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</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><b>Women Writing the
Second World War - deadline 30 September 2012</b></h2><br><br>
full name / name of organization: <br>
Ravenel Richardson/NEMLA March 21-24 2013<br>
contact email: <br>
<a href="mailto:ravenelrichardson@gmail.com">
ravenelrichardson@gmail.com</a><br><br>
Call for Papers<br><br>
Women Writing the Second World War<br><br>
44th Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association
(NeMLA)<br>
March 21-24, 2013<br>
Boston, Massachusetts<br>
Host Institution: Tufts University<br><br>
Women Writing the Second World War<br>
Session ID 13339<br>
The Second World War lasted six years, crossed continents, and resulted
in the death of approximately fifty million people. Women served in the
air force and armed services, and took part in an unprecedented level of
war efforts that included everything from making bandages to building
airplanes. Modern technology, particularly its production by civilian
populations, resulted in the ‘paradox of modern warfare’, or the blurring
of the categories of civilian and combatant that resulted in entire
societies being viewed as legitimate targets (Overy 2006: 45). Women’s
Second World War writing, which often depicts war not in terms of glory,
validation, or necessity, but as the destruction of women’s lives and
communities, thwarted post-war nationalist agendas of returning society
to the mythical status quo of nuclear families, men as protectors and
providers, and women as mothers flourishing in the domestic sphere. While
men’s war writing was a socially legitimized form of discourse, Margaret
Higgonet explains that women writing about war were viewed as
‘trespassers’ that transgressed ‘many taboos’ and their accounts of the
war were criticized and/or suppressed (1993: 206). In recent decades,
women’s war writing has received renewed attention, yet much work is yet
to be done in this area.<br><br>
This transnational panel will examine women’s experiences and
representations of the Second World War as recorded in various genres
including fiction, drama, journalism, diary, letters, and autobiography.
Papers addressing the destruction of women’s lives and communities in the
domestic sphere will be given preference. Texts originally written in any
language are welcome, but papers are to be presented in English. 500 word
abstract/CV to Ravenel Richardson: with the subject line NEMLA
2013.<br><br>
Deadline: September 30, 2012<br>
Please include with your abstract:<br>
Name and Affiliation<br>
Email address<br>
Postal address<br>
Telephone number<br>
A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee with registration)<br><br>
The 2013 NeMLA convention continues the Association's tradition of
sharing innovative scholarship in an engaging and generative location.
The 44th annual event will be held in historic Boston, Massachusetts, a
city known for its national and maritime history, academic facilities and
collections, vibrant art, theatre, and food scenes, and blend of
architecture. The Convention, located centrally near Boston Commons and
the Theatre District at the Hyatt Regency, will include keynote and guest
speakers, literary readings, film screenings, tours and
workshops.<br><br>
Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA
session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or
seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also
present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.
<a href="http://www.nemla.org/convention/2013/cfp.html">
http://www.nemla.org/convention/2013/cfp.html</a><br>
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