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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(Apologies for cross-posting)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m putting together a panel titled ‘<i>Feminisms in
Discourse</i>’ at the next Sociolinguistics Symposium, SS18, to be held in
Southampton (United Kingdom), 1-4 September 2010. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Description of panel:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The terms ‘feminist’/’feminism’ are viewed in a variety of
ways today: with suspicion and antipathy, as outmoded and redundant, or as a
rallying self-identity marker for particular purposes, depending on the
interactants and the situations. This panel seeks to explore how notions
about ‘feminists’ and/or ‘feminisms’ are construed explicitly in and through
discourse i.e. how that gets to be talked about, represented, or acted upon in
ways that may be sympathetic, disengaged, hostile, cooptative and so on, in
texts and talk of everyday life. Papers, based on sizeable empirical
data, should clearly outline the analytical framework and methodology used in
the study, and provide explicit and systematic analysis of the communicative
strategies evident in the data. The panel aims to investigate the myriad
ways in which ‘feminists’ and ‘feminisms’ are understood by women and men (and
girls and boys) in a variety of communicative settings, and cultural and
(inter)national contexts. A variety of theoretical and methodological
perspectives is welcome.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If anyone whose research fits within the concerns of the
panel, and would like to participate, please contact me <b>directly and</b> <b>privately</b>
at <a href="mailto:ellmml@nus.edu.sg">ellmml@nus.edu.sg</a> I’m looking
for initial expressions of interest by 26 October, followed by abstracts of 500
words by 4 November. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Michelle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Michelle M. Lazar (Associate
Professor) </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>:: Assistant Dean (Graduate Studies and Research), Dean’s
Office, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences :: National University of
Singapore :: The Shaw Foundation Building, Blk AS7 Level 6, Division of
Research and Graduate Studies, 5 Arts Link, Singapore 117570 :: 65-6516 7537
(DID) :: 65-6773 2981 (Fax) :: </span><a href="mailto:fasmohc@nus.edu.sg"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>fasmml@nus.edu.sg</span></a><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> (E) :: </span><a
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Academic Convenor, Gender Studies Minor Programme ::
National University of Singapore :: Department of English Language and
Literature, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, AS5, 7 Arts Link,
Singapore 117570 :: 65-6516 3700 (DID) :: 65-6773 2981 (Fax) :: </span><a
href="mailto:ellmml@nus.edu.sg"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ellmml@nus.edu.sg</span></a><span
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