Self-Denigration (MLA January 2011; Abstracts 3/5/10)
Special session for MLA 2011 in Los Angeles.
Papers addressing masochism, self-punishment, religious mortification, rituals and communities of self-abnegation, self-loathing, and/or askesis in literature and/or theory.
300-word abstracts and CVs by March 5 to both Deanna Kreisel (Deanna.Kreisel@ubc.ca) and Bo Earle (Bo.Earle@ubc.ca).