Women in French Sessions
2017 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference
Atlanta, Georgia
November 3-5, 2017
Please send a 250-word abstract in French or English, including presenter’s academic affiliation, contact information, and A/V requirements to one of the panel chairs listed below by June 1, 2017.
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1. Failure to Conform: The Defiant Female Body in French and Francophone Cultures
This panel considers examples of French and francophone literatures, films, and other art forms, in which contemporary women articulate and/or embody nonconformist physicality which challenges social order. How do women speak against or otherwise resist socially defined borders and boundaries of normative corporeality? Presentations may address both thematic and formal examples of textual disruption that is enabled by bodies which run counter to socially constructed ideals related to women, gender, and race. Possible thematic avenues of inquiry include but are not limited to: pregnancy, aging, disability, beauty, and illness. Please send 250-word proposals in English or French to Adrienne Angelo (ama0002@auburn.edu) by May 15, 2017 along with presenter’s academic affiliation, contact information, and A/V requirements.
Chair: Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University, <ama0002@auburn.edu>
2. Borders and Boundaries in Popular French Caribbean Culture
This panel welcomes papers focused on illustrations of borders and boundaries in popular culture in French Caribbean women’s writing or film. Papers may be in English or French and may not exceed 20 minutes. Please send 250-word abstracts and any A/V requests to Lisa Connell (lconnell@westga.edu) by May 15, 2017.
Chair: Lisa Connell, University of West Georgia, <lconnell@westga.edu>
3. Transcending Borders and Boundaries through the Act of Writing
Pour celles et ceux qui travaillent sur les écrivaines françaises et francophones et qui pensent participer au congrès annuel de SAMLA qui aura lieu à Atlanta, GA du 3-5 novembre 2017, je voudrais proposer une session WIF dont le thème général du congrès, “L’art noble et l’art populaire: Les frontières et les limites dans la culture populaire” fournira une occasion unique d’explorer ces pôles à travers des textes écrits par des femmes de lettres francophones. Je vous prie d’examiner ces délimitations, les zones transfrontalières, les zones subtiles aussi bien que la possibilité de dépasser les frontières de nationalité, de classe, de race, de sexe et de langage grâce à l’acte d’écrire. Veuillez m’envoyer une proposition de 250 mots en français et anglais accompagnée d’une brève notice bio-biographique avant le 15 mai 2017 à Susan Crampton-Frenchik, scramptonfrenchik@washjeff.edu
For those who specialize in French and francophone female writers who are considering participating in the 2017 SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language Association) Conference to be held in Atlanta, GA, 3-5 November 2017, I am proposing a WIF session based on the general conference theme “High and Low Art: Borders and Boundaries in Popular Culture.” Examinations of borders and boundaries, border areas, liminal spaces and the ways in which these texts transcend limitations of nationality, class, race, sex, and language are welcome. Please send a 250 word abstract in French or English to Susan Crampton-Frenchik, scramptonfrenchik@washjeff.edu by 15 May 2017.
Chair: Susan Crampton-Frenchik, Washington & Jefferson College < scramptonfrenchik@washjeff.edu>
4. Laughter in “High Art/Low Art”: Playing with Boundaries in French and Francophone Literatures
Throughout history, women writers and artists have had to navigate boundaries, whether they be boundaries imposed by society or expectations regarding their art. This panel will explore the different ways in which women use laughter as a means to break down, question, and subvert boundaries in both “high art” and “low art.” Among questions one may ask: How do women use satire, irony, clichés, pastiche, etc.? and for what goal? What stances do women writers and artists take in their use of humor? How do women use humor to address women’s experiences and concerns? The panel is also interested in exploring how women, through their use of laughter, rethink different genres within “high art” and “low art” in addition to rethinking the boundaries between “high art” and “low art.” Proposals on French and francophone literatures, films, and other art forms are welcome. Papers may be in English or French. Please send 250-word proposals in English or French to Cathy Leung (CLEUNG34@GMAIL.COM) by May 15, 2017 along with presenter’s academic affiliation, contact information, and A/V requirements.
Chair: Cathy Leung, <cleung34@gmail.com>
5. Space and Place in French and Francophone Women’s Writing
Recent political events abroad and local are frequently framed around issues of place and, arguably, space. This session proposes to investigate space and place, and how these concepts play out in women’s narrative (texts or films). In what ways do women’s narratives create new understandings of space and place? In what ways might these spaces and places be gendered? And, in what way are they an experience of othering? Does women’s experience create a new space and place, and if so, in what ways? Please send a 250 word abstract in English or French to E. Nicole Meyer,nimeyer@augusta.edu by 15 May 2017 along with presenter’s academic affiliation, contact information, and A/V requirements.
Chair: E. Nicole Meyer, Augusta University <nimeyer@augusta.edu>
Source: WIF