[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Post-Colonial Cannibalism in Literature and the Arts (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

NEMLA Convention, Baltimore March 1-4, 2007
Submission Deadline for abstract: September 15, 2006

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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