[Bilimsel Haber] *First International Conference “Body and Textuality. Telling Bodies: ,Practices, Discourses, Looks" *

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*First International Conference “Body and Textuality. Telling Bodies:
Practices, Discourses, Looks" *

*Location:* 	Spain
Venue: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 26-30 March, 2007

"Telling Bodies: Practices, Discourses, Looks" The body in the 21st
century is everything but a certainty, a condition which raises an
infinite number of questions. This Conference intends thus to be an
interdisciplinary meeting point for discussing the body as a central
cultural construction.

-Suggested thematic areas:

# Body and literature: the body as text and as literary theme...
# Body and culture: fashion, media, popular culture...
# Body and thought: language, theology, scientific discourse...
# Body and norms: deviant and deviated bodies, transsexuality,
transgendered bodies, monstrosity...
# Body and technology: artificiality, cyberbodies, surgery, bodybuilding...

-Conference languages: The official languages of the Conference are
Catalan, Spanish and English. Contributions in Galician, Portuguese,
French, and Italian are also welcomed.

-Papers: Should not exceed 2,500 words, excluding bibliography.
Presentations are limited to 20 minutes. A volume of selected paper will
published, for which authors will given full instructions in due time.

-Abstracts: Please e-mail 150-300 word abstracts including: keywords in
English and Spanish, your full name, institutional affiliation, email
and postal address before *November 30, 2006* (to:
cg.lostextosdelcuerpo at uab.es). Acceptance of proposals will be notified
by December 20, 2006.

Subscription fees:
- participants presenting papers: 90 euros
- attendance without paper presentation: 25 euros
Fees should be transferred to bank account number 2013 0692 80 0202511758.

	
Research Group “Body and Textuality”
Coordinator: Dr. Meri Torras
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès)

Email: cg.lostextosdelcuerpo at uab.es

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