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Apologies for cross-posting Dear list members, This is a final reminder to register for the one day symposium titled: Performing Monstrosity in the City To be held at Queen Mary, University of London on 1st September 2012 This is one-day cross-disciplinary symposium that aims to re-evaluate the multiple ways in which the monstrous manifests itself within the context of an increasingly globalised, postmodern urban landscape. In a consumerist, highly-pressurised society that pushes many individuals to the limit of endurance and moral boundaries, monstrous images become ever more prevalent, particularly within the contested city space. On the one hand, the portrayal and manipulation of such images reflects the ever present, but shifting, power structures that seek to define and inscribe the body of the “other” as both dangerous and distorted. On the other, it is clear that the twenty-first century has brought with it a growing tendency to re-appropriate and perform the trope of monstrosity in multiple ways. For further information please visit our blog: http://performingthemonster.blogspot.co.uk/ Registration form: http://performingthemonster.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/registration-form.html We look forward to seeing you there. Charlie Allwood and Anna Wilson -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------