[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Transforming Diaspora (4/30/06; collection)

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From: Parmita Kapadia <kapadiap@nku.edu>


Transforming Diaspora (4/30/06; Book Collection)

Eds. Parmita Kapadia and Robin Field


Cultural studies has generated a re-evaluation of the long established 
tropes
governing the diasporic condition. The emergence of various diasporas 
prompts a
rethinking of the field to include the experiences of exiles, expatriots,
refugees, migrants, tourists, as well as racial, religious, ethnic, and
linguistic "Others." The existence of the diasporic state has been at the
forefront of postcolonial scholarship for over a decade now, but this
scholarship has mainly focused on the home/abroad binary. This collection of
essays seeks to investigate the growing impact of the diasporic condition in
light of recent studies in transnationalism, transculturalism, and
globalization. How does the existence of a diasporic community figure 
into the
politics of the nation-state? For longstanding diasporic communities, which
place is home and which is exile? How is the diasporic identity constructed,
particularly for later generations? How does the ascendancy of globalization
co-opt diasporic concerns?

Recent scholarship has only begun to explore the cultural impact of these
historically marginalized individuals and communities. Diasporas-both
established and emergent-are central and integral to colonial, 
postcolonial, and
transnational studies, especially critical analyses of race, nationhood,
modernity, identity, changes in economic and social structures, and ethnic,
religious, political, and linguistic affiliation. Transforming Diaspora 
seeks to
further our understanding and application of theories of diaspora through
sustained engagement with the literature and culture of diasporic 
communities.
What cultural practices challenge monolithic understandings of 
nationhood and
instead gesture to a transnational ethos? What are the effects of multiple
cultural inheritances on migrant populations? How does generational 
affiliation
affect the formation of cultural practices and notions of citizenship? 
How are
borders (of any sort) represented, critiqued, or exploded in diasporic
literature?

Building on the recent work by Arjun Appadurai, Paul Gilroy, Robin 
Cohen, Stuart
Hall, Homi Bhabha, and Vijay Prashad, this collection seeks to redefine the
composition, influence, and position of diasporas and their contested
relationships with dominant cultures and discourses.

We seek essays that are grounded in the literary texts and discourses of any
diasporic community, including South Asian, African, Jewish, Latin American,
Middle Eastern, etc. In discussing ideas of culture, citizenship, 
nationhood,
race, transnationalism, etc., these essays should offer interpretations,
extensions, and challenges to the current theoretical understandings of
diaspora(s). We welcome submissions from diverse theoretical and critical
approaches, particularly border cultures, literary transnationalism, 
race, film
studies, colonial and postcolonialism.

Please send detailed abstracts (1-2 pages) or full papers along with a 
short cv
to Parmita Kapadia at kapadiap@nku.edu and Robin Field at 
ref4u@virginia.edu.
Electronic submissions preferred or you may use the address below:

Parmita Kapadia
Literature and Language Department
Northern Kentucky University
Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099
USA

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