Theorizing Borders -- MLA 2013, Boston, January 3-6 -- ABSTRACTS DUE March 15

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Kelly L. Bezio
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Abstracts, approximately 250 words, and current CV by 15 March 2012

Papers sought interrogating the theoretical usefulness of concepts like "border-crossing," "transnational," "cosmopolitan," "frontier," etc. How has these terms' analytical applicability evolved or been challenged?