CFP: Louise Erdrich: New Essays in Criticism (11/30/06; collection)

full name / name of organization: 
Brajesh Sawhney

 =A0=0ALOUISE ERDRICH:NEW ESSAYS IN CRITICISM (COLLECTION)=0AAbstract:11/3=
0/06=0APapers :06/30/07=0AWinner of a National Book Critics Circle Award a=
nd many other awards, Louise Erdrich (1954 - ) is an internationally known =
contemporary American author. Although she is recognized as a poet, essayis=
t, and children's fiction writer, she is best known for her North Dakota sa=
ga: to date nine novels consistently compared to Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha s=
aga. These novels raise significant issues relating to gender, written genr=
es, authorship, and categorization of Native American literature. The latte=
r question of literary placement is particularly relevant. Erdrich is consi=
stently defined as a Native American or American Indian author, and yet con=
sistently in interviews she rejects that categorization claiming that it te=
nds to ghettoize American Indian authors. She prefers to be defined as Amer=
ican author.=0A =0APapers relating to issues relevant to fiction by Erdrich=
, in particular the placement issue noted above, but also questions about g=
enre (e.g., written texts inspired by oral traditions), about gender (e.g.,=
 intersections of gender and culture), about structure and narrative voice =
(e.g., Erdrich's multiple narrators), about authorship (the implications of=
 stages of Erdrich's collaborative writing with Michael Dorris),about geneo=
logy and oral history, aletrnate epistemologies,Ojibwa religion and spritua=
lity and about the ethics and politics of fiction labeled as Native America=
n are invited for an edited book of essays on Erdrich to be published by a =
reputed international publisher.Essays that focus on recent fiction by Erdr=
ich, particularly which have not been reserched in available anthologies on=
 Erdrich, are particularly welcome. The book will be marketed in the US,UK =
and other parts of the world as well. The title of the book will be: Louise=
 Erdrich: New Essays in Criticism. Papers are also invited on topics that a=
re not listed above. 400-500 words abstracts of papers may be sent on my em=
ail or the address listed below by 30 November 2006. Complete papers of 500=
0-8000 word limit will be due by 30 June 2007. =0A .=0AWith warm regards=
=0ABrajesh Sawhney=0A=0ADr. Brajesh Sawhney=0AReader, Department of English=
=0AKurukshetra University, Kurukshetra=0AHaryana, India-136119=0AFAX:+91-17=
44-23805=0AMOBLILE:+919896130411=0Abrajesh_67_at_rediffmail.com=0A=0A=0A

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