[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: The Politics of Immigrant Embodiment (10/27/06; NWSA, 6/28/07-7/1/07)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Papers are sought for a proposed panel for the National Women's Studies
Association Summer 2007 conference to be held in St. Charles, Illinois.
If selected, the panel will be part of the embedded conference sub-theme
on (Im)Migration and Mobility.

The panel, tentatively titled, "Bridging the Body Gap: Mobilizing
Embodied Activism for Im(Migrant) Equity," seeks to examine
(im)migration with a  particular emphasis on the body. In particular,
the panel seeks to interrogate how (im)migrant bodies are coded as
racialized bodies, 'alien' bodies, threatening bodies, 'illegal' bodies,
etc.

Seeking to investigate how an embodied approach to (im)migrant rights
and issues might serve as a useful bridge to a more just society in
which all bodies are viewed and treated as equally human, deserving, and
desirable, the panel will aim to incorporate politically conscious work
aimed at bringing about a more just, equitable society.   Intersectional
and interdisciplinary approaches that critically interrogate delimiting
bodily norms in relation to bodily size, appearance, and ability in
relation to race, ethnicity, white privilege, class privilege,
heterosexism, ageism, lookism, and (dis)ability are particularly
welcome. As the conference will also hold tribute panels honoring the
groundbreaking work of This Bridge Called My Back, papers that include
references or analysis of either this work or its sequel, This Bridge We
Call Home, are also particularly welcome.

Please send 200 word proposals along with institutional affiliations by
October 27 to Natalie Wilson at nwilson at csusm.edu.
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Dr. Natalie Wilson
Markstein Hall 341
Women's Studies Program/
Literature and Writing Studies
Cal State San Marcos
nwilson at csusm.edu

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