Realities and Fantasies in Society and Politics (SAMLA 90 Conference, Sheraton Birmingham, Alabama)
SAMLA 90 Conference November 2–4, 2018
Sheraton Birmingham - Birmingham, Alabama
French III: Realities and Fantasies in Society and Politics
Expressions of socio-political activism can take many forms. This panel welcomes papers and presentations that explore the conference theme, “Fighters from the Margins: Socio-Political Activists and Their Allies” in 19th, 20th, and 21st century French and Francophone literature, visual arts, cinema, culture, and history. Papers dealing with non-fiction or fantastical representations of society and politics are especially welcome. This panel will also consider papers from the early modern period that discuss approaches to socio-political criticism.
Please submit a 300-word abstract in French or English, brief bio, and A/V requirements to
Michelle Lanchart, New York University, at mlanchart@nyu.edu.
Deadline June 4th, 2018.
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SAMLA 90 Conference November 2–4, 2018
Sheraton Birmingham - Birmingham, Alabama
- Topics of interest and approaches may include but are not limited to:
- Activism “par la band”
- Bande dessinée
- Allegorical representations/critique of society and politics
- Biopolitics
- Breaking through the margins of society
- Colonial, decolonial, and postcolonial studies
- Cultural Studies
- Dada
- Ecocritism
- Feminism (western and non-western)
- The Fantastic
- Gender studies
- Genre theory
- Gothic, Neo-Gothic
- Magical realism
- Performance
- Political science
- Propaganda
- Protests
- Queer Theory
- Realism
- Resisting the status quo
- Science fiction, fantasy, and horror
- Social movements in French and Francophone regions/communities
- Surrealism
- Terrorism
- Violence
- War