Hello sir, kindly clear one term mentioned that is " festishistic scopophilia" which is not known to me. regards sharad tripathi.
On 10/3/13, muruganandan.k <send2...@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Conference Alerts <ale...@conferencealerts.com> > Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 01:59:16 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: 1st Global Conference: Sexuality and Disability > To: send2...@gmail.com > > 1st Global Conference: Sexuality and Disability > > Tuesday 6th May - Thursday 8th May 2014 > Lisbon, Portugal > > Call For Presentations: > > "Sexuality is an integral part of the personality of everyone: man, > woman and child; it is a basic need and aspect of being human that > cannot be separated from other aspects life." (World Health > Organisation) > > Statistics suggest that over 50 percent of disabled people do not have > a sex life, which is not surprising given the fact that disabled > people are too often considered as non-sexual or asexual. Recent > television programmes shown in the UK have attempted to document the > sex and love lives of the disabled, The Undateables and Sex on Wheels > (both Channel 4 TV). While such programmes can be seen as progressive > in terms of acknowledging that disabled people want and/or have sex > lives, moving away from the popular perception of disabled people as > asexual, they also perpetuate the medical model of disability in which > disability is constructed in sympathetic terms and portrayed in a > voyeuristic fashion: disability as object of festishistic scopophilia. > While social issue cinema continues to evoke sympathy rather than > challenge conventions, horror cinema constructs disability not only as > sexualised but often as monstrous abnormality linked with criminality. > Images of disability may aim at evoking disgust through the > construction of the discourse of abjection. In addition, the sex lives > of the disabled are too often ignored within the arena of disability > politics itself. > > This conference seeks to challenge popular conceptions and perceptions > of sexuality and disability. In addition to academic papers, we are > particularly interested in opening up a space for the discussion of > personal experiences of disability and sexuality and the role of sex > workers, community programs and the work of sex educators. > Inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary perspectives are sought on > sexuality and disability, including cross-cultural and transcultural > perspectives. Non-traditional presentations are encouraged including > workshops, performances and round table discussions. > > Papers, presentations, workshops and pre-formed panels are also > invited on any of the following themes: > > Representations of Disability and Sexuality > - Visual images – painting, photography, advertising > - Moving images – television, film, video, theatre, performance art > - Music and disability – music videos, groups, artists > - Narratives of disability – poetry, biography, autobiography, > fiction and non-fiction > > Desire and Disability > - The fetishization of disability > - Normative/Non-normative desires > - Voyeurism and disability > - Eroticism and disability > - Disability and the politics of disgust > - Dating and disability > > Gender and Disability > - Feminism and disability politics > - Femininity and Masculinity and disability > - Gender, class and disability > - Body image and disability > > Sexualities of Disability > - queer, trans, and other non-normative sexualities > - disabilities and sexualities > - aging and sexuality > - appropriate versus inappropriate expressions of sexuality > > Difference and Disability > - Visible/invisible disabilities > - Intellectual disabilities > - Mental health issues including depression > - Ethnicity, sexuality and disability > > Sex Work and Disability > - Sex educators > - Sex workers > - Community programs > - State run programs > > Law, Ethics, the State and Disability > - Eugenics and state stationed sterilisation > - Legislation, disability and sexuality > - Ethics, desire and disability > - Cultural conceptions of disability and sexuality > - Sexual abuse and disability > > Presentations will also be considered on any related theme. > > In order to support and encourage interdisciplinarity engagement, it > is our intention to create the possibility of starting dialogues > between the parallel events running during this conference. 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