FW: Women Writing the Second World War (9/30/2012; 3/21-24/2013) Boston, NEMLA

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>Women Writing the Second World War - deadline 30 September 2012
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>full name / name of organization:
>Ravenel Richardson/NEMLA March 21-24 2013
>contact email:
><mailto:ravenelrichardson at gmail.com>ravenelrichardson at gmail.com
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>Call for Papers
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>Women Writing the Second World War
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>44th Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
>March 21-24, 2013
>Boston, Massachusetts
>Host Institution: Tufts University
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>Women Writing the Second World War
>Session ID 13339
>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.
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>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.
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>Deadline: September 30, 2012
>Please include with your abstract:
>Name and Affiliation
>Email address
>Postal address
>Telephone number
>A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee with registration)
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>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.
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>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. 
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