.uk

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