[ecrea] Call for papers - adaptation in America

>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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