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Dear All some of you might be interested in this AR ----- Original Message ----- From: Judith Ezekiel <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 12:25 PM Subject: CFP: Feminist Interpretations of Adorno > Call for Papers: Proposed volume: Feminist Interpretations of Theodor Adorno > For Pennsylvania State University Press > > The editors of this proposed volume are seeking abstracts for papers that > explore whether and how feminism might benefit from engagement with Theodor > Adorno's work. > Adorno might seem an unlikely interlocutor for feminist theory and > politics. The common narrative about his life and work includes the > following: He was excoriated by the new left for his deliberate distance > from "real" politics. His language is infamously difficult; indeed he > resists being "plainspoken" on principle. He argues that with the > absorption of all things into an economy of equivalence, structural and > cultural conditions become indistinct as the exchange relations of late > capitalist/consumer mass culture constitute a totality. He understands the > realm of high culture to be a final, fragile site of resistance to that > totality. > The editors of this proposed volume contend that the above descriptions, > while not necessarily inaccurate, are incomplete. However, these > descriptions have effectively imposed closure on discussion of Adorno's > potential contributions to debates in contemporary feminist theory and > politics. We invite abstracts that reopen the discussion of Adorno's work > in light of contemporary feminist debates. > The following is a list of possible thematic areas: writing > history/genealogy; memories or the remembrances of suffering; > identity/difference debates in feminism; the politics of critical theory/a > critical theory of politics; language and power; epistemological critique; > aesthetics and politics; art and politics; the domination of > (wo)man/nature; body politics; the commodification of feminism; feminist > critiques of liberalism. > We are soliciting abstracts of a maximum of 750 words. Abstracts may be > for proposed, completed, or reprinted papers. Our deadline for receiving > proposals is April 30th. Please send them to either of the following > addresses: > Renee Heberle Ashley Pryor > Dept of Political Science Department of Philosophy > University of Toledo University of Toledo > Toledo, Ohio 43606 Toledo, Ohio 43606 > [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] > Fax: 419-530-4199 Fax: 419-530-618 > Phone: 419-530-4061 Phone: 419-530-4517 > > Email and fax submissions are welcome, as are further inquiries. > > Dr. Renee Heberle, Asst. Professor fax: 419-530-4199 > Department of Political Science and phone: 419-530-4061 > Public Administration > The University of Toledo > Toledo, Ohio 43606 >