29.415, Calls: Linguistics & Literature/Italy

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Subject: 29.415, Calls: Linguistics & Literature/Italy

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:03:44
From: douglas ponton [dponton at unict.it]
Subject: Blues in the 21st Century: Myth, Social Expression and Transculturalism

 
Full Title: Blues in the 21st Century: Myth, Social Expression and Transculturalism 
Short Title: BMSET 

Date: 23-Nov-2018 - 24-Nov-2018
Location: Catania, Italy 
Contact Person: Douglas Ponton
Meeting Email: dmponton at unict.it

Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature 

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2018 

Meeting Description:

Since its beginnings in the late 19th century, the Blues has been more than a
music style with a seminal impact on 20th century popular music. As a medium
of social expression, it articulated the tribulations of an entire black
culture, male and female. Discourses about race were as much an integral part
of the evolution of the blues as were those of class, when young white kids -
in America and European countries, especially the UK - adopted the music for
their political and social ends. Idealising/romanticising black models of
living, their interpretations verged on myths on the one hand, but on the
other brought out transcultural features of the blues in their performative
acts. Other realms of performing arts, such as literature, films, etc., speak
of the flexibility of the blues. Its commercialisation by white and black
record companies, or annual festivals, is another proof of its durability.
Bearing this in mind, any doubt about the survival of the blues in the 21st
century is rendered obsolete. 

This multi-disciplinary conference aims to trace the socio-political,
historical, economic, transcultural, linguistic and musicological dimensions
of the blues, and to emphasise the viability of this artistic and social
medium.

Venue: University of Catania, Department of Political and Social Sciences


Final Call for Papers:

Blues in the 21st Century – Myth, Social Expression and Transculturalism

Dates: 23-24 November 2018

We invite contributions on themes that may include (but are not limited to):

- The Blues in film and media, or social media
- Performers and performance (current or historical perspectives)
- Typologies of Blues performance (festivals, street music, busking, etc.)
- Socio-political phenomena, music of protest
- History and cultural heritage, African roots, etc.
- Impact on literature and other cultural forms
- Urban/rural musical contexts and identities
- White and black identity issues
- Forms of audience participation
- Musical travel and forms of tourism linked to the Blues
- Blues and Gender
- Blues and kindred/related styles
- Future of the Blues (e.g. Rap, etc.)
- National scenes and their differences/analogies
- Blues and Marketing (foundations, awards, challenges)

The conference will be held in Catania, at the Department of Political and
Social Sciences, University of Catania (http://www.dsps.unict.it/), from 23-24
November, 2018.

Abstracts of not more than 250 words should be sent, by 30 June 2018 to Uwe
Zagratzki (uwe.zagratzki at uni-oldenburg.de) and Douglas Mark Ponton
(dponton at unict.it). Please indicate your name, professional/academic
affiliations, a postal address and email. Authors will be informed of the
outcome of the selection process by 15 July.

Selected contributions will be included in a peer-reviewed volume for
publication.  

Uwe Zagratzki, Professor of Anglophone Literatures, Szczecin University/Poland
(uwe.zagratzki at uni-oldenburg.de
uwe.zagratzki at usz.edu.pl) Research profile under
www.staff.uni-oldenburg.de/uwe.zagratzki

Douglas Mark Ponton, Associate Professor of English Language and Translation.
Research Gate profile: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Douglas_Ponton/publications. 

Catania University page:
http://www.dsps.unict.it/content/scheda-docente?cf=UE5URExTNThIMDVaMTE0TA==




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