Sorry for this ending up multiple times on the list, but this is the official copy. Please forward it appropriately... CONSOLE-ING PASSIONS: TELEVISION, VIDEO, and FEMINISM CALL FOR PAPERS 5th Annual Conference University of Wisconsin-Madison April 25-28, 1996 Conference theme: Fighting back-lashes - global and local perspectives (Papers may also be on other topics) Console-ing Passions welcomes paper proposals that foreground questions of sexual and other cultural differences. Preconstituted panels accepted. Possible areas include feminist perspectives on: --Conference theme: fighting back-lashes --TV & contemporary theory --TV in African American culture --TV in Latino cultures --International TV --TV audiences & ethnography --TV & social history --TV institutions & industries --Video art & independent video --TV & queer theory --TV & constructions of ethnicity, race and sexuality --Media pedagogy --TV & children Please send 250 word proposals only [with name(s), institution(s), address(es), email(s), phone(s), paper/panel title] to: 1. Preferred choice: world-wide web a. http://www.pitt.edu/~cptv/cphome.html (home page) b. http://www.pitt.edu/~cptv/proposal/prop-sub.html (proposal form) 2. Second choice: email [log in to unmask] 3. Third choice: mail Department of English 526 Cathedral University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 4. International Emergencies Only: fax Julie D'Acci (608) 262-9953 DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS NOVEMBER 3, 1995 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie D'Acci, 1996 Conference Coordinator 6142 Vilas Communication Hall University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 FAX: 608-262-9953 email: [log in to unmask] Advisory Board: Dianne Brooks, Phebe Chao, Julie D'Acci, Jane Feuer Dee Dee Halleck, Mary Beth Haralovich, Marsha Kinder, Lauren Rabinovitz, Ellen Seiter, Lynn Spigel, Mimi White. 10% of the American public would pay $5 to see Senator Orrin Hatch (R - Utah) fight a big mean dog on Pay TV. 86% of all viewers would root for the dog. 100% of women viewers would root for the dog. - TV Nation Poll ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]