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Seo-Young Chu deposited “I, Stereotype: Detained in the Uncanny Valley” in the group
GS Speculative Fiction on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoIn “I, Stereotype,” Seo-Young Chu applies Mori’s theory of the uncanny valley not to robots but to a different species of humanoid artifact: stereotypes of the “yellow peril.” Through analyses of stories by Sax Rohmer, World War Two propaganda, and films from the Bond franchise, Chu investigates ways in which the logic of the uncanny valley has…[Read more]
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Esha Sil started the topic Lorna Sage Memorial Lecture 2022: Paul Gilroy in the discussion
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoThe School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia (UEA) is delighted to announce that this year’s Annual Lorna Sage Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Paul Gilroy.
Date: Thursday 9th June 2022Time: 17:30-19:00, followed by a drinks reception
Location: Lecture Theatre 1
Paul was the recipient of the 2019 H…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited Onscreen Allusions to Shakespeare: International Films, Television, and Theatre, ed. Alexa Alice Joubin and Victoria Bladen (Palgrave, 2022) in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoShakespeare’s plays and motifs have been appropriated in fragmentary forms on screen since motion pictures were invented in 1893. Allusions to Shakespeare haunt our contemporary culture in a myriad of ways, whether through brief references or sustained intertextual engagements. ::::: This collection of essays extends beyond a US-UK axis to bring t…[Read more]
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Cheryl Farris-Clayton deposited On Dickinson in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoEssay on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and her impact upon literature. This essay celebrates her global reach from within societal spheres of gender. “Emily Dickinson transformed the genre of poetry from the academic salon styled idealism to the personal poignant voice of reality from the poet’s point of view.”
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Patrick Chura started the topic Call for Essays on African American Literature and Culture in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThe non-profit digital scholarly database The Literary Encyclopedia was founded in 1998 to provide a scholarly online resource for university-level teaching and research. We are in the process of expanding our offerings in the field of African American Literature and Culture.
We’re interested in commissioning reference articles (2,000-…[Read more]
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Rielle Navitski started the topic 4/20 – Global South Cinephilias: A Virtual Roundtable in the discussion
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoGlobal South Cinephilias: A Virtual Roundtable
Wednesday, April 20, 4:30 – 6:00 pm EDT
Register in advance here (required): https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tppti7IbSuuEEXk3UMmJsA
The idea of cinema as an art is one born of cinephilia. While the term simply means “love of cinema,” cinephilia sets itself apart from the average film fan’…[Read more]
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Patrick McEvoy-Halston deposited Interlibrary Loan: Wolfe borrowing some of his fans for permanent loan in the group
GS Speculative Fiction on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoIn Craig Brewer’s analysis of Gene Wolfe’s Interlibrary Loan he argues that the treasure, the green box, is something that allows characters means to keep their memories intact; it affords them integration which is otherwise ostensibly unavailable to them for being reclones who have only partial memories.
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Lisa Zunshine deposited The Secret Life of Literature in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoAn innovative account that brings together cognitive science, ethnography, and literary history to examine patterns of “mindreading” in a wide range of literary works.
