CFP: [Gender Studies] Women Writing Space: Representations of Gender and Space in post-1850 British Womenâs Writing
This one-day conference invites papers from a range of disciplines,
reflecting the scope of contemporary feminist interest in spatial
configurations. The conference will address the issue of “how British
women writers represent spaceâ€, considering questions such as, how do
women writers construct literary space? What types of spaces/places are
represented in works by women? How are received notions of space/place
interpreted, accepted, or contested? How do we theorise the textual
spaces in women’s writing?
We welcome papers covering British women’s writing over a period ranging
from the mid-19th century to the present. Topics may include, but are not
limited to:
ï¶ the theory of “separate spheres†and its cultural/literary
contestations;
ï¶ enclosed places, spaces of confinement;
ï¶ â€œWoman and the Cityâ€: the female flâneur;
ï¶ feminist dystopias/utopias;
ï¶ bodies in space/sexuality and space;
ï¶ borders and boundaries, liminality;
ï¶ theorising textual spaces through women’s writing;
ï¶ the (in)visibility of women’s position on social/cultural/ethnic
maps.
Please send a 300-word proposal for 20-minute papers by 30th October 2008
to the conference organisers, Arina Lungu and Charlotte Mathieson, at:
A-N.Lungu_at_warwick.ac.uk or c.e.mathieson_at_warwick.ac.uk
Guest Speakers: Rosa Ainley,Linda McDowell(Oxford),Deborah Parsons
(Birmingham),Lynne Walker(London)
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Received on Fri May 23 2008 - 11:15:12 EDT