FYI...Stefanie ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > From: Joan Callahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Call for Papers: Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association > > > >The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Studies Association Conference > >Memorial University > >St. John's, Newfoundland, June 9 & 10, 1997 > > > >Invites Papers > >on > >Race and Sexuality > > > > > >Because race is such a pervasive signifier in the organizations of > >societies, few papers could legitimately claim that race is of no concern > >to that topic. As such, we are seeking proposals which might address some > >of the following questions/themes: > > > >The racialization of sexual/gender identities. > >The social construction of whiteness. > >How racial identities are sexualized. > >The 'whitewashing' and gentrification of the "Queer Nation." > >How racial and sexual identities are (en)gendered. > >How racialized sexual identities inflect our efforts to organize for > >change. > >The reification of unmarked white queerness. > >How Eurocentric, white, and anglophone linguistic and cultural traditions > >affect the theoretical/empirical constructions of race and sexuality? > >Fragmentary borderlands and the splitting of identities: > >"gender/race/class/sexuality" - how do the "/" function? > >How does an analysis of the racialization of sexual identities inflect > >studies of romantic friendship, two-spirited people, Greco- Roman studies, > >etc? > > > >We especially encourage work by and about transgendered and bisexual > >identities. All proposals will be vetted and only papers which deal with > >the intersection of sexualities and race will be accepted. We invite > >Activists, Community-Workers, Students, and Faculty to submit proposals > >for presentation at the 1997 Conference. We also welcome both academic > >and non-academic submissions, including those which are artistic, visual > >and/or performance-based in a variety of print or visual mediums. > > > > > >Deadline: December 15, 1996 > > > > > >Please send abstracts to: > > > >Connie Carter > >c/o Graduate Programme in Women's Studies > > N909 Ross > > York University > > 4700 Keele Street > > North York, Ontario > > M3J 1P3 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >This message was written by Jean Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Department of Resource Management Lincoln University, Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************
