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Dear all, I'm sure a lot of us are on the H-Germanistik list anyway, but this posting seemed particularly interesting to me. Best, Debbie --- "H-GERMANISTIK [Mark-Georg Dehrmann]" <[log in to unmask]> schrieb: > Datum: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:28:43 +0100 > Von: "H-GERMANISTIK [Mark-Georg Dehrmann]" > <[log in to unmask]> > Betreff: CFP: Women and Crime in the German Context > (MLA Convention), Chigaco (15.03.2007) > An: [log in to unmask] > > From: Pauline Anja Ebert <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: CFP: Women and Crime in the German Context > (MLA Convention), Chigaco (15.03.2007) > Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 18:28 PM > > > MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION > Annual convention > Chicago > December 27-30, 2007 > > Call for Papers, Women in German Panel, MLA 2007, > Chicago > > “Women and Crime in the German Context” > > When thinking about women’s relationship to crime, > the woman is depicted largely as the passive object, > as the victim of a violent act performed by a male > perpetrator. This perception of the woman as victim > raises a number of questions about the relationship > of women to crime. > > We seek papers that both analyze and challenge the > notion of the passive female in crime from the > nineteenth through the twenty-first century. Topics > might include but are not limited to: > > ** Women in crime narrative: representation of women > as victims, perpetrators, spectators, and/or > detectives > ** Women as victims of crime: the gendered crime > (rape, domestic violence, and women as spoils of > war) > ** Changing notions of crime as it relates to women: > religious aspects (crime vs. sin) and the > development of the judicial system; issues of > prostitution or abortion > ** Women as perpetrators: becoming a criminal; the > notion of prosecution vs. persecution; the female > terrorist > > Please email a 250-500 word abstract including your > contact information to all three panel organizers by > March 15, 2007. > Feel free to contact us with any questions. > > - Lisabeth Hock, Wayne State University > ([log in to unmask]) > - Pauline Ebert, Wayne State University > ([log in to unmask]) > - Alexandra Pákh, Wayne State University > ([log in to unmask]) > > > __________________________________________________________ > > H-GERMANISTIK > Netzwerk für literaturwissenschaftlichen > Wissenstransfer > Humanities-Network for German Literature and > Philology > > > mail: [log in to unmask] > www: http://www.h-germanistik.de > Beiträge/contributions: [log in to unmask] > ___________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________ Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: http://mail.yahoo.de