AREA CALL FOR PAPERS: Mexico Meeting of the Popular Culture Association in Conjunction with the 5th Annual Congress, UDLA October 17 - 21, 2001 Searching for papers that relate to: GENDER: Multicultural and Global Issues Much has occurred over the last century to provoke major changes in what is refered to as "gender issues." Attitudes as well as actions have been especially taken to identify and change barriers that impede women's equality in the process of social, economic, and political development. Papers that relate to tendencies in the new generic appearances referring to women and men at the end of the century and at the beginning of a new millennium outline the interest of this area. Historical and cross-cultural perspectives, critical theory, and interdisciplinary approaches that substantially and explicitly address gender issues and explore gender-related topics are of special interest. The proposals may include but are not limited to issues of gender in the areas of art, culture, literature, history, science, the environment, and community activism and leadership. Topics that cut across all areas of concern in the national and international context such as those mentioned below will be themes to be developed. * Gender and changing attitudes and cultural stereotypes * Constructs of femininity, masculinity, and sexuality * Full and equal partnership between women and men * Empowerment of women * Woman's participation in community environments, leadership styles and forms, cross cultural aspects * Mainstreaming women in the development process as agents as well as beneficiaries * Intersections (of race, class, gender; of family history and women's history; etc.) * Gender and world history * Diversity of women and their situations * Woman in the arts * Gender and the welfare state * Women in civil society * Minority women * Gender and space * Women and education * Women and Migration * Gender and Language * Gender and Health Issues * Gender and Popular Culture * Gender and Religion * Women and Human Rights (PANEL DIVERSITY ENCOURAGED: The organizers want to encourage panel proposals that provide comparative perspectives across time and national boundaries, that reflect the multi-disciplinary make-up and that point to the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity/class/age/disability.) Proposals may be in either English or Spanish. Please send an abstract of 250 words, typed and include a title. Give the name and academic title of each presenter and give the name and complete address of the main presenter. Include the telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the main author. It is preferred that abstracts be sent via email, fax or message service. Normal snail mail is NOT encouraged. Deadline for proposals is 1 June, 2001, but early proposals find the most compatible panels. Exhibits, displays, poster sessions are also invited. This Area is a strand within the Popular Culture Association meeting in Puebla, Mexico. For full information about the conference, check the conference web site: www.udlap.mx/congress (This meeting is one of the international activities of the national Popular Culture Association and the Program Chair is Peter Rollins, [log in to unmask]) PLEASE CONTACT AREA CHAIRS: LOUISA GREATHOUSE AMADOR Email- [log in to unmask] OR [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]