CULTURAL CARTOGRAPHIES

CULTURAL CARTOGRAPHIES:
SURVEYING THE POSTCOLONIAL BODY

REQUESTING SUBMISSIONS FOR A GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, NC

MARCH 29-31, 1996

Questions concerning the "body" are central to postcolonial inquiry. What is the relationship between the individual body and the body politic? Between identity and its embodiment? Between the speaking subject and the dominant discourse? By surveying film, literature, and other cultural texts, CULTURAL CARTOGRAPHIES seeks to identify and explore the racialization and sexualization of postcolonial bodies. The conference will attempt to chart how textuality, adornment, violence, and subjectivity affect the construction and comprehension of personal and political identity in the context of colonial and postcolonial power dynamics.

We welcome papers, creative manuscripts, and panel proposals that exhibit a variety of critical and artistic engagements with postcolonial discourse. Submissions may be specific to a national or regional literature, to a single author or theorist, or they may treat broader subjects such as new definitions of Genre, Gender, Eroticism vs. Pornography, or Literary Sexuality, as well as specific issues of national and colonial representation.

Chris Eyre, a Native American filmmaker, will highlight the schedule of conference events with a screening of his latest project. Additional activities will include addresses by visiting faculty, and a $100 prize for an outstanding paper sponsored by the electronic journals Postmodern Culture and Jouvert: a journal of postcolonial studies.

PLEASE MAIL OR E-MAIL A DETAILED 1-2 PAGE ABSTRACT BY JANUARY 13, 1996 TO:

Mike Malouf (mgmalouf@unity.ncsu.edu)

OR SEND CREATIVE MS TO:

Matt Krieb (makreib@unity.ncsu.edu)

Mailing address for both:

Cultural Cartographies
c/o English Department
Box 8105, Tompkins Hall
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8105