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Lila Marz Harper deposited “Swimming among the Jellyfish”: travel guides, Elizabeth von Arnim, and Rügen in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoIn the opening of Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen (1904), the protagonist, Elizabeth, comes across Marianne North’s autobiography, Recollections of a Happy Life (1894) and her description of the bathing near Putbus, “a sandy cove where the water was always calm, and of how you floated about on its crystal surface, and be…[Read more]
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Lila Marz Harper deposited “These Things Are a Parable”: Natural History Metaphors and Audience in Felix Holt (1866) in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoIt is apparent that George Eliot’s novels were heavily engaged with development in natural history; her metaphors made use of and reflected on mid-1800s discussions of evolution and taxonomy. In this essay, research in science history and Eliot studies leads to evidence of how, in Felix Holt (1866), Eliot was influenced by evolutionary s…[Read more]
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Armando Maggi started the topic Concept of "Ruins" in Contemporary Culture in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoI’m interested in investigating the concept of ‘ruins’ in its broadest connotations, certainly not limited to its most common sense of ancient or modern ‘ruined’ building.
I am proposing a seminar at the next ACLA conference, and proposals for this seminar can be posted until the end of October 2020. This is a link to the seminar “Ruins: Marvel,…[Read more]
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Anna Castillo started the topic Thank you for the nomination! in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoHello to all! Many thanks for the recent nomination for a seat on the Executive Committee of the LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American Forum. I’m a newcomer to the MLA Commons, so let me introduce myself. I am the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Spanish at Vanderbilt University, where I research and teach contemporary literature and…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic (Oct 28) Decolonizing Diasporas/Afro-Atlantic Lit: A Panel Discussion in the discussion
2020 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoJoin us Wednesday, October 28 at 7:30 PM Eastern/6:30 PM Central for a virtual panel discussion about Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez’s new book, Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature.
Mapping literature from Spanish-speaking sub-Saharan African and Afro-Latinx Caribbean diasporas, Decolonizing Diasporas argues tha…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Global Studies.” The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism, ed. Evelyn Gajowski (London: Bloomsbury, 2021), pp. 247-261 in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoGlobal studies enable us to examine deceivingly harmonious images of Shakespeare. This chapter focuses on the modern period and introduces readers to a number of key concepts in Shakespeare and global studies, namely censorship and redaction, genre, gender, race, and politics of reception. Performing Shakespeare not only creates channels between…[Read more]
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Benigno Trigo started the topic Introduction and many thanks! in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoHello, everyone! I’ve been nominated for a seat on the Executive Committee of the LLC Puerto Rican Forum Panel, so I’d like to tell you a little about myself. My research interests include nineteenth and twentieth century Latin American and Caribbean Literature; Women’s Writing; Psychoanalysis and Autobiography. My publications include Malady a…[Read more]
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Ana León-Távora started the topic Invitation Book Presentation in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoDear colleagues,
I would like to invite you to the presentation of the English translation of Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Pixel Flesh (Carne de Píxel) by my dear colleague and friend Zachary Rockwell Ludington.
The Embassy of Spain will host an online presentation and reading on Friday, October 9 at 3pm EST. Zachary will be joined by Agu…[Read more]
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Ana León-Távora started the topic Invitation Book Presentation in the discussion
21st Century Hybrid Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoDear colleagues,
I would like to invite you to the presentation of the English translation of Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Pixel Flesh (Carne de Píxel) by my dear colleague and friend Zachary Rockwell Ludington.
The Embassy of Spain will host an online presentation and reading on Friday, October 9 at 3pm EST. Zachary will be joined by Agustín and…[Read more]
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Preetha Mani deposited An Aesthetics of Isolation: How Pudumaippittan Gave Pre-Eminence to the Tamil Short Story in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoThe influential Tamil writer Pudumaippittan turned to the short story to theorize the relationship between literature and society in the late-colonial era. He used the genre’s brevity to compress his portrayals of well-known female types—such as widows, prostitutes, and goodwives—into singular emotional events. This enabled Pudumaippittan to evoke…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Sendebar (1253) Spanish version in the group
CLCS Mediterranean on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoThis unit contains a brief introduction in Spanish, an edition of the original Castilian text with facing modernization and notes in Spanish, and a short bibliography.
