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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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";
color:blue'>fasmml@nus.edu.sg</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
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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";
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