CFP: Ulbandus 11 - High/Low: The Arts, Literature & Popular Culture

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High/Low: The Arts, Literature & Popular Culture

The 11th edition of Ulbandus will be dedicated to theorizing and
analyzing the relationships between the arts, literature, and
popular culture in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Central and
Eastern Europe.  Submissions should address some aspect of how art
and literature relate to popular culture in this part of the world.
 Examples of possible topics for exploration include:

•	What does ‘popular’ mean in relation to literature and culture? In
what ways do artistic, literary
	and popular cultures relate to and/or depend on one another?

•	How have the divisions and relations between ‘high’ and ‘low’
culture functioned over time?
	At what periods and historical moments has their status or
relationship to one another changed?

•	How have artistic, literary and popular cultures been defined or
complicated by form, media,
	technological progress, etc?

•	How have the cultural, political, and historical legacies of
Russia, the Soviet Union, and Central and
	Eastern Europe affected the interactions between ‘high’ and ‘low’
art forms in this area of the world?

•	How have earlier literary and other art forms been redefined or
reconfigured as a result of shifts
	towards mass modes of production, distribution, or consumption?

•	How have changes in notions of culture and literacy affected the
relationship between art,
	literature, and popular culture?

Popular culture could include any area of culture related to the
daily life and practices of a broad spectrum of the public,
including but not limited to:

•	the domestic sphere (cooking), clothing (fashion), and means of
consumption (shopping);
•	popular literature (popular/pulp fiction, comics, children’s lit.,
women’s lit., etc.);
•	current events and the mass media (film, television, magazines,
newspapers, radio, the Internet);
•	entertainment and ‘popular’ art forms (gambling, sports, jokes,
cabaret, street theatre, graffiti);
•	observance of holidays and other practices of commemoration.

As always, Ulbandus welcomes non-traditional and/or experimental
pieces and contributions from outside of the Slavic field are
warmly invited. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is May 30,
2007.  Final submissions need to be received by September 30 to be
considered for publication.

Manuscripts should be double-spaced and not exceed 25 pages in
length. Artwork should be submitted in TIFF format at a resolution
of at least 600 dpi. Electronic submissions are strongly
encouraged. Interested applicants may also submit hard copies of
papers to:

ULBANDUS
Columbia University
1130 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail code 2839
New York, NY, 10027 (USA)

For posted submissions, please include (2) two print copies as well
as a copy in rich text file on CD-R. For further details, see our
website at
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/slavic/etc/pubs/ulbandus/index.html
Ulbandus is a peer-reviewed journal.

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