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

[Jane Sunderland]

Can I suggest that people concerned with this important project write
directly to each other, and not to the whole List? (and no attachments).

Jane

Jane Sunderland
Director of Studies, PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and Coursework
and New Route PhD
Dept. of Linguistics and English Language
Lancaster University
Lancs. LA1 4YT
 
j.sunderland at lancs.ac.uk
 
For the new Gender and Language Journal (details and subscriptions), see
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: International Gender and Language Association
[mailto:GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Karolina Sznycer
Sent: 25 August 2008 17:25
To: GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: [GALA-L] Odp: [GALA-L] Call for contributions to a gender
issues volume- Living with Patriarchy - Discursive Constructions of
Gendered Subjects Across Cultures

Dear  Maria Lúcia Rocha-Coutinho,

The abstract has to be sent to the following e-mail addresses
 inglas at hum.aau.dk and danijela at blic.net before September 8th.

Best wishes,
Karolina Sznycer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maria Lucia Rocha-Coutinho" <mlrochac at IMAGELINK.COM.BR>
To: <GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [GALA-L] Odp: [GALA-L] Call for contributions to a gender 
issues volume- Living with Patriarchy - Discursive Constructions of
Gendered 
Subjects Across Cultures


> Dear Karolina Sznycer,
>
> Enclosed is my article proposal.  Best wishes,  Maria Lúcia 
> Rocha-Coutinho.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "karolina Sznycer" <karam11 at WP.PL>
> To: <GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 5:33 AM
> Subject: [GALA-L] Odp: [GALA-L] Call for contributions to a gender
issues
> volume- Living with Patriarchy - Discursive Constructions of Gendered
> Subjects Across Cultures
>
>
>> 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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