Love and Its Reversals in Peninsular and Latin American Literature (Panel –  Virtual Only)

NeMLA 2027 — 58th Annual Convention
March 6–9, 2027 | Newport, Rhode Island
Virtual Only

Love has long occupied a central place in Peninsular and Latin American literature, but literary representations of love also expose its reversals, contradictions, and darker dimensions. This panel explores representations of love and its reversals—including desire, rejection, violence, hate, and eroticism—with particular attention to questions of gender, subjectivity, power, and social norms.

We welcome papers that examine how literary texts complicate conventional understandings of romantic or erotic love and explore the boundaries between love and its apparent opposites. Papers may address questions of gender and sexuality, desire and subject formation, intimacy and violence, social expectations, or the cultural and political dimensions of love. Comparative and feminist approaches are especially welcome, as are papers engaging with Spanish-, Portuguese-, or English-language texts. Other theoretical, historical, or interdisciplinary approaches are also encouraged.

Abstract proposal deadline: September 30, 2026

Please submit your abstract through the NeMLA conference submission system. Search for Panel 22283: “Love and Its Reversals in Peninsular and Latin American Literature.”

For conference information and submission instructions, visit:
https://www.nemla.org/convention.html

Membership is not required to submit an abstract. If accepted, presenters must become NeMLA members and register for the convention.