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Kristin E. Pitt started the topic Visiting Assistant Professor, Queer and Sexuality Studies, UW-Milwaukee in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoWomen’s and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee invites applications for a visiting assistant professor with expertise in Queer and Sexuality Studies for 2022-2023. Must be able to teach Queer Theory and Feminist Theory courses. Apply by April 10, 2022 to ensure consideration. https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/33994
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Brian Gregory Caraher deposited The Correspondence of E M Forster and Forrest Reid: Content and Implications of a New Literary Archive in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThis essay/ article examines the provenance and the implications of a literary archive acquired by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library of Queen’s University Belfast and now fully catalogued by Brian Caraher and Emma Hegarty under the auspices of the British Academy. The state-of-the-art. fully annotated, online catalogue establishes the…[Read more]
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP for Redisigning Modernities Special Issue of Comparative Literature Studies in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThe journal Comparative Literature Studies invites proposals for a special issue titled “Redesigning Modernities Part II,” edited by Waïl Hassan (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Maria Truglio (Penn State U). The issue solicits inquiries into the divergences, inequalities, and commonalities that define “modernity” in different parts of the w…[Read more]
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP: Special Issue of Comparative Literature Studies on Redesigning Modernities in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThe journal Comparative Literature Studies invites proposals for a special issue titled “Redesigning Modernities Part II,” edited by Waïl Hassan (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Maria Truglio (Penn State U). The issue solicits inquiries into the divergences, inequalities, and commonalities that define “modernity” in different parts of the w…[Read more]
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Maria Truglio uploaded the file: Call for Poposals: Comparative Literature Studies to
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoCall for 500-word article proposals for a special issue of the ‘Comparative Literature Studies’ entitled “Redesigning Modernities.’ The issue seeks studies that identify and explore new paradigms for understanding “modernity”—in all its unevenness and inequities— across the globe, and constructing new cartographies of cultural creation and circulation.
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Maria Truglio uploaded the file: Call for Poposals: Comparative Literature Studies to
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoCall for 500-word article proposals for a special issue of the ‘Comparative Literature Studies’ entitled “Redesigning Modernities.’ The issue seeks studies that identify and explore new paradigms for understanding “modernity”—in all its unevenness and inequities— across the globe, and constructing new cartographies of cultural creation and circulation.
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Frank Cha started the topic MLA 2023 CFP: Southern Labor in the discussion
LLC Southern United States on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis panel seeks to explore the concept of work in the United States South and beyond. How does the region honor, resist, and reimagine labor practices? In what ways do the histories of slavery and exploitation of immigrant laborers complicate the notion of southern ingenuity and progress? How do these histories give rise to subtle and profound…[Read more]
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Delia Steverson started the topic MLA 2023 CFP Disability and Public Health in the U.S. South in the discussion
LLC Southern United States on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoDisability and Public Health in the U.S. South
A key part of colonizing in the U.S. South depended on the rhetoric of health, such as Ponce de Leon’s mythical fountain of youth and nineteenth-century boosterism claiming Florida as the “winter sanitarium of the country” (qtd in Knight 5). The semi-tropical warmth of the South invited justif…[Read more]
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Delia Steverson started the topic MLA 2023 CFP Passages of Water and Labor Cultures of the Coastal South in the discussion
LLC Southern United States on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoPassages of Water and Labor Cultures of the Coastal South and the Caribbean
In Edwidge Danticat’s short story “Without Inspection,” an undocumented Haitian immigrant, Arnold, dies from unsafe working conditions at a construction site in south Florida. In the news coverage about the event, the construction company and developer release a state…[Read more]
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Delia Steverson started the topic MLA 2023 CFP Passages of Water and Labor Cultures of the Coastal South in the discussion
LLC Southern United States on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoPassages of Water and Labor Cultures of the Coastal South and the Caribbean
In Edwidge Danticat’s short story “Without Inspection,” an undocumented Haitian immigrant, Arnold, dies from unsafe working conditions at a construction site in south Florida. In the news coverage about the event, the construction company and developer release a state…[Read more]
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William Viestenz started the topic CfP MLA 2023 LLC Catalan Studies in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoTheories and Practices of Emotional Labor in Catalan Culture
Submissions related to emotional labor in Catalan culture from a variety of theoretical and historical perspectives, including histories of the emotions, affect theory, memory and trauma, practices of care, and the gendered division of labor. Deadline for submissions: Monday, 21 March…[Read more] -
Adrienne Brown started the topic Visual Culture MLA Convention CFPs in the discussion
MS Visual Culture on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoBelow you’ll find four CFP’s for proposed panels sponsored by the Visual Culture Forum for this year’s MLA. Please do circulate widely and consider contributing.
1- Visual Culture Forum seeks proposals for guaranteed MLA session, Women and Frames of Violence. How do women engage, practice and perform violence in visual culture? Considerations b…[Read more]
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