> Call for Papers:
> Controlling Bodies: The Regulation of Conduct 1650-2000
>
> Conference to be held at the University of Glamorgan, 24-26th June 2002
>
> The aim of the conference is to draw together current research concerning
> the history of bodily regulation. In the wake of initial studies by
> Norbert Elias and Michel Foucault relating to the 'civilising process' and
> the rise of a 'disciplinary society', much work has been done in exploring
> themes of social and moral regulation relating to the body. It is the aim
> of this conference to integrate these studies, assess their impact and
> possible future direction. It is proposed to investigate long-term
> developments and changes in people's attitudes to their own and other's
> bodies; to highlight the influence of local, regional and national
> identities. Further to explore the broader social and historical
> significance of the regulation of the body, including the development of
> the state, the onset of modernity, the changing role of religion, law,
> gender, sexuality and community in the ordering of lives.
>
> Call for papers. Papers are invited from a broad range of perspectives and
> themes. These could include the importance of appearance and behaviour,
> the expression of emotions, attitudes to bodily functions, social mores
> and sexual activities. Consideration may be given to formal and informal
> codes of conduct - the 'rules of engagement', along with modes of
> classification and the negotiation of boundaries - public/private;
> moral/immoral; male/female; human/animal; self/other, natural/cultural,
> natural/unnatural, ideal/monstrous, etc.
>
> Subject areas could cover:
>
> Reproduction, childbirth & rearing; Education, training, disciplinary
> bodies; The military, combat & warfare; Working bodies, recreation &
> leisure; Diet, regimes of heath, fitness; Criminal & deviant behaviour;
> Relationships; Policing, surveillance & shame; Politics, protest &
> religion; Sickness & death; Sex & morality; Monstrosity & deformity; Age:
> childhood, adolescence, maturity; Manners: polite & rude bodies; Dress,
> appearance & the fashioning of identity.
>
> Proposals are welcomed from scholars at all stages of research. You are
> invited to prepare an abstract of no more than 300 words outlining your
> topic, to reach us by 1 December 2001.
>
> Contact:
>
> Dr. David Turner
> Controlling Bodies Project
> School of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Glamorgan,
> Pontypridd, Wales, CF37 1DL, United Kingdom.
>
> Mr. Kevin Stagg, Project co-ordinator, Tel: 01443-483673
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