[Bilimsel Haber] UPDATE: Sexing the Text: Gendered Works and Working Gender (grad) (7/21/06; 11/3/06-11/4/06)

[gpultar at kulturad.org]

Update: Location is NOT the UK, as implied in our previous posting; we are
holding "Sexing the Text" at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.


Sexing the Text: Gendered Works and Working Gender

November 3rd and 4th, 2006

Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada


The increasing proliferation of sex talk and images in pop culture has
simultaneously opened up new spaces to discuss sexuality and gender,  
while still rigidly enforcing what is "natural." When it comes to  
issues of labour, of politics, of relationships, gender roles seem  
just as confining, just as the lines between acceptable and  
unacceptable sexual content may have changed, but are still rigid. Do  
we consider Britney Spears kissing Madonna subversive? What about  
Transgendered narratives? Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie? Slash fiction?  
Lolita? Kiddie porn? Do words like cunt, cock and pussy, belong in  
academic discourse? While feminist and queer theories have attempted  
to open up academic discourse by exploring the roles of women and  
queer writers (both as creators and characters) in our canon, and  
while harlequins, pornography, "chick lit," and popular magazines like  
"Maxim" and "Cosmopolitan" have become hot topics of study, we are  
clearly still struggling to decide where we fall on issues of sex
and sexuality.


We invite proposals for academic research, panels, individual  
presentations, interactive workshops, and ideas related to the  
constructions of gender and sexuality. In addition, we also have  
exhibit space for visual artists and are looking for performance-based  
and creative submissions for an evening panel. We encourage  
interactive sessions. We also encourage proposals that link  
scholarship with contemporary issues.

Some suggested themes are:

-Does the academy have a role in challenging gender constructions?

-How does film uphold and subvert notions of gender and sexuality?

-What are the consequences of an author performing another gender?

-At what point does sexual content become pornography?

-How are aesthetic styles gendered?

-How do issues of gender intersect with issues of race and class?

-What role do self-identified women have in the canon?

-What are the implications of separating "women’s" and "queer" writing.

-What role has the “coming out” narrative had on queer youth?

-How has the portrayal of gender and labour changed?

-What does the role of sex in texts reveal about our social and cultural
attitudes?


All proposals will be blind vetted. Partial funding and billeting may be
available.


Proposals should state whether they are creative or not and should include
a short summary & a brief biography and should be sent to Jen Scott either
by

Snail mail: Simon Fraser University , 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, B.C.,
Coast Salish Territory, V5A 1S6

Email: gradconf(at)sfu.ca Website: www.sfu.ca/~gradconf


The deadline for proposals is July 21st, 2006.


For further information, please contact Jen Scott at gradconf(at)sfu.ca.

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