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Zakir Majumder deposited Letters of 1971: The Politics and Poetics of Correspondence in the group
TC Anthropology and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThis study is premised upon my experience of translating _Ekattorer Chithi_ (Bengali title) or _Letters of 1971_ (English version of the title), an anthology of letters written by the freedom fighters of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971, into English. Letters of 1971, a collection of letters, diverse as they are in meaning and…[Read more]
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Hania Nashef deposited Challenging the myth of “a land without a people”: Mahmoud Darwish’s Journal of an Ordinary Grief and In the Presence of Absence in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agon his address at the Madrid Peace Conference, the Head of the Palestinian Delegation, Dr Haidar Abdul-Shafi challenged the persistent myth that has defined Palestinian existence for at least a century by saying: “For too long the Palestinian people have gone unheeded, silenced […] we have been victimized by the myth of ‘a land without a peopl…[Read more]
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Hania Nashef deposited Challenging the myth of “a land without a people”: Mahmoud Darwish’s Journal of an Ordinary Grief and In the Presence of Absence in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agon his address at the Madrid Peace Conference, the Head of the Palestinian Delegation, Dr Haidar Abdul-Shafi challenged the persistent myth that has defined Palestinian existence for at least a century by saying: “For too long the Palestinian people have gone unheeded, silenced […] we have been victimized by the myth of ‘a land without a peopl…[Read more]
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Francesco Ardolino deposited L’urlo. Del furor destructor a la afirmación de sí in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century French on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThe “Urlo”. From the deconstructive rage/fury to the ‘yes’ assertion.
In this article we offer a series of tableaux belonging to contemporary Romance literatures written by women, through a focus on a common feature which is that of the “urlo” (scream). Based on a selection of works mainly Italian, but also taken from other literatures of the Rom…[Read more] -
John Walsh started the topic CFP: Migrations of Cultures – Undergraduate Conference at Pitt in the discussion
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months ago“Migrations of Cultures” – Undergraduate Conference in the Modern Languages
To be held at the University of Pittsburgh, March 30-31, 2017
Calling all Advisors, spread the word to your students!
Do you want to share your ideas with other undergraduate students? Or get feedback on a paper? Maybe you are considering graduate school in one of the…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic "Global Arab Literature in the 21st Century" Seminar Panel, NeMLA, March 23-26) in the discussion
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoCFP: “Global Arab Literature in the 21st Century: Transformations, Shifts, and Changes” (Seminar Panel)
48th Annual NeMLA Convention
Baltimore, Maryland
March 23 – 26th, 2017Deadline to submit abstract: 10/07/2016
Categories: World Lit.
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
Institutional host: Johns Hopkins UniversitySeminar Panel on “Global Arab…[Read more]
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Jorge Calderón started the topic Appel de communications Feeling Queer / Queer Feeling Colloque international in the discussion
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoAppel de communications
Feeling Queer / Queer Feeling
Colloque international
Université de Toronto, Canada
24–26 mai 2017
L’affect est avant tout, dans l’ordre du corps, un phénomène physique et psychique, à la fois en-deçà et au-delà de la représentation, qui mobilise l’expérience concrète de soi, celle de l’autre et celle du monde. En…[Read more]
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Jorge Calderón started the topic Appel de communications Feeling Queer / Queer Feeling Colloque international in the discussion
Twentieth-Century French Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoAppel de communications
Feeling Queer / Queer Feeling
Colloque international
Université de Toronto, Canada
24–26 mai 2017
L’affect est avant tout, dans l’ordre du corps, un phénomène physique et psychique, à la fois en-deçà et au-delà de la représentation, qui mobilise l’expérience concrète de soi, celle de l’autre et celle du monde. En t…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic Rust Belt Post-Colonial Stories in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoRust Belt Literature
Public Group active 5 hours, 52 minutes ago
<div id=”item-meta”>We welcome your participation in the Rust Belt Literature group.
This group will host discussions of all types of literary responses to living in the Rust Belt, defined here as industrial communities in the United States. Those ho have been affected by the rust…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Rust Belt Post-Colonial Stories in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHi again @gloriamla,
I just wanted to pass on a message from @okala35shimobi that ended up in the Commons inbox:
Dear Gloria Lee McMillan,
Could you tell me how to get a copy of the stories? Though neither a resident nor specialist on the Rust Belt, I’m nonetheless interested in reading a story that uses post-colonialism to represent the e…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic Rust Belt Post-Colonial Stories in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoApologies to DANE for saying Diane!
I have uploaded my story to CORE and thank you, Nicky.
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Gloria Lee McMillan deposited Whiting Rich and Strange in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoTitle of short story: WHITING RICH AND STRANGE
A story of ethnic people in an oil refinery town in NW Indiana.
Comments are most welcome. This is part of a series of stories based in the industrial part of Chicago’s Indiana suburbs.I am also placing the story in the Shakespeare group because–after all–it is a Romeo and Juliet story.…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Rust Belt Post-Colonial Stories in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months ago@gloriamla, you can also upload a copy of the story to CORE, the MLA’s Open Access repository for member work. You’ll get a DOI (permanent link) to share with anyone—not just MLA members—and download statistics, and as CORE is a library-quality archive, your work will also be ensured longevity!
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic Rust Belt Post-Colonial Stories in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHello, Diane,
Please contact me at glomc@dakotacom.net. I will send a copy of the story.
I am also collecting stories from others for a short story collection to be called Children of Steel. These are fiction stories from people who have grown up in the rust belt in steel mill towns.
Please let others know. We ave a Children of Steel em…[Read more]
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Dane Johnson replied to the topic Rust Belt Post-Colonial Stories in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoI’m from Northwest Indiana, and I would be very interested in reading this story.
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic Rust Belt Post-Colonial Stories in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoThe ability to colonize, even to poison the people under the power of a colonial power has been studied in other countries. I would claim that the same “dumping” goes on in the Rust belt. People living in the Rust Belt in the US are under-represented in the United States “imaginary.”
Having grown up in the Rust Belt the child of a s…[Read more]
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Stefania Irene Sini started the topic Call for Papers. Wolfgang Iser – Towards a literary anthropology in the discussion
Anthropological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoEnthymema International journal of literary criticism, literary theory, and philosophy of literature (http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/enthymema)
Call for Papers. Wolfgang Iser – Towards a literary anthropology
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Christopher Michaelson started the topic Living list of stories to study ethics and economics of 21c global capitalism in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues,
A little over a year ago, I reached out on this forum for help identifying novels that explore, directly or allegorically, business, economic, and work-related behaviors – especially in the context of contemporary, developing markets. I am grateful for the enthusiastic response and excellent suggestions I received and to share t…[Read more]
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Alexa Huang deposited Yukio Ninagawa in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoStemming from a culture of translation, Ninagawa’s interpretations of Shakespeare were nurtured by Japan’s rebirth and consolidation of its national identity after the war. His stage works thrive in the contentious space between cultures. In fact, the notion that ‘modern Japan is a culture of translation’ has been taken for granted by many Japanes…[Read more]
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Susan Slyomovics deposited Visual Ethnography, Stereotypes, and Photographing Algeria in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoVisual Ethnography, Stereotypes, and Photographing Algeria
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