2008 PCA/ ACA Fat Studies Call For Papers: Deadline Nov 9 07
BFBer jlm noted this in the forums:
Thought I'd share with you the latest CFP for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Naitonal Conference, which is in San Francisco this year. Please consider submitting something; you don't have to be an academic, or affiliated with a college/university. They're looking for performace pieces, art, activism, anything fat positive and for fat rights. We had a blast in Boston last year, and I bet it will be even better this year in California. Also, please feel free to post this on your blogs, live journals, etc, and share with any one you can think of who would be interested in submitting something. Thank you so much for getting the word out!
2008 PCA/ ACA Fat Studies CFP
(deadline November 9, 2007)
Fat Studies is becoming an interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary field of study that confronts and critiques cultural constraints against notions of “fatness†and “the fat bodyâ€; explores fat bodies as they live in, are shaped by, and remake the world; and creates paradigms for the development of fat acceptance or celebration within mass culture.
Proposals in the area of Fat Studies are being accepted for the 2008 PCA /ACA (Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association) National Conference in San Francisco, CA (March 19-22 2008; San Francisco Marriott). We welcome papers and performances from academics, researchers, intellectuals, activists, and artists, in any field of study, and at any stage in their career.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
• representations of fat people in literature, film, music, nonfiction, and the visual arts
• cross-cultural or global constructions of fatness and fat bodies
• cultural, historical, or philosophical meanings of fat and fat bodies
• portrayals of fat individuals and groups in news, media, magazines
• fatness as a social or political identity
• fat acceptance, activism, and/or pride movements and tactics
• approaches to fat and body image in philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology
• fat children in literature, media, and/or pedagogy
• fat as it intersects with race, ethnicity, class, religion, ability, gender, and/or sexuality
• history and/or critique of diet books and scams
• functions of fatphobia or fat oppression in economic and political systems
By November 9, 2007, please send an abstract of 100 - 250 words or a completed paper to Fat Studies area co-chairs, Julia McCrossin (jmccross@gwu.edu) and Lesleigh Owen (goddess_les@yahoo.com).
Please include your complete contact information, and a CV and/or 50 word bio, along with anticipated A/V needs.
Presenters must become members of the Popular Culture Association. Find more information on the conference and organization here.
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The due date of 9 November 2007 fast approaches, so if you're interested in submitting a proposal, do not delay!
Think of all the fun you'll have in SF with other fat studies scholars, artists, writers, performers, and activists, both at the conference itself and in the SF community!