CALL FOR PAPERS "Nuns, Whores, and Wives in Cinema" MLA Special Session Panel New York, December 27 -30, 2002 Proposals due March 20, 2002 This panel invites papers that explore the attempted institutionalization of women's identities and sexuality, and their visual representation (sexualization, prohibition, voyeurism, punishment). In many cases, these institutionalized identities in cinema follow set stereotypes or become confused when entangled with various desires. Wives get sold as whores, the convent turns into a brothel, the prostitute or raped woman finds redemption through marriage, etc. Please send a 500-word abstract and cv to [log in to unmask] Contact Information: Tamao Nakahara Department of Italian Studies 6303 Dwinelle, #2620 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-2620 phone: 510-527-6915 email: [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]