Forwarded by Jeremy Butler, for more information contact Kathleen LeBesco <[log in to unmask]> ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS-Please Post ANTHOLOGY: Interrogating Constructions of Corpulence and Fat Kathleen LeBesco and Jana Evans Braziel, Editors The editors seek submissions that explore and interrogate the constructions of fatness surrounding these questions or related others: how do media representations of fat people erase and asexualize them? How do weight (gain and loss), body size in relation to health, food consumption, and eating disorders comprise the normative discourses surrounding issues of fatness? How are these discourses deployed in order to contain the fat body? Exploring this terrain, the editors seek interdisciplinary approaches to interrogations of the constructs corpulence and fat (in media, cinema, literature, art, life) that will call into question the dominant theoretical framing of fatness-i.e., aetiological, pathological and critical-psychological methods of exploring a medicalized conception of obesity. By recognizing corpulence as a medical or social problem, traditional studies have failed to appreciate the ways in which constructions of corpulence are historically, politically, culturally, and economically created. This anthology also hopes to forward new trajectories for research on corpulence: i.e., how do fat people understand and conceptualize their corporeal experiences? How are fat women (in literature, art, television or film) exposing their bodies, their sexuality and their desire? How do auto-definitions of corpulence by fat women resist the normative delimitations of social representation? The editors will consider essays from other perspectives, though our bias will be toward analyses of the politics and power of corpulence. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Suggested word length for extended abstracts is 750-1250 words (3-5 pages. All submissions should be double-spaced and submitted in duplicate (photocopied manuscripts are sufficient). SUBMISSION PROCESS: First Phase-Submission of extended abstracts (3-5 pages) outlining argument and methodology OR completed manuscript; editorial selection of papers and proposals is provisional, i.e., all abstracts provisionally accepted are invited to submit the completed manuscript during the Second Phase of the `Submission Process'. Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: May 15, 1997. Second Phase-All editorial selections during the Second Phase of the `Submission Process' are final, contingent only upon completion of final revisions of the manuscript. Deadline for Submission of Completed Manuscripts: July 30, 1997. Submissions and/or queries should be sent to Kathleen LeBesco [[log in to unmask]], Department of Communications, Machmer 408, University of Massachusetts or Jana Evans Braziel [[log in to unmask]], Department of Comparative Literature, 301 South College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]