Call for contributions to a gender issues volume- Living with Patr iarchy - Discursive Constructions of Ge ndered Subjects Across Cultures

[mizabel]

Dear Inger Lassen and Danijela Majstorovic,

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.

Best wishes,

Izabel Magalhães,
Rua Maria Tomásia, 1261, apto. 102, Aldeota,
60150170 Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.
Tel.: (+55)85-32675931
e-mail: mizabel at uol.com.br

> > 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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