<DIV>Dear Inger Lassen and Danijela Majstorovic,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I would like to contribute to your book. My contribution will be based on my research on gender and language in Brazil. I will send you a title and an abstract before 8 September.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best wishes,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Izabel Magalhães,</DIV>
<DIV>Rua Maria Tomásia, 1261, apto. 102, Aldeota,</DIV>
<DIV>60150170 Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.</DIV>
<DIV>Tel.: (+55)85-32675931</DIV>
<DIV>e-mail: <A href="mailto:mizabel@uol.com.br">mizabel@uol.com.br</A></DIV>
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<DIV>> > Dear potential contributor</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > As an outcome of the 2008 CADAAD conference, a number of articles dealing </DIV>
<DIV>> > with critical analyses of discourses and gender were presented. Meanwhile, </DIV>
<DIV>> > on the initiative of Dr. Danijela Majstorovic, Banjaluka University and </DIV>
<DIV>> > Chris Hart, Hertfordshire University, we have approached John Benjamins </DIV>
<DIV>> > Publishing Company to inquire about their interest in publishing a volume </DIV>
<DIV>> > with contributions on gender issues. The preliminary working title </DIV>
<DIV>> > proposed to Benjamins was/is:</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > Living with Patriarchy - Discursive Constructions of Gendered Subjects </DIV>
<DIV>> > across Cultures</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > The response from Benjamins was positive, and the series editors of </DIV>
<DIV>> > 'Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture' are now looking </DIV>
<DIV>> > forward to a book proposal from us. We therefore invite you to express </DIV>
<DIV>> > your interest in submitting an article to be considered for inclusion in </DIV>
<DIV>> > the book proposal we (the universities of Aalborg and Banjaluka) are going </DIV>
<DIV>> > to prepare. If you are interested in contributing towards the volume, </DIV>
<DIV>> > please reply to this email as soon as possible, confirming your interest, </DIV>
<DIV>> > and please also submit a title and an abstract for your paper to</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > inglas@hum.aau.dk and danijela@blic.net no later than 8 September 2008.</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > The book proposal will be based on your abstracts, and provided the </DIV>
<DIV>> > proposal is accepted by the publisher, your manuscripts should reach us by </DIV>
<DIV>> > 15 January 2009.(But more about that later)</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > The purpose of the volume would be to have a range of papers with a </DIV>
<DIV>> > discourse analytic focus (analyses of media texts, focus group or </DIV>
<DIV>> > interview transcripts from parliamentary debates, work situations, </DIV>
<DIV>> > everyday situations, etc...), empirically grounded, contextualized and </DIV>
<DIV>> > dealing with different aspects of discourses constructing gendered </DIV>
<DIV>> > subjects on the continuum between patriarchy on one end and </DIV>
<DIV>> > equality/emancipatory potentials on the other, seeing that the take on </DIV>
<DIV>> > gender issues seems to vary across cultures. In the conference at </DIV>
<DIV>> > Hertfordshire University, we realized different contexts and became aware </DIV>
<DIV>> > that variation in knowledge allows for differences in the perception and </DIV>
<DIV>> > the study of gendered subjects; this is why we are proposing a volume with </DIV>
<DIV>> > an international focus where these specific positions of gendered subjects </DIV>
<DIV>> > can be located and critically analyzed. We hope that different discourses, </DIV>
<DIV>> > contexts, multidisciplinarity and multimethodness will help create a </DIV>
<DIV>> > compilation of articles that can:</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > a. help gain a better understanding of the role of discourses, gender and </DIV>
<DIV>> > societal differences in the world</DIV>
<DIV>> > b. bring forth new forms of non-hierarchical knowledge and interaction</DIV>
<DIV>> > c. be used for language/discourse and gender/postcoloniality classes</DIV>
<DIV>> > d. and be a great teaching aid in terms of theory and research </DIV>
<DIV>> > methodology.</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > We look forward to hearing from you.</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > Best wishes</DIV>
<DIV>> > Inger lassen and Danijela Majstorovic</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > -- </DIV>
<DIV>> > Inger Lassen, Professor mso, ph.d.</DIV>
<DIV>> > Aalborg University</DIV>
<DIV>> > Department of Language and Culture</DIV>
<DIV>> > Kroghstraede 3</DIV>
<DIV>> > DK-9220 Aalborg</DIV>
<DIV>> > Denmark</DIV>
<DIV>> ></DIV>
<DIV>> > Telephone: +45 99409178</DIV>
<DIV>> > Private: +45 98811128</DIV>
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