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[ecrea] Call for papers - adaptation in America
Fri Feb 29 19:08:56 GMT 2008
>American Studies Association of Turkey
>33rd Annual American Studies Conference
>In collaboration with
>The Literature Film Association (LFA)
>
>Adapting America/America Adapted
>
>October 8 10, 2008
>Bogazici University
>Istanbul, Turkey
>
>
> This conference seeks to define a
> new agenda for adaptation studies,
> specifically, as a branch of American Studies
> that not only encompasses literature and visual
> media, but also a wide-range of subject areas
> including, but not limited to, history,
> anthropology, political science, philosophy,
> sociology, the performing arts, and
> cultural/ethnic studies. By looking at
> adaptation in relation to the United States, we
> seek to investigate a variety of culturally and
> historically transformative strategies. We
> also seek to examine how the process of
> adaptation has been influenced by social,
> ideological and political factors both inside and outside the United States.
>
> While, traditionally, adaptation
> refers to the transformation of literary texts
> into different forms of media (e.g., films and
> television programs), the concept of adaptation
> can also be applied to other
> disciplines. Historians engage in process of
> negotiating or "adapting" various histories, or
> dialogues, when they tell the story of a
> nation; politicians adapt/adopt different
> philosophies, at different times, to suit their
> particular interests; and artists and musicians
> adapt/adopt a broad range of cultural
> signifiers when creating new works, conventions, and/or trends.
>
> The American Studies Association of
> Turkey invites proposals that consider
> adaptation, broadly conceived. We particularly
> encourage proposals which incorporate
> transdisciplinary explorations of adaptation,
> and welcome proposals from any field of study.
> Possible themes include, but are not limited to:
>
>· Processes/purposes of adaptation
>· Adaptation and
>its motives (e.g., intentionality)
>· Adapting
>history for political reasons/historical reinvention
>· Popular history: creation and reception
>· Foreign policy and adaptation
>· Audience and adaptation
>· Trans or intercultural adaptation
>· Cultural
>outcomes/products of adaptation (hybridity,
>creolization, metissage, mestizaje)
>· Racial adaptation ("passing")
>· Musical
>adaptation (e.g., sampling in rap music)
>· Artistic adaptation
>· Cross-cultural
>adaptation (e.g., African elements in American Jazz/Blues)
>· Lingual adaptation (e.g., ebonics)
>· Transformation/transmutation of ideas
>· (Re)creation/simulacra
>· Mimicry, authenticity, and adaptation
>· Forced
>adaptation (e.g., colonization, imperialism)
>·
>Americanization, assimilation, acculturation
>· Indigenous adaptation
>· Identity and adaptation
>· The appeal/limits of adaptation
>· Sex/gender
>adaptation (e.g., transvestitism, berdachism)
>· Conscious adaptation (e.g., metafiction)
>· Self-writing
>(e.g., transforming personal experiences into literature)
>· Biopics
>· Pastiches/parodies/satire
>· Literature/film adaptation
>· Video/board
>games and popular songs based on classic films and/or literary texts
>· Architectural adaptation
>· Semiotics of adaptation
>· Psychological/emotional adaptation
>· Pedagogical applications of adaptation
>
>
>The time allowance for all presentations is 20
>minutes. An additional 10 minutes will be provided for discussion.
>
>Proposals for papers, panels, performances,
>exhibits, and other modes of creative expression
>should be sent to both Louis Mazzari
>(<http://us.f568.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=(louis_mazzari /at/ hotmail.com)>(louis_mazzari /at/ hotmail.com))
>and Tanfer Emin Tunc
>(<http://us.f568.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=(asat2007 /at/ gmail.com)>(asat2007 /at/ gmail.com))
>and should consist of a 250 - 300 word abstract
>in English, as well as a 1 - 2 paragraph
>biographical description for each participant.
>LFA members as well as those attending the
>conference as a result of reading LFA-sponsored
>publicity material should also send a copy of
>the proposal to the LFA representative on the
>conference organizing committee, Laurence Raw ((l_rawjalaurence /at/ yahoo.com))
>· Deadline for
>submission of proposals: May 31, 2008
>· Notification
>for acceptance of proposals: August 15, 2008
>
>
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