– CALL FOR PAPERS / ALTERNATIVE IDENTITIES –
submission deadline December 1, 2007
SARGASSO, a Journal of Caribbean Literature, Language, and Culture is
accepting submissions for an upcoming issue with the preliminary title
"Alternative Identities: Belonging and Resistance."
Identities that reveal or otherwise represent alternatives engage and
reflect the potential redefinition of the contexts in which they exist.
This issue of Sargasso will explore how alternative identities are imagined
and put to use in Caribbean literary, artistic, linguistic, and social
texts. Essays might explore tensions between understandings of identity as
static and predictable (the idea that they are what people “are” or
“possess”) and assertions that individuals and groups strategically relate
to, recreate, and / or situate their identities. Of special interest is
work that attends closely to the ways in which contemporary identities and
ways of belonging relate to resistance.
The editorial committee invites contributions that creatively interpret
“alternative identities.” Possible themes include, but are not limited to:
• Processes of subjectification as they relate to colonization,
postcolonialism, protest, & freedom
• Reinventions of communal practices that engage & sustain local
knowledges & traditions
• Reformulations of & reactions to carnival, masquerade, & tourism
• Linguistic & musical interpretations of urbanity, youth, & cultural
nationalism
• Redefinitions of Africa, marginality, & enslavement as markers of
identity
• Shifts in & challenges to understandings of movement, migration,
citizenship, & nation
• Responses to dominant interpretations of criminality, incarceration, &
masculinity
• Critiques of objectivist categories related to illness, gender,
sexuality, & transexuality
• Reinterpretations of Indo-Caribbean culture, history, & social
practice
• Reflections of aesthetic & stylistic choices in language, music, &
social commentary
Essays should be 10-20 pages and double-spaced. Abstracts of 120 words or
less should accompany essays. B & W photos and illustrations can be
included. Book reviews of recent scholarship on the Caribbean are also
welcome. They should be approximately 1,000 words in length.
Essays and reviews should conform to the MLA style guide. Electronic
submissions, inquiries, and any questions can be mailed to:
[log in to unmask] Electronic submissions as attachments in Word or Rich
Text Format are appreciated. Please indicate “Sargasso Submission” in the
subject line. Papers sent through the postal system should include a SASE
and a file in RTF format on diskette.
Sargasso has been edited at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras for
more than 20 years. It publishes work about the languages, literatures, and
cultures of the Caribbean and its multiple diasporas. It is indexed in MLA,
HAPI, and the Periodicals Content Index. For more information visit:
http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/pubs/sargasso.htm
For postal submissions:
SARGASSO
PO Box 22831
University of Puerto Rico Station
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-2831
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