Odp: [GALA-L] Call for contributions to a gender issues volume- Living with Patriarchy - Discursive Constructions of Gendered Subjects Across Cultures

[karolina Sznycer]

Dnia 13-08-2008 o godz. 23:19 Danijela Majstorovic napisał(a):
> > Dear potential contributor
> >
> > As an outcome of the 2008 CADAAD conference, a number of articles dealing
> > with critical analyses of discourses and gender were presented. Meanwhile,
> > on the initiative of Dr. Danijela Majstorovic, Banjaluka University and
> > Chris Hart, Hertfordshire University, we have approached John Benjamins
> > Publishing Company to inquire about their interest in publishing a volume
> > with contributions on gender issues. The preliminary working title
> > proposed to Benjamins was/is:
> >
> > Living with Patriarchy - Discursive Constructions of Gendered Subjects
> > across Cultures
> >
> > The response from Benjamins was positive, and the series editors of
> > 'Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture' are now looking
> > forward to a book proposal from us. We therefore invite you to express
> > your interest in submitting an article to be considered for inclusion in
> > the book proposal we (the universities of Aalborg and Banjaluka) are going
> > to prepare. If you are interested in contributing towards the volume,
> > please reply to this email as soon as possible, confirming your interest,
> > and please also submit a title and an abstract for your paper to
> >
> > inglas at hum.aau.dk and danijela at blic.net no later than 8 September 2008.
> >
> > The book proposal will be based on your abstracts, and provided the
> > proposal is accepted by the publisher, your manuscripts should reach us by
> > 15 January 2009.(But more about that later)
> >
> > The purpose of the volume would be to have a range of papers with a
> > discourse analytic focus (analyses of media texts, focus group or
> > interview transcripts from parliamentary debates, work situations,
> > everyday situations, etc...), empirically grounded, contextualized and
> > dealing with different aspects of discourses constructing gendered
> > subjects on the continuum between patriarchy on one end and
> > equality/emancipatory potentials on the other, seeing that the take on
> > gender issues seems to vary across cultures. In the conference at
> > Hertfordshire University, we realized different contexts and became aware
> > that variation in knowledge allows for differences in the perception and
> > the study of gendered subjects; this is why we are proposing a volume with
> > an international focus where these specific positions of gendered subjects
> > can be located and critically analyzed. We hope that different discourses,
> > contexts, multidisciplinarity and multimethodness will help create a
> > compilation of articles that can:
> >
> > a. help gain a better understanding of the role of discourses, gender and
> > societal differences in the world
> > b. bring forth new forms of non-hierarchical knowledge and interaction
> > c. be used for language/discourse and gender/postcoloniality classes
> > d. and  be a great teaching aid in terms of theory and research
> > methodology.
> >
> > We look forward to hearing from you.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Inger lassen and Danijela Majstorovic
> >
> >
> > --
> > Inger Lassen, Professor mso, ph.d.
> > Aalborg University
> > Department of Language and Culture
> > Kroghstraede 3
> > DK-9220  Aalborg
> > Denmark
> >
> > Telephone: +45 99409178
> > Private:   +45 98811128
> >
> >
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Dear Sir/Madam,

I'm writing to confirm that I'm immensely interested in contributing to 
the volume combining gender problems and critical discourse analysis.

Yours faithfully,
Karolina Sznycer

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