Playing with Stereotypes. Redefining Hispanic Identity in
Post-national Literature and Cinema.
full name / name of organization:
Catholic University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven), BELGIUM; Department of
Spanish and Latin-American Literature
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cfp categories:
american
cultural_studies_and_historical_approaches
ethnicity_and_national_identity
film_and_television
gender_studies_and_sexuality
international_conferences
popular_culture
postcolonial
rhetoric_and_composition
theory
travel_writing
twentieth_century_and_beyond

Keynote speakers

Ruth Amossy (Tel Aviv University)
Jean-Louis Dufays (UCL)
Charles Ramírez-Berg (Texas Austin)
Maarten van Delden (USC, California)
David Oubiña (UBA, Buenos Aires)

General Presentation

Over the past ten years, the concept of the 'stereotype' has become a
subject of intense debate in literary studies, especially in Europe.
Although in daily usage the term 'stereotype' often has a negative
connotation, the theoreticians of stereotyping (Amossy, Dufays,
Lippman) emphasize its indispensable and constructive role in
processes of social communication, including art.

This conference, which brings together some of the most important
specialists of the theory of stereotyping, seeks to apply this
theoretical reflection (about stereotyping) to a relatively new field
to its study: the Hispanic world.

The conference focuses on the past two decades in order to examine
how, in a post-national context, literature and cinema offer new
configurations of Hispanic identity. When writers and movie directors
revert to existing stereotypes to rethink this identity, how do these
figure in their work? Are existing stereotypes being recycled, or, on
the contrary, are new ones being forged? Is Dufays's hypothesis
confirmed, according to which postmodernity, in dealing with
stereotypes, is characterized by a playful attitude — a to-and-fro
between participation and distancing? If so, under which modalities
does this attitude present itself (irony, satire, parody, the
grotesque, …)? Can other uses be observed?


Call for Papers

The organizers of the conference invite proposals for papers on the
following themes:

a) examples of concrete uses of stereotyping in literary (including
essays) and cinematographical works related to the Hispanic world. Of
particular interest are:

    * papers that attend to the playful and creative attitude towards
stereotypes.
    * concrete examples of the rewriting of stereotypes of Hispanic
identity, in particular those that inscribe 'hispanicity' in a
post-national context.

b) theoretical reflections on the concept of stereotype and
methodological proposals for its study; with particular attention to
the Hispanic world.


Preference will be given to papers that incorporate (a) theoretical
perspective(s) on the problem of stereotyping and identity in general.
Each participant will dispose of 20 minutes for his/her presentation.
A selection of papers will be published.


Submissions are welcome until May 1, 2009 at the following address:
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Abstract length: 250 words
Language: Spanish. Papers in English or French are accepted as well.
The proposal is to be sent in PDF or Word format, stating a
preliminary paper title, but without mentioning the author's name. In
the accompanying mail, the following information is to be included:
a) mention of the conference title
b) author's name
c) institutional affiliation
d) title of the paper
e) bio-bibliographical note on the author


Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection (via email) by
June 20, 2009.


Registration
Click here: (http://www2.arts.kuleuven.be/info/formularioeljuego)

Additional information
For more information, please visit our website:
http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/je/index.htm


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