[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Post-Colonial Cannibalism in Literature and the Arts (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/2/07-3/4/07)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Post-Colonial Cannibalism in Literature and the Arts

A primary trope for interpreting cultural difference, the term
'cannibalism,' whether real or imagined, was repeatedly used by imperial
Europe in an effort to distinguish itself from the subjects of its
colonial expansion and justify the colonization of territories.

Through more recent theory, literature, and art, cannibalism has also
reappeared as a useful concept, trope, and image to deconstruct and
renegotiate identity, to explain cultural processes and to draw new
boundaries between the "self" and the "Other."

As a literary symbol, a tool, or a weapon, cannibalism fosters
reconsiderations, challenges hegemonic norms, and either unsettles or
displaces western cultural practices.

This panel will explore the construction of such a concept and how it
has been used in post-colonial literature and the arts.

please send abstracts of 200 words by September 15, 2006 to Magali
Compan (mxcomp at wm.edu)


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