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Call for Papers
>
>Toilet Papers: The Gendered Construction of Public Toilets
>
>Editors:
>
>Olga Gershenson (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
>Barbara Penner (University College-London)
>
>"You know what they say about men who hang around women's lavatories.
>They're
>asking to have their illusions shattered."
>
>
>
>- Georgina to Albert, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
>
>
>
>We invite contributions for the edited collection Toilet Papers: The
>Gendered
>Construction of Public Toilets.
>
>
>
>Public toilets are amenities with a functional, even a civic, purpose. Yet
>they
>also act as the unconscious of public spaces. They can be a haven: a place
>to
>regain composure, to 'check one's face,' or to have a private chat. But
>they
>are also sexually-charged and transgressive spaces that shelter illicit
>sexual
>practices and act as a cultural repository for taboos and fantasies.
>
>
>
>This collection will work from the premise that public toilets, far from
>being
>banal or simply functional, are highly charged spaces, shaped by notions of
>propriety, hygiene and the binary gender division. Indeed, public toilets
>are
>among the very few openly segregated spaces in contemporary Western
>culture,
>and the physical differences between 'gentlemen' and 'ladies' remains
>central
>to (and is further naturalized by) their design. As such, they provide a
>fertile ground for critical work interrogating how conventional assumptions
>about the body, sexuality, privacy, and technology can be formed in public
>space and inscribed through design.
>
>
>
>We welcome papers which explore the cultural meanings, histories, and
>ideologies
>of the public toilet as a gendered space. Any subject is appropriate:
>toilet
>design and signage, toilet humour and euphemisms, personal narratives and
>legal
>cases, as well as art sited in public toilets. We invite submissions in the
>format of traditional academic papers of no more than 7000 words (including
>footnotes).
>
We also welcome the submissions of design and art projects that expose the
>gendered nature of the 'functional' toilet spaces and objects.
>
>Completed articles and projects should be directed to the editor at
>[log in to unmask] All submissions must be received via
>electronic
>file no later than January 15, 2006. We encourage prospective authors to
>contact the editors with questions about submissions.
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