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From: Pat Srebrnik <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 23 November 1999 16:12
Subject: Re: ARIEL Call for Papers boundary
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> ARIEL (A Review of International English Literature)
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> 2001: A Postcolonial Odyssey
> Edited by Nancy Batty and Robert Markley
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>Speculative fiction (including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and
>magic realism) concerns itself with many of the themes that preoccupy
>postcolonial authors and critics, for example, alien-ness and alienation,
>travel and the discovery of possible new worlds, territorial expansion
>and imperialism. This special issue of ARIEL will explore the complex
>responses of speculative literature and film to "real world" conditions;
>it will also focus attention on otherwise neglected writers from around
>the world who are working within and transforming the genre. Completed
>Essays due by 30 July, 2000. For further information, contact Nancy E.
>Batty ([log in to unmask]), Department of English, Red Deer College,
>Red Deer, AB T4N 5H5, Canada, or Robert Markley ([log in to unmask]),
>Department of English, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
>26506-6296, USA.
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> Small Cultures: The Literature of Micro-States
> Edited by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim and Elaine Ho
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>Most English-speaking micro-states are former colonies; many are
>islands. Authors from these small and emerging cultures often experience
>difficulty establishing themselves in an international literary
>marketplace. For this special issue of ARIEL, we invite essays on the
>literature of such micro-states as Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize,
>Brunei, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia, Grenada, Guyana, Kiribati, the
>Maldive Islands, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia,
>Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, the Solomon Islands,
>Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. We also invite essays
>that develop theoretical approaches appropriate to these literatures, and
>short poems by authors from these cultures. Completed Essays due by 30
>August, 2000. For further information, contact Shirley Geok Lin Lim
>([log in to unmask]) or Elaine Ho ([log in to unmask]); mailing address,
>Department of English, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
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> World "Youth" Cultures: Transnational Movements and Local Hybridities
> Edited by Donald E. Hall
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>This special issue of ARIEL will examine the intersection of postcolonial
>theory and the study of transnational youth movements and local youth
>cultures and subcultures. Possible topics include music and music
>cultures; representations of youth in literature and film; the emergence
>of youth "street" cultures; youth self-representations in art, dance,
>clothing, and graffiti; and youth slangs and language hybridities. Of
>special interest is the exploration of how constructs such as "youth," "
>adolescent," " young adult," and "child" encode national traditions,
>colonial impositions, and postcolonial negotiations. Completed Essays
>due 15 December, 2000. For further information, contact Donald E. Hall
>([log in to unmask]), Department of English, California State
>University at Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, USA.
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