This unit contains a selection of texts from the Sendebar (1253), one of the most famous and widespread collections of exemplary literature in the Middle Ages, with versions in…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Sendebar (1253) English version in the group
CLCS Mediterranean on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoThis unit contains a brief introduction in English, an edition of the original Castilian text with facing English translation and notes, and a short bibliography.
This unit contains a selection of texts from the Sendebar (1253), one of the most famous and widespread collections of exemplary literature in the Middle Ages, with versions in…[Read more]
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Ana León-Távora started the topic CFP ACLA 2021 (online) in the discussion
21st Century Hybrid Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoDear colleagues:I’d like to invite you to submit a proposal for the seminar at ACLA that I am organizing together with Rosalía Cornejo-Parriego. As you can read below, the seminar welcomes contributions on any medium, including digital texts and social media, so you may find it attractive. ¡Muchas gracias!
Title: The Shaping of Afro-Spaniard I…[Read more]
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Ana León-Távora started the topic CFP ACLA 2021 (online) in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoDear colleagues:
I’d like to invite you to submit a proposal for the seminar at ACLA that I am organizing together with Rosalía Cornejo-Parriego.
Title: The Shaping of Afro-Spaniard Identities: From the Colonial View to Counternarratives of Blackness within Spanish Culture (1920-2020)
Description: The numerous protests against systemic racism…[Read more]
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A. David Lewis deposited CFP – Graphic Medicine at PCA 2021 in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoIn conjunction with the Popular Culture Association (PCA) holding their 2021 conference in Boston, contributors and attendees of the New England Graphic Medicine (NEGM) Virtual Summit are proposing a slate of programming that now is welcoming additional participants.
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Erin K. Hogan started the topic CFP due Oct 31st for ACLA online April 8-11, 2021 in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 5 months agoColegas, I would like to invite you to submit to an ACLA seminar that I’m proposing. The conference will be held virtually between April 8-11. I include the CFP below. I hope that you will consider submitting! Salud y saludos, Erin
Spanish Society Must Be Defended?: Revisiting Foucault, Biopolitics, and Sovereignty Today This proposed seminar rev…[Read more]
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Carmen Moreno-Diaz started the topic CFP ACLA 2021 (online) in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDear colleagues,
Please find attached the CFP for the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) conference that this year will take place online.
We look forward to your participation!
Saludos a todxs, y buen comienzo de semestre!
Carmen.
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Ryan Watson deposited Introduction: radical documentary today in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 5 years, 5 months agoThe introduction to a special issue of Studies in Documentary Film I co-edited with Sarah Hamblin on “Radical Documentary in the Globalized Age of New Media”
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Doris Hambuch deposited Liberating Bicycles in Niki Caro’s ‘Whale Rider’ and in Haifaa Al Mansour’s ‘Wadjda’ in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 5 years, 5 months agoSusan B. Anthony declared in 1896 that the bicycle “has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.” The comparative study of ‘Whale Rider’ (2002) and ‘Wadjda’ (2012) demonstrates that this liberating effect of the basic tool of transportation is being reinforced in the new millennium. The analysis further situates two con…[Read more]
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Doris Hambuch deposited Liberating Bicycles in Niki Caro’s ‘Whale Rider’ and in Haifaa Al Mansour’s ‘Wadjda’ in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 5 years, 5 months agoSusan B. Anthony declared in 1896 that the bicycle “has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.” The comparative study of ‘Whale Rider’ (2002) and ‘Wadjda’ (2012) demonstrates that this liberating effect of the basic tool of transportation is being reinforced in the new millennium. The analysis further situates two con…[Read more]
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